Cirque du Soleil La Nouba
Showtimes: Tuesday through Saturday at 6:00 and 9:00 p.m.
Box Office: (407) 939-7600
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La Nouba Overview
Once upon a time, a door opened and two worlds collided. Dreams clashed with reality. The mundane mixed with the marvelous, and it was no longer possible to tell where one world began and the other ended. This new place was called La Nouba.
This Cirque du Soleil creation is an unforgettable journey through this universe-at once threatening and exhilarating, frightening and familiar. La Nouba is the story of all stories, the site of all mysteries, where dreams and nightmares sleep side by side. La Nouba is memory, individual and universal. It beckons to us, challenges us to uncover passions we thought we had lost long ago. Here, anything is possible.
La Nouba originates from the French phrase "faire la nouba," which means to party, to live it up. It transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, engaging the imagination from beginning to end with opulent sets, brilliant choreography, theatrical lighting and provocative music.
La Nouba News
La Nouba By Cirque Du Soleil Celebrates Its 5 Millionth Guest at... La Nouba, the spectacular Cirque du Soleil production exclusively presented at Walt Disney World Resort, is about to reach the important milestone of having hosted 5 million guests. Attaining such an amazing number of spectators would not have been possible without the loyalty of the residents of Florida who have attended La Nouba since its opening in December 1998. This is why C...
La Nouba Trivia
- There are 1,730 audio cables running through the theatre. Placed end to end, they reach a total length of 865,000 feet or approximately
164 miles!
- When La Nouba first opened to the public, it did not feature the Cycles act, which is now an intricate part of the show.
- The average age of the cast of La Noubais 31.5. Ages range from 10 to 50 years old.
- The wardrobe department handles over 300 costumes and headpieces every day. Most of the 67 artists performing in La Nouba wear three different costumes per show.
- Over 1,200 lighting fixtures are used for each performance of La Nouba.
La Nouba Acts and Performers
Roue allemande (German Wheel)
What started as a popular gymnastics exercise in Germany has become a crowd-pleasing act for Cirque du Soleil. Six-and-a-half feet in diameter, the wheel consists of two metal hoops joined at six points. Identical twin brothers turn and spin the wheels while performing gravity-defying somersaults and acrobatics. Though both were featured in Cirque du Soleil's Nouvelle Expérience, this is the first time they are performing together as a duo.
Funambule (High Wire)
The Funambule act takes place on a 90-foot, half-inch wide steel wire. With remarkable balance and precision, a high wire walker ascends to a height of 34 feet above the stage as his partner descends from the theater's eighth level to the fifth on a diagonal wire. The performers' breathtaking maneuvers include head balancing, and death defying somersaults. Using two different types of bicycles, one of the high wire walkers executes a wheelie and later crosses the wire while carrying another artist on his shoulder. This amazing team is comprised of three acrobats who are life-long students of the discipline.
Diabolos
The diabolo, or Chinese yo-yo, is a children's game first introduced into the realm of the arts in Cirque du Soleil's Quidam. This entrancing act features four young Chinese performers. Holding two sticks linked by a string, they slide, juggle and toss a musical wooden spool while performing flips in the air. Demonstrating increasingly difficult maneuvers, the artists attempt to outdo each other in dexterity and ingenuity.
Vélos (Cycles)
This act gets rolling with a BMX wizard whose difficult maneuvers never fail to mesmerize the public. His technical twists, gymnastic turns and spins on one wheel are highlighted in incredible tricks such as G-turns, boomerangs and megaspins, all accompanied by lots of footwork. The second half of the act features yet another artist whose feats are equally astonishing. His hard-to-believe stunts include riding over obstacles without ever putting his feet down, jumping off high platforms, hopping up and down steps and into the audience on one wheel, and even jumping over an artist and a guest before literally plunging into the bowels of the stage.
Cadre aérien (Aerial Cradle)
The aerial cradle looks like a door and is a perfect example of equal-opportunity strength and agility. This amazing athletic display features elements of traditional circus aerial cradle with a unique and special difference - the male and female artists take turns supporting one another 34 feet above the stage.
