Backstage with Cirque Du Soleil Alegria at the Royal Albert Hall
Cirque Du Soleil Alegria is on at the Royal Albert Hall from January 11 to March 3.
We went backstage and saw some crazy acrobatic rehearsals.
We went backstage and saw some crazy acrobatic rehearsals.
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00:00 So, Ahmed, how does it feel to be playing at the Royal Albert Hall and in London?
00:07 Oh my goodness, you know, it's kind of a dream come true. It's such an amazing place, such a history in this place.
00:15 There's so much meaning in it, the story, everything. So for us performers, all the greatest performers have been here.
00:22 And, you know, it makes you feel kind of like a great one too. But no, to me it's amazing. It's just something that we were waiting for so long, you know.
00:31 So we're finally here, finally our training's here and I just can't wait to perform. It's really a dream come true.
00:38 Amazing. And I saw that, so you started trapezing when you were five years old. Can you just talk to me about how you kind of got into it?
00:45 Well, I'm a third generation of circus family, so I was kind of born into it. And of course trapeze has been my passion since I've been five, six years old that my brothers started doing it.
00:55 We are five brothers.
00:57 And do all your brothers do it as well?
00:59 All of my brothers do it, yeah. Here I only have two brothers performing with me. So to me, you know, it's just part of my life already.
01:08 But it's something that I've fallen in love with since I was a kid, you know. I've been performing since I'm ten years old. So it's been quite a while, you know.
01:15 It's been a long ride, but for sure an amazing one.
01:18 It's amazing because, you know, we're traveling. Cirque du Soleil has different touring shows that travel the world.
01:23 And each show is on for anywhere between ten years or twenty years. So it's really long runs.
01:30 And we spend basically 52 weeks a year all together traveling around, performing and mesmerizing thousands of audience members.
01:39 For AllegrÃa, since the pandemic, we've been performing since November 2021.
01:44 So we've done US, Canada, Korea, Japan. And now finally we're stepping foot in Europe here in this iconic venue.
01:52 Everybody's so excited. First of all, when you step into the Royal Albert Hall, you feel the history and there's something grand about this auditorium in the circle.
02:02 So everybody's very excited. And now we know we're put in accommodation in Kensington.
02:06 Everyone is getting to live a life that they've never thought would be possible. So it's going to be an amazing two months for Allegria.
02:13 Cirque du Soleil Allegria will be performed at the Royal Albert Hall from January 11th until March 3rd.
02:21 Along with incredible acrobatic performances, the show also has a Grammy nominated soundtrack.
02:27 Tickets for Allegria are available on the Royal Albert Hall's website with prices starting from £39.