Crystal (Cirque du Soleil)

Crystal was an arena touring show by Cirque du Soleil that started previewing to the public in October 2017, with an official premiere in December 2017. It is Cirque du Soleil's 42nd original show since 1984, and the first one done on an ice rink, where most of the performers are ice skating throughout the show, and blends several circus acts with high-level ice skating. It is described as a woman shattering reality to discover herself in the world of possibility.^[2][3]

Crystal
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Crystal
Company	Cirque du Soleil
Genre	Contemporary circus
Show type	Touring show
Date of premiere	December 13, 2017 (Quebec)
Final show	June 8, 2025 (Vancouver, BC)
Creative team
Creative Director	Stefan Miljevic[1]
Show Director	Shana Carroll & Sébastien Soldevila
Acrobatic Equipment	Fred Gérard
Set Designer	Stéphane Roy
Video Content Designer	Johnny Ranger
Music Composer	Maxim Lepage
Lighting Designer	Éric Champoux
Props Designer	Anne-Séguin Poirier
Costume Designer	Marie Chantale Vaillancourt
Makeup Designer	Véronique St-Germain
Choreographer	Geneviève Dorion-Coupal
Skating Performances Senior Designer	Kurt Browning
Skating Performances Designer	Benjamin Agosto
Synchronized Skating Designer	Marilyn Langlois
Performance Designer	Raphael Cruz
Other information
Preceded by	Volta (2017)
Succeeded by	Bazzar (2018)
Official website

Kurt Browning, a four-time world champion Canadian figure skater, joined the creative team as the Skating Performances Senior Designer,^[4] along with Benjamin Agosto, four-time world medalist American ice dancer, as the Skating Performances Designer.^[5][6]

Music

• Cover of U2's "Beautiful Day" performed by Cyrille Aimée.^[7][8]

• Cover of Beyonce's "Halo" performed by Gabrielle Shonk.^[7][8]

• Cover of Nina Simone's "Sinnerman" performed by Betty Bonifassi.^[7][8]

• Cover of Sia's "Chandelier" performed by Ariane Moffatt.^[7][8]

Reception

Crystal had its first preview public performances in some second-tier US markets, before officially premiering in Quebec in December 2017.^[9] In one of the first reviews of the show, YQG Rocks entertainment critic Dan Savoie said of the Windsor, Ontario show at the WFCU Centre on January 3, 2018: "Crystal was an astonishing demonstration and is gorgeous in every way. The ice seemed to enhance the movements and made the performers appear to move faster."^[10]