Zaia

Zaia
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Zaia
CompanyCirque du Soleil
GenreContemporary circus
Show typeResident show
Date of premiereAugust 28, 2008
Final showFebruary 19, 2012
LocationThe Venetian Macao, Cotai Strip, Macau
Creative team
Artistic guideGuy Laliberté
Gilles Ste-Croix
Creation directorNeilson Vignola
Writer and directorGilles Maheu
Set and props designer, theater conceptGuillaume Lord
Costume designerDominique Lemieux
Composer and musical directorViolaine Corradi
ChoreographerMartino Müller
Acrobatic choreographerJeff Hall
Acrobatic performance designerRob Bollinger
Artistic equipment and rigging designerGuy Lemire
Lighting designerAlex Morgenthaler
Projection designerJimmy Lakatos
Raymond Saint-Jean
Sound designerSteven Dubuc
Makeup designerNathalie Gagné
Clown acts designerLeonid Leykin
Other information
Preceded byWintuk (2007)
Succeeded byZed (2008)
Official website

Zaia was a Cirque du Soleil stage production based at The Venetian Macao on the Cotai Strip in Macau. The 90-minute show opened in August 2008, bringing together 75 high-calibre artists from around the world. Zaia was Cirque du Soleil's first resident show in Asia and was directed by Neilson Vignola and Gilles Maheu. The custom-built theater housing the performance was capable of seating 1,800 spectators at a time.

Zaia presented a young girl's dream of journeying into space, discovering worlds populated by a panoply of otherworldly creatures. The title, Zaia, came from a Greek name meaning "life".

Due in part to a drop in attendance during the Great Recession, the show closed on 19 February 2012. Despite its closing, Venetian Macao resort owner Las Vegas Sands Corp. claimed, "Using Las Vegas as a benchmark, Zaia’s 3 1/2-year run should be deemed successful and provide strong support for the argument that the future of entertainment in Macau is on the right track."

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