RARE Contortion - Saltimbanco [1995-1997] HQ Restoration

The Blink Age project is proud to present the highest quality (as of 2020) restoration of a famous, yet elusive performance. Cirque Du Soleil’s famous show “Saltimbanco“ originally included contortion as an act on display in two iterations. The first was in the drafting phase, when Rosalind Bee, alias “Rose Zone“ was allegedly brought on to create the show’s contortion act (Details to follow in future work). Sometime after, she left Cirque du Soleil and a new contortion act was created for the show, featuring the four contortionists from Cirque’s earlier show, Nouvelle Experience. (Nadine Binette, Isabelle Chasse, Jinny Jacinto and Laurence Racine). This act was not a regular fixture in the show’s lineup, and as such, footage is exceedingly hard to find. Thanks to the help of George Lotus and the Blink Age video restoration team, we’ve been able to extract their guest performance at the Cirque De Demain festival in Paris (year disputed) with authentic colours a