Cuisine
Quebec a couple times a year, what
is your favorite food?
Mia: My mom’s Quebec food,
comfort food; Mac and Cheese,
Shepherd’s Pie.
LBM: What are you passionate
about?
Mia: Oh my God, my work is my
passion. I meet people around the
world, different nationalities,
cultures, personalities.
LBM: What do you like about life
on the road?
Mia: That my work is always
well done.
LBM: What is difficult on the road?
Mia: We lose some friends, as people
quit the tour from time to time. But
I make more friends, I keep them all
close. Thank God for technology.
LBM: When you move the show
to the next venue, how does your
job work?
Mia: The entire show moves; we pack
up our entire little village and only
asphalt is left. I will arrive one day
before we transfer. I will set up the
barbecue because there will be
nothing there. If we have to, I have
the food catered for a couple of
days. We have a schedule and we
have all the suppliers in each city.
As soon as the kitchen is set up,
deliveries are made and we begin.
It is all on schedule. Cirque Du Soleil
has been doing this for thirty years.
I have been doing this for eleven.
It is all about the schedule.
LBM: What are the five qualities
that make you perfect for this job?
Mia: I have passion. I can multitask. I keep an open mind. I have
management skills; time,
personalities, budgets. And trust,
if your co-workers trust you, it
makes your job easy.
LBM: It seems that your life here
with TOTEM is good...
Mia: Yes, my life is a touring show
and I so enjoy it. Life on the road
is so different that when I return
home to visit I have culture shock.
Besides that, when I visit each city,
I see old friends and I think, “My life
is complete.” We are putting on the
best show possible, one, two
sometimes three times a day. There
are challenges and we work very
hard; the artists have to go to work
and everyone knows what they have
to do. I love it and can do it for
another ten years, but if I ever come
to work one day and I am not happy,
I won’t do it (anymore). Happiness
is the key.
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