Mar 22, 2023
For Krista Monson, a shift from mastery to mystery feels almost seismic as she has been committed to creating breathtaking, masterful performances of virtuosity on stages around the globe. For many artists, the work of creativity can often feel both precarious and dangerously precipitous...It’s not uncommon to feel caught in the pendulum swinging between pure artistic, passionate joy and the pressure or expectation to meet conventional, external definitions of success. And while you might imagine that to be the perspective of the artist who is striving to keep the work going steadily and build their practice, who might be heard saying they feel caught in the grind, the wheel or the hustle, it may be a surprise to discover this is often felt just as powerfully by someone at the top of their game and with a very full resume of successes and an equally full docket of opportunities on the horizon.
For the past 13 years (and counting) with Cirque du Soleil, Krista has served as Artistic Director of the renowned production “O” at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, as Casting Director for Cirque du Soleil’s resident shows worldwide and most currently, as a writer, stage and creative director with the company. Her resume of outstanding productions and unique one-off creative adventures with and beyond Cirque, reads like a storybook and yet in this moment in her path, she looks to fully invest in meaningful relationships and projects that “make (her) heart fly!” and the mystery that lives in that promise.