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NeNe Leakes starts 10-day run as host of Vegas 'Zumanity' show

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 27: Actress NeNe Leakes performs in 'ZUMANITY, The Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil' at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Cirque du Soleil) LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 27: Actress NeNe Leakes performs in 'ZUMANITY, The Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil' at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Cirque du Soleil)

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LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 27: Actress NeNe Leakes performs in 'ZUMANITY, The Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil' at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Cirque du Soleil) LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 27: Actress NeNe Leakes performs in 'ZUMANITY, The Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil' at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino on June 27, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Cirque du Soleil)

June 29, 2014

NeNe Leakes, just a few weeks after finishing up "Dancing With the Stars," took on a fun 10-day role starting on Friday in Las Vegas hosting "Zumanity —The Sensual Side of Cirque du Soleil." Here are some photos taken opening night.

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To USA Today, she described her role as "the Mistress of Sensuality." "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star's gig is normally filled by a drag queen.

"I'm hosting the show," she explains. "It's very tough, and it's very demanding. So it's a lot of dialogue, and when to enter and exit and the timing." Leakes has been working with the Zumanity cast and artistic director Ria Martens on these elements.

A provocative cabaret-style production, "Zumanity" is on the cutting edge of contemporary, adult-themed entertainment and blends playful innuendo with daring eroticism inside the intimate theater, according to Broadway World.

This is the first time in 30 years Cirque du Soleil has incorporated a celebrity into its production.

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