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''Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within'' is a 2002 Canadian reality television mini-series. The series follows eight Cirque du Soleil performers during the creation and production of the Cirque's touring production, ''Varekai''. Stress ensues as several newcomers try to learn new acrobatic acts for the show, while the subplot also follows the crew behind the show trying to cast new performers, advertise the production, create the stage set, costumes, and make-up, and manage the show under the direction of newcomer Dominic Champagne. ''Fire Within'' originally aired in thirteen 23-minute episodes weekly between the course of September 16 and December 9, 2002 on Bravo. The miniseries was filmed primarily in Montréal, largely at the Cirque du Soleil headquarters and the Old Port of Montréal where Varekai's Grand Chapiteau was first located, as well as New York, Dallas, London, Paris, and Sofia. ==Cast== ''Fire Within'' maintained an ensemble cast of performers chosen to be a part of the original cast of ''Varekai''. The camera crew documented not only these performers' work during production of the show, but also their personal lives which often got in the way of their work. The performers came from a variety of different sources, some being experienced Cirque du Soleil performers, and others not, as well as coming from several countries, including Britain, Canada, Russia, and Brazil. * Oleg Ouchakov – a Russian acrobat previously working on Cirque du Soleil's ''Quidam'' who joins the cast of ''Varekai'' to dance, which he has never done before, in an acrobatic ''pas de deux'' performance with his partner Tatiana. * Stella Umeh – a Canadian Olympic gymnast who joins the cast to perform in a body-skating act and a four-person triple-trapeze act, which she was not expecting as she had never learned trapeze before. * Olga Pikhienko – a Russian contortionist who leaves Cirque du Soleil's production of ''Quidam'' to take on the lead female role in ''Varekai''. * Raquel Karro Oliveira – a skilled Brazilian trapeze artist who is part of the triple-trapeze act with Stella. * Ashley Beaver – a British acrobat who arrives to Cirque as a newcomer with his acrobatic partner Gareth, who together are assigned to be a part of the icarian games act, as well as Ashley being a part of the Russian swings act. At the end of the series, he and Gareth are laid off after being unable to learn to perform icarian games in time for the show. After Varekai, he was however offered another chance to audition for future Cirque shows. * Gareth Hopkins – a British acrobat and Cirque du Soleil newcomer who arrives along with his acrobatic partner Ashley. Together they are assigned to participate in the icarian games act, as well as Gareth portraying one of the more prominent characters in ''Varekai'', The Lizard. Gareth often struggles with homesickness throughout the mini-series, much of it attributed to his mother being recently diagnosed with cancer. At the end of the series, he and Ashley are laid off after being unable to learn to perform the icarian games in time for the show. After being cut from Varekai, Gareth was invited to re-audition for Cirque, where he joined the creation of the new Las Vegas show LOVE at The Mirage Las Vegas in 2006. In LOVE, he performed: free running, bungee and trampoline acts as well as acting a character role and was featured in the 2012 movie Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away. * Andrew Atherton and Kevin Atherton – Identical twin brothers from Britain, performing an aerial straps duo act together in the show. The twins are often subject of promotional photos for Cirque du Soleil for both ''Varekai''-related and general Cirque-related publication. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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