So the last few weeks here in Savannah have been a real roller coaster of a ride.
Our total training schedule is three and a half weeks.
We're just over that halfway point.
I was very, very surprised
that we were able to run the two halves of the show nonstop.
Of course, there's lots of holes in it,
but we're in a really, really good place right now
to be able to start adding in more skill and more acrobatics,
and to be able to validate that with the lighting...
with sound, with the full band.
And I guess the real nitty-gritty now
is trying to get all of that together seamlessly.
It feels incredible to be back.
I never thought this would happen, but I am over the moon,
so excited to get the show on the road.
You know, things are going well.
We started to do a dress run the other day.
And we'll continue to do that
and start adding more tricks and more costumes
and makeup.
And just more stuff until we open
in about a week and a half.
Crystal's a very unique show.
It's obviously set on ice,
so we use the ice element as part of the storyline.
So we have extra safety mitigations in place in this environment.
Whether it's crampons on their shoes, wearing their hard hat at all times.
I think we've got one of the biggest stages within Cirque.
So that means we need enough people to fill that stage up,
which causes a lot of traffic between skaters and acrobats
as skaters go very fast
and acrobats not so much on their shoes compared to skates.
So that's a lot.
We've been working a lot on that, making sure it's all safe.
All the tricks are ready to go to the ice.
And since we are the only ice show at the moment,
most artists that are new and came in have never worked on ice before.
So that's an integration process to make sure they're ready
and feel safe and happy to go onto the ice.
What makes Crystal unique is we use a real-time tracking system
called BlackTrax.
And what that does is it allows us to track the performers with lighting
and let them interact with the video based on the position.
So what makes our video projection interesting
is the fact that it's pretty much interactive.
We are able to do effects such as writing on ice in real life.
We have particle effects,
artists can be followed by different types of graphics
or colors and stuff.
It's all pretty cool. Like when it's combined all together,
the effects are really nice to watch.
Circus is about testing the limits.
Testing the limits of our body,
testing the limits of where our mind can go
and testing the limits of how our hearts can connect.
There's a renaissance coming
and we can't wait to to heal and connect all of our human stories
and our human spirits together.
We're all hungry, we are starved for...
for our reason of being known,
which is presenting amazing shows
to a really hungry public.
We are so ready.
We've been waiting a couple years to get back out there on the ice
and to perform and feel the energy of the audience
and we cannot wait to open here in Savannah.