Ballet air et soie (Aerial Ballet in Silk)
In a stunning display of grace and strength, the artists become one with the ribbon of red fabric that cradles them. This breathtaking aerial dance requires immense agility and flexibility, and allows the performers a wide latitude of acrobatic and artistic expression.
Equilibre sur chaises (Balancing on Chairs)
Rokardy's chair act was created exclusively for La Nouba, and integrated in the show on January 24, 2003. The artist stacks furniture he has found in the imaginary attic of La Nouba in order to light a chandelier, which mysteriously rises just beyond his reach every time he tries to get to the last candle. Rokardy defies gravity and the laws of physics as he balances precariously on a stack of six chairs, two books, and a baby carriage atop a table elevated 16 feet in the air. When he finally manages to reach the chandelier, Rokardy, who is now 34 feet in the air, surprises his audience with a unique hand balancing image, before lighting the last candle.
Grands volants (Flying Trapeze)
Four pendulum-like swings, on two different levels, carry a team of perfectly synchronized aerialists 53 feet above the stage. This innovative bi-level rigging enables the trapezists to create a visually arresting exhibition of rhythm and athleticism. Timing is key when all four trapezes are swinging in tandem and the aerialists switch places - barely inches away from colliding.
Power Track/Trampoline
This act in La Nouba takes ordinary trampoline and power track performance to a new level. The stage is set on fire in this high-energy acrobatic display of phenomenal timing and spatial awareness.
Characters
La Femme de ménage (The Cleaning Lady) - Sarah Touchette
Les Cons (The Nuts) - Pawel Biegaj, Witold Biegaj, David Lebel, Justin Osbourne
Les Danseurs (The Dancers) - Natalia Bashkatova, Anthony Kunikeyev
Le Titan (The Titan) - Krystian Sawicki
Le Promeneur (The Walker) - Carlos Màrcio Moreira
L'Oiseau vert (The Green Bird) - Natasha Hallett
Le Pierrot acrobate (The Pierrot Acrobat) - Wellington Lima
Clowns Balthazar & Sergei - Michel Deschamps, Sergei Chachelev
Musicians
Band leader - Benoit Glazer
Bass, Double Bass - Jean-François Bédard
Vocalist - Dessy Di Lauro
Drums - Georges Bertrand
Guitars - Clifford Schwartz
Keyboards & accordion - Alexander Clements
Saxophone, keyboards - Alan Bradette
Violinist - Benoît Lajeunesse
Female Vocalist - Lesley-Anne Benjamin
Male Vocalist - Ralph Rawe
La Nouba Reviews
 | 8/11/2008 |
Reviewer:
Adriana, Miami, FL, USAA fabulous show! Its so amazing and fantastic!
 | 2/27/2006 |
Reviewer:
David Rudolph, Needham, MA, USAThis was our first (and last) cirque show, and neither my wife nor I could see what all the fuss is about. The acrobatics is NOT spectacular. Virtually every acrobatic feat was one we had seen in another venue previously, often in a more acrobatically impressive performance, even at the mundane (but much cheaper) Ringling Brothers Circus. Yes, the Chinese girls are impressive, but we've seen a very similar act before, and they dropped their spools twice during this performance. The trapeze and tightrope walking acts were much less impressive than at Ringling Brothers Circus last year, and they missed on their big final triple (or maybe quadruple) flip from one trapeze into the hands of someone hanging from the other trapeze. The clown acts were inane filler that just extended the length of a rather boring show. Yes, the choreography, colors, music, costumes, etc. are impressive, but that's not what I go to a circus for. Go see the Chinese acrobats at Epcot if you want to see real acrobatics.
| 11/11/2005 |
Reviewer:
Warren Taylor, Lancashire, UKFantastic! Amazing! Magical! These are the words of everyone I know who have seen this show and I 100% agree with them. It might seem to be a bit pricey to some people but you would be a fool not to go and see this. This show even made me book the Saltimbanco show back in the UK. Wasn't as good as La Nouba but was still really good. Coming back to Orlando at the end of March to get married and we're all going to watch this show again.
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