ZAIA was the first resident show of Cirque du Soleil in Asia. It was directed by Gilles Maheu and premiered in June 2008 at the Venetian Resort & Casino in Macau (China). This clown act was created thru the improvisation of Onofrio Colucci with supervision of Leonid Leikin (Theatre LICEDEI, St. Petersburg).

This work focus on tight timing, acting precision (even in the hectic improvisation of 4 or 5 different languages), and props control that a clown should always have on stage.

Here’s a bit of the show on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6_8Twf3kJ4