Cirque du Soleil - Audience Participation?

[zman]

I don’t recall reading this on these boards and I apologize if it already has. In reading the Unofficial Guide about Cirque du Soleil, Sehlinger mentions that audience members may get picked upon to participate. What might a member of the audience be picked on to do? Do they pick on younger ones or is everyone fair game? I’m not being paranoid. Just curious.

Signed: From a previously unsuspecting person (me) being picked on at Hoop-Dee-Doo.

 

[Jestocost]

I know that the clowns had a family up on stage for a bit as part of the pre-show. There might have been more, but that's all that I can remember.

 

[LibertyBelle]

All Cirque shows have different audience participation things. At La Nouba, they do quite a bit with the audience in the pre-show. The best one in the pre show is the clowns taking the guests ticket "to show them to their seats" and ending up leaving them in the middle of the stage The only thing that La Nouba uses an audience member for during the actual show is in the BMX portion, they usually pick a man from the front row for that part.

We were at Mystere in Las Vegas and they picked my friend out of the audience and proceeded to pick on him the whole show...they used him for everything... it was very funny, best time we had on that vacation

 

[I Was The Lion]

....Back in either 1989 or 1990, under the tent at the Santa Monica Pier....
Somehow, I had ended up with front row seats.....when the MC asked for a volunteer, I was probably the only person in the first few rows that didn't jump up out of their seat....I guess he saw a look in my eyes that I was READY for some fun, he reached down and grabbed me , pulling me into the ring...The bit was that the MC, dressed as a janitor, pulled off the end of a dust mop which became a lions mane that he placed on my head, turning me into a lion....he acted as a ringmaster, having me jump through successively smaller hoops, finally setting the smallest on fire !.....When he cracked his whip for me to jump , I went for it !....he actually had to physically restrain me....
ANyway, at the end of the show, he had me come out and take a bow with the cast, what a rush !!!!!
The thrills continued when I was walking down the exit ramp after the show...I heard a young boy screaming 'it's him , it's him !....."
....I looked over and saw him pointing at me , screaming "it's him, it's the lion !!!....
what a great memory...

 

[rmoore7]

Hmmm, if memory serves me, there is an audience member selected by one of Les Cons (The Nuts) to go on stage during the bike/cycles act. It’s a funny point (one of many) in the performance with things happening simultaneously both on stage and in the audience.....don’t want to give it away if you haven’t seen the show. We go back frequently since we really enjoy La Nouba, and the various acts change periodically. Highly recommended!