LUZIA official photos!

Photo credit : Matt Beard / Costumes: Giovanna Buzzi / 2016 Cirque du Soleil

A clown parachutes into the big top, turns a giant key et voilà: a new world is revealed, one populated by giant butterflies, hoop-jumping hummingbirds and a garden of real marigolds tended to by tin robots. Welcome to Cirque du Soleil’s vibrant new big-top show, Luzia!

Directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, Luzia provides us with a glimpse into a dream-like Mexico that is simultaneously traditional and modern.

THE STAGING – AMAZING  AS ALWAYS!

Luzia’s design, by the numbers:

• The opening scene begins in a field of 5,000 marigolds.
• In all, 1,115 different costume elements were created for the show.
• Each performance requires 140 pairs of shoes.
• The artisans in the costume workshop developed 6 crocodile heads, 1 iguana shawl, 1 cockroach, 1 grasshopper, 1 armadillo, 1 snake, 5 swordfish heads and 3 tuna heads.
• With its two revolving rings and central platter, the stage floor has 94,657 holes through which the water drains into a 3,500-litre basin hidden underneath.
• Integrating the element of water inside the big top represented a huge technical challenge on several fronts. All electrical and mechanical systems have to be waterproof. In addition, the water must be recycled, disinfected and kept at 28 Celsius for the comfort of the artists.
• The two giant treadmills weigh 3,630 kg apiece and are powered independently by 28 automobile-type batteries.
• July 21, 2017 – September 3, 2017,  UNITED CENTER  Parking Lot K.
• GET  TICKETS – Starting at just  $35 while supplies last!