MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

We wish all of you a fun, safe, and
Merry Christmas from both of us...



HAPPY HOLIDAYS! From Justino and Daniela.

Guess who's performing for a Mouse!

Mickey Mouse that is!
That's right for the first time Justino and Daniela will be featured in the beautiful "WALT DISNEY THEATER"

JDZ productions will be creating a new spin on their hit show "Extreme Vegas"
Custom tailored for the Disney audiences.

"It will be an exciting new adventure for us to work with such a magical company" says Justino Zoppe Artistic Director and star of the show.

Justino and Daniela can be seen performing in the "Walt Disney Theater" starting this Nov 2012!

Long transit!

Well our final show closed in the stardust on May 28th and on June 1st we had the 8,000 lbs of props sets, costumes and gear broken down and in its 11 huge road cases ready to be transported the 3,146 miles across the country to the Spirit Mountain Casino .

We are currently waiting comfortably at home in Orlando Fl while our gear makes its long journey across the good Ole USA! Fingers crossed it all arrives in one piece! (well 11!) lol.

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First day of rehearsals

Well last night we decided not to drive to the hotel & stay home, to get up early and go directly to the Rehearsal Studio.

We are still tired from last month on the Star, so while watching TV at 8:30pm we both fell asleep on the couch, Good lets head to bed, that will give us plenty of hrs of sleep before our early call.

NOPE! once I moved to bed, I started thinking about the many music cues, steps & choreography we need to get right in a few hrs.. and then the nerves kicked in.. I am now officially WIDE AWAKE!

at 2 am I got tired of starring at the ceiling, so I went out and watched some tv for a few hrs, only to realize I now have only a few hrs left before I need to wake.. so I force my self to go back to bed..

Still Mad that im not tired anymore..

We got up at 5:00am (augh still dark) sleep walked into the shower and tried to wake up (I hate mornings!) we head off to Tampa, FL around 6am to arrive a bit early, as I had anticipated traffic which didn't exist on the back roads, so a quick stop for a Cracker Barrel Coffee and were back to head into the studio at 8am.

We arrive to find many friendly faces from the previous meetings greeting us hello.

we quickly got down to business and started discussing the illusions..

First Illusion of the day was one of my favorites.. "Eclipse" originally created by Kalin & Ginger.= better known as "Circle of Fire" the Eclipse is a different Illusion but uses the same method and prop.

The Eclipse we find to be much larger here then on the Star, but a few modifications in our timing and we seem to have it figured it out.. Daniela try's the Illusion one time to check the mechanics of it.. and it goes perfect..!

Music starts and we went thru the full routine.. I need to polish some of my music cues as i am not 100% on some of the cues.. but all is well no missing fingers or blood so thats an improvement over my first days with this beautiful prop! LOL

We then head to my appearance illusion.. (which is a nicely done illusion but gives me the most bruises out of everything we do! LOL) but nothing compared to Daniela's Bruises which out does me 10 to 1 which she reminds me of on a daily basis.. !

At 10am we got to meet the cast for the first time.. and I remember having all of them introduce their names one by one.. thinking to myself halfway thru.. "there is no way im going to remember all these names!" but from what I have seen the dance sections look really good and the cast seems like a strong good looking young cast, which only makes me feel OLD!

I remember the days I was the youngest person on stage.. and now I feel like im the oldest! How did that happen?

Anyway I look forward to getting to know them all as we will be working closely together over the next 6 1/2 months..

It's an exciting time.. a time we can all look back after it's all done and say "Remember when?" :)

I was so proud of my wife as she managed to do all her chorey nearly perfect and I am most proud of her performing the Levitation which is a very difficult trick and she did great.. I am so lucky to have her by my side.. (making me look good) Which she also reminds me of on a daily basis! LOL

The NCL production team told us after the day was over that our routines went very well and we were ahead of schedule, we had been rehearsing on our own time with the props on board the Star usually at night when the theater was closed.. so it looks like those late nights payed off. :)

Well now im off to bed because I am getting sore & tired..

I look forward to finishing Fire Spiker & Staring Windsheer soon..

More to come :)

--Justino Zoppe

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On Vacation at home

Most people when they go on Vacation, it includes a trip to Europe, overseas, a theme park etc..

When Daniela & I go on vacation we get to do something we rarely do.. We get to go HOME!

Our Job has us going to Tourist Destinations all over the world on a daily basis. so THAT is the Norm. for us, going home is something out of the ordinary. and WE LOVE IT!

The piece and quiet of the house. the warm feeling of being in our own home, the ability to jump in the car at anytime of day and do anything we please.. it's a feeling that most everybody else has every day but for us, it's a rare experience we get only a few weeks a year.

We Love our Job and we love the amazing places we get to see by simply opening our door..

for instance last month we were so busy installing our show in the new Stardust Theater, i didn't even ask where the ship was heading.. that day i found out we were stopping in San Francisco, a place i oddly have never been! but i got a view not everybody gets.. we watched the sunrise from the private crew deck (located on the front bow of the ship) as we sailed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, at 6am it was a beautiful sight, the city was totally quiet, and as we passed by Alcatraz you could hear the Sea Lions barking on the pier close by.. those are experiences that are amazing in our job..

And we never take it for Granted, but we appreciate every moment we have at our house..

So we have 48 hrs left of Vacation, then we head to 2 Weeks of Intense rehearsals for the new Dance + Illusion production "Elements".

I will be posting more info soon.. as of right now.. IM ON VACATION! :)