VIDEO GALLERY

A SELECTION OF RECENT VIDEOS

CIRQUE  BERZERK SIZZLE REEL

All taken from our full theatrical production of Beneath in the Los Angeles State Historic Park.

CIRQUE  BERZERK SPECIAL EVENTS REEL

2021 Wella BEA Show Vegas

Opening Stage Show for the North American Trend and Vision Awards

Client: Coty, Inc.

Event: North American Trend & Vision Awards Show

Location: Palladium, Los Angeles, CA

Concept & Client Request: Create a dynamic stage show, using reactive video mapping & large LED screens.  Embody the idea of someone who dares to leave the safety of the their “box,” the mundane, the safe, the predictable.  Show this character breaking out into a kaleidoscope of color.  Show the joy that is possible when one breaks out of their comfort zone and lives in the full spectrum of who they can be.

Solution: Suzanne Down created a black and white world of day in and day out mundane routines our main character lives in, we see her catching glimpses of a world more exciting, color is seeping into there B&W world.  After a Kabuki screen drop we see her plunge into a kaleidoscope world of color and movement as she greets each of these colorful characters she drops her grey exterior and finds her own color as she executes and on stage costume, make-up and hair change to fly above the stage.

Choreographer: Suzanne “Suze-Q” Pirnat

Stage performance included: Dancers, tumblers, aerial acrobats, cry blasts, reactive video mapping by Melt Creative &  all custom choreography & costuming by Cirque Berzerk Productions.

Live pop up Lindsey Stirling performance and video shoot

Client: Greenlight Media for UEBoom Speakers & Lindsey Stirling

Choreographer: Suzanne “Suze-Q” Pirnat

Lead Make-up team: Adam Tenenbaum & Lisette Santana

Suzanne Down & Cirque Berzerk Productions:

  • Found location
  • Procured all Glendale fire permits & worked directly with the Americana Mall and local fire department to allow fire effects for the performance
  • Design, fabrication, rigging design and installation for the 60’ x 30’ projection screen/sail that had to remained hidden while for 24 hours while the mall was open to the public until the cue in the live performance the following evening.
  • Make-up design and hire
  • Flame thrower props concept, design, fabrication and choreography
  • Costume design
  • Casting and stage direction
  • Hire and management of pyro team
  • Design and fabrication of trident prop

LA Auto 2019 Kickoff Party

Client: LA Auto

Event: Seven Deadly Sins

Location: LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

Concept, staging, costuming, custom prop fabrication and design by Suzanne Down / CBP

LA Auto 2017 Kickoff Party

Client: LA Auto

Event: LA Auto Kickoff Party

Location: LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

Concept, staging, costuming, custom prop fabrication and design by Suzanne Down / CBP

Shaquille O’Neill’s “Fun House” Super Bowl Party

Client: Medium Rare / Shaquille O’Neil

Location: Los Angeles, California

Cirque Berzerk provided 14 immersive performers, including stilt walkers, character actors, dancers, jugglers, unicyclists, jugglers, and contortionists as well as on-stage circus acts to accompany Diplo, Zed & Lil’ Wayne.  For DJ Deisel’s (Shaq) set, the entire cast provided a dance freak-out moment on stage.  We provided direction, costuming design & fabrication, and cast character workshops to make this night an absolute blast!  Our immersive performers provided red-carpet engagement, audience interactions, and sponsorship brand support.

LA Auto 2016 Kickoff Party

Client: LA Auto

Event: LA Auto Kickoff Party

Location: LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

Concept, staging, costuming, custom prop fabrication and design by Suzanne Down / CBP

For the 2nd year in a row Cirque Berzerk has provided the entertainment and costumes for the LA Auto Kick off Party. This year the theme was tropical and we ran with it! Feathered tropical bird costumes, monkey clad acrobats on Chinese Poles, Capoeira performance, HOT dancers, Carmen Miranda serving drinks out of an over sized fruit bowl – our tail feathers were shaking!

Client: Altus Foundation

Event: Altus Gala Fundraiser

Cirque Berzerk joined Tyra Banks on stage for the Gala Fundraiser event for the Altus Foundation in Houston, Texas. ZT Corporate asked for a series of elegant show-stopping acts for the black-tie event held in Houston, Texas.

Cirque Berzerk Productions brought a dramatically costumed Cyr Wheel act, our dynamic tumbling sword act, our Russian Bar team, an elegantly costumed aerial acts.  The final act was our contortionist, who finished her act by shooting a bow and arrow with her feet while balancing on canes.

Social Media posts went viral, and guests were delighted with the evening performances.

Wella Performance:

Client: Wella

Event: North American Trend & Vision Awards

Location: Aria Hotel – Las Vegas, NV

Concept, staging, costuming, design by Suzanne Down / CBP

Choreographer: Suzanne “Suze-Q” Pirnat

Client Request: Create a strong impactful stage show to open the 2015 Nava Awards show utilizing a round center stage and 30’ catwalks shooting out from 3 points of the stage.  Work in the elements of the Wella brand; strength, grace, beauty, elegance with special attention to the red logo and color of Wella’s branding.

Solution: Down brought in 2 aerial silks artist and 3 rythmic gymnast ribbon performers to work in the red swoosh of the Wella brand.  Strong male dancers and acrobats executed dynamic tumbling passes to activate the cat walks and fill the unusual stage design.   The red and black elegant and current costumes help bring this performance to the finish line encompassing everything Wella stands for. 

Stage performance included: Cyr Wheel, aerial acrobats, ground tumblers, rhythmic gymnasts, dancers and all custom choreography & costuming

LA Auto 2015

Client: LA Auto Show

Event: Great Gatsby/Roaring 20’s themed Kick off Party

Location: LA Convention Center

Concept & Art Direction by Suzanne Down / CBP

Maze:

Client: Private Client

Lead Event Designer & Producer: Kristin Banta Events

Created by: Suzanne Down, Bryan Foley 

Client request: Concept, design, story board, fabricate, cast, costume, make-up, special effects, scare gag concept & design, and install a full scale haunted maze for a high end private party.

Foley & Down made all this happen when the client requested this less than 2 weeks before the event! 

Sky TV London:

Client: SkyTV London

Event: Company party for 3,000 guests

Location: Giant circus tent – London, England

Concept, Costuming and Direction by Suzanne Down / CBP

Choreographer:  Suzanne “Suze-Q” Pirnat

Human Shapes:

Producer: Suzanne Down

Choreogrpaher: Suzanne “Suze-Q” Pirnat

Director: Nathan Kim

Director of Photogrpaher & Lighting: Andrea Krout

Set Design: Bryan Foley

Set Fabrication & Finish: Paul Thompson & Rebecca Thompson

Costumes: Suzanne Down

Lead Make-up:: Lisette Santana

We gave ourselves 72 hours to see what we could come up with – this is what we did!

Sun Valley Center for the Arts:

Client: Sun Valley Center for the Arts

Location: Sun Valley, Idaho

Client request: Provide a 30 minute cirque style stage show and and walk around characters working in the themes of flight, transformation, art and particularly the painter Magritte.

ROUNDTABLE RIVAL – LINDSEY STIRLING

Costume Design and sourcing: Suzanne Down