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Cellist Julie McInnes is one of the small group of musicians who work in "the dungeon," four stories below the MGM Grand stage, for Cirque du Soleil's "Ka." View photo »
Musical director Richard Oberacker oversees the musicians in 10 performances a week. His studio is one of three the performers use in the production. View photo »
Musical director Richard Oberacker View photo »
Derek Jones plays the bass live in a studio beneath the stage. View photo »
Assistant conductor Janine De Lorenzo takes the elevator up from the music studio to play the drums live onstage View photo »
Assistant conductor Janine De Lorenzo, playing a drum onstage, has been with "Ka" since its creation in 2004. "This music is embedded in me," she says. View photo »
The musicians take a final bow. View photo »
Wed, Apr 9, 2008 (2 a.m.)
Below the stage is the orchestral pit, or what the musicians in the Cirque du Soleil show "Ka" refer to as the "dungeon." With three windowed studios, it has no parallel in the world of live performance music.
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