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
Company	Cirque du Soleil
Genre	Contemporary circus
Show type	Resident show
Date of premiere	November 8, 2014
Creative team
Director of creation	Richard Dagenais
Director	Martin Genest
Set and props designer	Guillaume Lord
Costume designer	James Lavoie
Composers	Guy Dubuc Marc Lessard
Sound designer	Jacques Boucher
Lighting designer	Jean Laurin
Choreographers	Harold Rhéaume
Acrobatic choreographer	Philippe Aubertin
Acrobatic and rigging designer	Pierre Masse
Makeup designer	Nathalie Gagné
Other information
Preceded by	Kurios (2014)
Succeeded by	Toruk (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)

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

• Feldberg, Sarah. "Cirque du Soleil's experiment in the Mexican jungle". USA Today. December 22, 2014.
• Young, Josh. "Joya Opens As Cirque Du Soleil’s First Immersive Dinner Show". Theme Park University. December 29, 2014.
• Frederick, Brittany S. "Review: Inside Cirque du Soleil And Grupo Vidanta's New Production 'Joya'". Starpulse.com. December 3, 2014.