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Twas The Night Before Christmas at DPAC with Elena Suarez · The Erica Show

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  Speaker 1: It's Erica DeLong with iHeartRadio. I'm so excited because you know,
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  Speaker 1: Deepak always has the best shows. But twas the Night
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  Speaker 1: Before Christmas by Circusilate an incredible magical show for the
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  Speaker 1: entire family on stage until December fifteenth, So get your
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  Speaker 1: tickets now dpakanc dot com. And this she is incredible
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  Speaker 1: Alina Suarez who specializes in hair hanging, dancing and actress.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, but you've been doing this since you were
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  Speaker 1: a kid, that's.
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  Speaker 2: Correct, I do acrobatics India suspended by my sir.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, I've always wondered how how much practice does
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  Speaker 1: that require in order for you to have won the
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  Speaker 1: confidence to do it but also not be like we're
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  Speaker 1: it hurts how it doesn't hurt?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I mean what we do is dangerous.
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  Speaker 2: That our preparation is made in our safe way. We
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  Speaker 2: prepare our hair, like we need around twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 2: minutes to prepare our hair, and then there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of training out of the show to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: we are in good condition, you know, like you don't
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  Speaker 2: get injured and all this. So I would say, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's a lot of preparation, a lot of training behind
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  Speaker 2: the scenes. So yeah, it's part of our job. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's important to make sure that we are good to
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  Speaker 2: do all the shows that we do.
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  Speaker 1: What is the rehearsal and the schedule, Like when you
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  Speaker 1: have shows back to back.
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  Speaker 2: Like that, Well, like today, for example, we have the premiere,
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  Speaker 2: but we have a big day. We have rehearsals on training,
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  Speaker 2: we are working on details to bring the best on
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  Speaker 2: a stage. But once we open, it's more just to
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  Speaker 2: do our shows. Like there is plenty of shows to
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  Speaker 2: come see us, like this weekend we have three shows
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  Speaker 2: on the three shows on Sunday, so there's many options
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  Speaker 2: for the audience to come to see the show. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we also have as a s playing we have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of training out of the show also by ourselves,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like we go to the gym, we do conditioning,
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  Speaker 2: make sure that you know, we don't get injured and
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  Speaker 2: we are in top shape for the show.
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  Speaker 1: How did it come about that you join the cast
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  Speaker 1: of Twas the Night before Christmas? Like? What inspired that?
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  Speaker 2: Well, this show is very beautiful and special. I love
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  Speaker 2: to perform for families, for kids. It's a very special
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  Speaker 2: opportunity for artists to connect with the with this beautiful audience.
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  Speaker 2: But also the show is an incredible show because it
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  Speaker 2: has a lot of acrobatics and dance. So for me
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  Speaker 2: it was like it was a good opportunity to to
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  Speaker 2: work in this show. I love My act is very
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  Speaker 2: beautiful and the full show is based on the poem
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  Speaker 2: of a Bysit to Sam Nicholas, So it's a very
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  Speaker 2: popular poem here in the United States and people love
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  Speaker 2: to see the show and house. It was based in
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  Speaker 2: this poem and brought to like this story of the
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  Speaker 2: young girl that rediscovers the magic of the holidays. So
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  Speaker 2: not only is the acrobatics and you know, all the
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  Speaker 2: high level acts that we have, but also like it's
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  Speaker 2: very poetic and it's a beautiful story for the Christmas.
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  Speaker 1: I love this because it's bringing quality time for families
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  Speaker 1: together because it really is for all ages, like it's
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  Speaker 1: something for everyone, right.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's what I was saying. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: a beautiful show because it's for all the family, and
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  Speaker 2: it's so beautiful to see the phases of the kids,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and sometimes I'm flying and I can hear
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  Speaker 2: like wow, so that's very spec you know, it's yeah
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  Speaker 2: for us It's like I love that. I love those
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  Speaker 2: reactions from kids.
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  Speaker 1: Does that energize you as a dancer and performer to
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  Speaker 1: hear the crowd reacting.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I've been performing for a long time now,
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  Speaker 2: but every time that this thing happens, they fill my
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  Speaker 2: hard you know, like that's the reason why we do
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  Speaker 2: what we do. Is not only because we love to
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  Speaker 2: do these acrobatics. It's also what we can express and
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  Speaker 2: how we can touch the heart of the people. You know,
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  Speaker 2: and especially like a holiday show like this that bring
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  Speaker 2: the family together. I think it's a very special occasion.
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  Speaker 2: I love that.
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  Speaker 1: Twas the night before Christmas at Deepak performing until December fifteenth,
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  Speaker 1: So get your tickets dpagnc dot com. Are you going
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  Speaker 1: to be all for the holidays or you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get to travel home to spend time with family, or
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  Speaker 1: you'll still be on the road.
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  Speaker 2: We will be performing, but I'm happy. I'm happy to
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  Speaker 2: do that, you know. I love to make the holidays
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  Speaker 2: of everyone that comes to see us a special and
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  Speaker 2: like to have a special memory. Of course, I need
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  Speaker 2: to be with my family, but I will deal with
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  Speaker 2: them after the holidays, So I'm happy to be here exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so tell us a fun fact. So everybody when
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  Speaker 1: they come to see on stage, theyn't know a fun
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  Speaker 1: fact about you that maybe not everyone knows.
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  Speaker 2: A fun fuck like a favorite food.
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  Speaker 1: Or is there a holiday tradition that you always try
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  Speaker 1: to do.
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  Speaker 2: Well, maybe it's not that fun, but I have some
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  Speaker 2: biggies in my feet always that keep me warm. They're
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  Speaker 2: famous because they come with me everywhere. They have a
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  Speaker 2: space in the back of stage. When I go to
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  Speaker 2: the stage, they put them in a special place and
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  Speaker 2: I try to be warm always. So back at stage,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not very glamorous. I'm always like with a lot
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  Speaker 2: of players and coats and you know. But yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: would say my biggies they are famous wherever I go.
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  Speaker 1: I love that. That's super fun fact to know. And
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  Speaker 1: people can visualize that now that they're seeing you on
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  Speaker 1: the stage. All right, So any holiday tradition that you've
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  Speaker 1: always had throughout your life.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I come from Spain. We have a lot of
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  Speaker 2: traditions for Christmas. You know, we eat twelfth grades on
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  Speaker 2: New Year and definitely I need that moment. But I
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  Speaker 2: try to do a phone call with my loved once
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  Speaker 2: and I do it every year, even if it's six
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  Speaker 2: hours in advance, you know, so I try to keep
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  Speaker 2: that tradition even if I'm traveling around the world.
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  Speaker 1: I love that we are so excited to have you
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  Speaker 1: here in Durham and can't wait to see you on
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  Speaker 1: stage twice the night before Christmas, DEEPAG and see dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much, and have you enjoyed the cold.
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  Speaker 1: I know you got your warmers, but enjoy the cold.
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  Speaker 1: It is cold here.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having us and so excited
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  Speaker 2: to have all the people from Durham. Thank you for
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  Speaker 2: coming