PART II:

“The basics of athletics and sports are important but you have to be able to use these abilities in an artistic and creative way!”

With these words the character of the world-wide castings is described by Fabrice Becker who is the talents scout of Cirque. And during the Berlin audition he asked for some unusual actions of the applicants…

One of the last castings in Europe was held in the German capital Berlin.  Also some World Stars of Artistic Gymnastics were among the candidates...:


German  version

 Curiosity, tension, nobody really knew what to expect…

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... the dragon!

...
...but then there were the first unusual exercises:

Zoltan Supola (right) was not asked to do a double summersault, no… he was asked to act like a clown – not easy for a man who is used to follow the exact rules of elements to be used in gymnastics.

..his former team mate Miklos Hajdu (photo on the left) acted as a dangerous, fire-spitting   dragon – not an easy task if you want to be convincing with the language of your body!


... the clown.

...and than: Zoltan with a personal "world premiere": climbing and ... singing!!

Free climbing is - of course - no problem for a top athlete, like  Zoltan Supola (left). He has done it thousand of times since childhood, but...

For the adventure 
Forever in search of new talent for its productions, Cirque du Soleil organizes acrobatic auditions worldwide. Cirque du Soleil is looking for top- level athletes with a background in acrobatics, circus arts, gymnastics, synchronized swimming, diving, acrosport, trampoline, tumbling, and extreme sports. 
At auditions, athletic performance and artistic potential are assessed while paying special attention to the individual's personality. Performers chosen at these auditions become potential candidates for future productions or stand-ins for current shows.

Stuntmen Vladik Jacukevicius (LIT)

Once an application is received, the next step is the initial file evaluation that helps us to select suitable candidates for auditions.
  Keep an eye out for the acrobatic audition calendar.

...when he was asked by Fabrice Becker to sing a Hungarian folk song – of course quite loud – he had quite a perplex expression on his face…(right)!  

Miklos Pancel ....as a frog

Never before the Hungarian top athlete has started a floor exercise on such way!

Zoltan Supola  is a member of Cirque du Soleil now (November 2001):
>>... more information 
  The different faces of  Madeleine Perk, many-sided synchronized swimmer  from Switzerland:    

The dragon creeping…
..aaacroobaaat nice!
Fabrice Becker 
BATEAU
Credit: photo: Véronique Vial / 
costume: Dominique  Lemieux ©Cirque du Soleil Inc.

“…also interested in the Cirque…???!
Then we will see you at one of the next auditions!”

Fabrice Becker, talent scout of Cirque du Soleil. 
E-Mail to:  fbecker@montreal.cirquedusoleil.com

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(Pics/Report by: 
Eckhard Herholz
Translation: Lisa Worthmann)


..and fire-spitting!

25-year-old Madeleine Perk, student of pedagogic from Zurich, ranked 10th at the Olympic Games in synchronised swimming together with her partner Belinda Schmid in the duet.

... such a long rope for Madeleine,... singing, of course!!

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Zoltan Supola  is a member of Cirque du Soleil now (November 2001):
>>... more information 


12-Dec-2000
updated 19-Nov-2001

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