"Cirque du Soleil Accident Leaves Performer Hospitalized"
-The Huffington Post
by Joanna Zelman
Another tragedy hit the stage of the world renowned Cirque du Soleil show "Zarkana." A Cirque du Soleil performer remains hospitalized after a deadly fall on Friday night's performance at Las Vegas resort Aria. The performance company settled a statement the next day, saying that the male acrobat and performer was appearing in the "Wheel of Death" act during the 7 p.m. performance as irony took its course and the artist slipped and fell off of the wheel. The name of the course, "Wheel of Death" may have been a bit too literal for the act. The act features two acrobats who perform high-risk stunts atop and inside a pair of spinning wheels rotating high above the stage, which includes rope skipping and jumping. Following the accident, the show was immediatly adjourned and the victim was taken to the University Medical Center, where he was in a stable condition, hoping to be discharged out of the hospital's car within the next few days. The name of the male artist could not be revealed because of Cirque du Soleil's privacy policy.
To the company's misfortune, an accident with a more tragic ending occurred four months ago. During the Cirque du Soleil's "Ka" show in MGM Grand in Las Vegas, an acrobat died after a fall during her performance. Thirty-one year old Sarah Guillot-Guyard fell ninety-four feet to the floor below on the twenty-ninth of June, when a wire rope she was suspended from was severed because of her rapid ascent. Guillot-Guyard was the first acrobat that died during a performance on stage, of Cirque du Soleil's twenty-nine years of history. The risk that this company sets forth during each performance is unimaginable, however some may pay a price.
- November 2, 2013
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