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:
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