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06-Feb-2015
‘14 Years Ago’: Cirque du Soleil and the Accordionby Rob Howard |
 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending February 9th 2001 included an article concerning the appointment of Suzie Gagnon as accordionist with Cirque du Soleil. Founded in 1984 in Montreal, Canada, by accordionist, stilt walker and fire eater Guy Lalilberte, Cirque du Soleil was initially a collection of street buskers of various kinds. Now a hugely successful and popular worldwide organization with many differently themed circus shows, Cirque du Soleil has always employed accordionists amongst its accompanying ensembles. Long may this continue. Accordionist Performs with Cirque du Soleil - New Zealand Contributed by Heather Masefield Accordionist Suzie Gagnon (Canada) toured New Zealand in January with the Cirque du Soleil ‘Alegria’ as part of a two year Asian Pacific tour. The show has 56 artists, 6 musicians and 2 vocalists. Suzie not only plays the accordion but also has special stage makeup, an extravagant costume, acts, and takes part in difficult choreography for 10 performances a week! She travels with 6 accordions, and plays piano, chromatic and diatonic instruments. After Auckland the group will perform in Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane (Australia), before going to Taiwan, Singapore and China. |