Cirque du Soleil performer killed in Las Vegas show

[The Straight Story]

A performer from the famed troupe Cirque du Soleil died in a weekend accident during a show at a Las Vegas casino, authorities said Sunday.

The performer, 31-year-old Sarah Guyard, was pronounced dead shortly before midnight Saturday, the Clark County, Nevada, medical examiner's office told CNN. The cause of death had not been determined Sunday afternoon, the office said.

Guyard performed under the stage name "Sassoon." She was part of the original cast of "Ka," the long-running Cirque du Soleil show at the MGM Grand hotel and casino, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté said in a statement issued Sunday.

The show has been canceled indefinitely. The company is "working with the appropriate authorities and have offered our full cooperation," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/30/us/nevada-cirque-death/index.html

[pnwmom]

1. How horrible. During the show? And yet the don't know the cause of death? n/t

[BootinUp]

2. Only 31, thats a damn shame. nt

[pnwmom]

3. Turns out she died in a fall. How sad for her family, and the whole troupe.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-cirque-du-soleil-culture-20130630,0,7920816.story

Jun 30 (TheWrap.com) - A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling Saturday night during a performance of the show "Ka" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Sarah Guillot-Guyard was killed in fall from the show's elevated vertical stage at the MGM Grand, according to the Las Vegas Sun. It's the first onstage death in the 30-year history of artistic acrobatic troupe.

The Clark County Coroner's Office confirmed Sunday morning that Guillot-Guyard, 31, died Saturday night.

No formal cause of death has been determined pending further examination of Guillot-Guyard's body. She was born in Paris and had spent more than 22 years as an acrobatic performer. She was the mother of two young children.

[Arctic Dave]

4. That is so sad.

They are all dedicated and talented performers/athletes.

[Roland99]

5. First on-stage fatality in the entire show's 30-years of performing

We'll be there for Ka in about 2 weeks. The box office has said only that shows thru July 6 are canceled so I guess they're just checking a few things for safety and then letting the show go on?