Joyà

Joyà is an 80-minute long resident show at the Vidanta resort in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, produced as a collaboration between 45 Degrees and its parent company, Cirque du Soleil. It is Cirque du Soleil's first resident show in Latin America. Joyà premiered on November 8, 2014, inside a custom-built theatre which seats 600 guests at capacity. The exterior design of the theatre was inspired by organic forms in a clearing surrounded by trees. The story, set in a naturalist's library that transforms into other exotic locations, follows the journey of a "rebellious young girl [who] is sent by her mischievous grandfather on a fantastical quest spanning generations".[1]

Joyà
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Joyà
CompanyCirque du Soleil
GenreContemporary circus
Show typeResident show
Date of premiereNovember 8, 2014
Creative team
Director of creationRichard Dagenais
DirectorMartin Genest
Set and props designerGuillaume Lord
Costume designerJames Lavoie
ComposersGuy Dubuc
Marc Lessard
Sound designerJacques Boucher
Lighting designerJean Laurin
ChoreographersHarold Rhéaume
Acrobatic choreographerPhilippe Aubertin
Acrobatic and rigging designerPierre Masse
Makeup designerNathalie Gagné
Other information
Preceded byKurios (2014)
Succeeded byToruk (2015)
Official website

Acts
  • Skipping
  • Icarian games: One of the performer lies on his back on a specially designed chair and flips, twirls and spins another performer on his feet.
  • Solo trapeze: A strong, energetic artist swings over the stage on a duplex trapeze.
  • Hand to hand: Two strong, flexible performers slowly move through positions requiring careful balance.
  • Puppetry: Artist manipulate large puppets onstage, including a giant angler fish.
  • Hand balancing: An artist balances on three canes set up on a small stage among the diners' tables to bring the action off the main stage.
  • Aerial straps: Artists, hanging in the air from straps, fly above the stage and execute a series of acrobatic stunts.
  • Trampoline wall: Performers bounce off a trampoline at the base of a wall-like structure, allowing them to run up the wall, do twists and turns through the air, and jump through windows in the wall.

Acts in rotation
  • Aerial ring trio: Three women performs stunts on hoops suspended in mid-air.
  • Rola Bola: One artist balances on variously shaped cylinders on top of a table. This act is a replacement for Icarian Games.

Music

The soundtrack to Joya was released in the show boutique on 24 December 2015 before being released online on 15 January 2016.[2] The tracks are as follows:

  1. Naturalium (Opening/Juggling)
  2. Comedy Of Errors (Icarian games)
  3. Reinas En La Penumbra (Duo trapeze)
  4. Adventure At Sea (Pirates' arrival/Hand to hand)
  5. The Dive (Puppetry)
  6. Profunda Belleza (Hand balancing)
  7. Legacy (Aerial straps)
  8. Nueva Era (Trampoline wall/Skipping/Finale)
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gollark: I mean, the regular compass doesn't seem to have a "cultural" axis, really?
gollark: That's... maybe true, amongst more politically polarized people.
gollark: Yes, you need at least two dimensions.
gollark: I think they're authcenter-ish?

References
  1. "Joyà". Cirque du Soleil website. Retrieved on 2015-10-18.
  2. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/joy%C3%A0/1070100519

Further reading
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