Cirque du Soleil’s Costume Creation Team to Give Talks at VCUarts Qatar and Qatar National Library
Highly anticipated Crossing Boundaries lectures will go behind the scenes of Cirque du Soleil’s highly regarded costume workshop which produces thousands of intricately designed and advanced costumes every year
Doha, Qatar – Cirque du Soleil is known throughout the world for its spectacular shows which feature gravity defying acrobatics, stunning set designs and outstanding costumes that combine technology, artistry and science.
On October 9 at and October 11 twomembers of the Costumes Workshops Innovation and Creation teamwill be visiting Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar)and Qatar National Library in Education City as part ofVCUarts Qatar’s Crossing Boundaries lectures series.
Denise Tétreault, the Director of Development & Innovation, and Mark DeCoste, the Assistant Costume Designer,will give the audiences at the lectures a behind the scenes look at the highly-regarded costume workshop that produces the thousands of intricately designed and highly advanced costumes that are key to its success.Each year the workshop’s approximately 300 full-time employees use over 65 kilometers of fabric from around the world to produce more than 14,000 costume pieces. The team is constantly on the lookout for new ways to give eye-catching textures to costumes; or to design special effects for performances.
The first lecture will take place at the Atrium at VCUarts Qatar on Tuesday, October 9 at 12:45pm. The second lecture will take place at Qatar National Library on Thursday, October 11 at 6:00pm.
Both lectures are free and open to the public.
The lecture at VCUarts Qatar will be in English. The lecture at Qatar National Library will be in English with simultaneous translation in Arabic.
“The starting point for every project at Cirque du Soleil is an emotion. Our challenge is to use the newest technologies and techniques to convey this pure and organic emotion on stage,” says Tétreault.
Last year, the Crossing Boundaries Lecture series welcomed Ayse and EceEge from luxury fashion brand Dice Kayek and internationally renowned industrial designer Giulio Iacchetti.
About Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
Established in 1998 through a partnership with Qatar Foundation, VCUarts Qatar is the international branch campus of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, a top-ranked art and design program in the U.S. VCUarts Qatar is celebrating a fruitful 20-year alliance between VCU and the Qatar Foundation that underscores the commitment of each institution to excellence, inquiry, discovery and innovation in a global setting.
VCUarts Qatar offers students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in fashion design, graphic design, interior design and painting and printmaking, a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in design. A vibrant community with global reach, VCUarts promises to instill in students a lifelong passion for education and the arts.
VCUarts Qatar offers valuable opportunities for cross-cultural exchange and connects VCUarts to the influential art and design world of the Middle East and beyond. The campus attracts renowned contributors to contemporary visual culture for speaking and teaching engagements, and hosts two major international events: Tasmeem, a biennial art and design conference; and the Hamad bin Khalifa Islamic Art Symposium.
Qatar National Library
Qatar National Library (QNL) acts as a steward of Qatar’s national heritage by collecting, preserving and making available the country’s recorded history. QNL provides equal access to all types of information and services and aims to enable the people of Qatar to positively influence the society by creating an exceptional learning and discovery environment.
His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar,officially inaugurated Qatar National Library on 16 April 2018. QNL was granted the status of national library under the Emiri Decree No.11 of 20 March 2018.
Website:www.qnl.qa
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