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Issue #79: August 2010 – Released!
10 August 2010 5:00 PM | No Comments
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Behind the Curtain Archive
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Rigging up Corteo
If you’re interested in the behind-the-curtain elements of Cirque du Soleil you might be interested in an article published this morning out of the Calgary Herald – “Send in the Riggersâ€. Chris Cannon, staff writer for the Herald, spoke with Vincent Schonbrodt, one of Cirque’s riggers currently on tour with Corteo. It’s a great read [...] -
DidyaKnow? – “KOOZA in the Streets?”
DidyouKnow that on December 2nd, Yury Shavro and Diana Aleschenko from KOOZA performed their unicycle act at the opening of the 26th San Jose Holiday Parade? The performance was also broadcast live on the local NBC station (NBC 11) throughout the San Francisco and San Jose area. How cool! a2a_config.linkname="DidyaKnow? – “KOOZA in the Streets?”"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.CirqueFascination.com/?p=511"; a2a.init("page"); -
DidyaKnow? – “Saltimbanco Celebrates 100th!”
The newly launched arena tour of Cirque du Soleil’s 1992 production “Saltimbanco” has reached a very important milestone – it celebrated it’s 100th performance! This very special show took place on November 29th during its run in Colorado Springs and, as luck would have it, according to Cirque that milestone coincided with the 4,500th overall [...] -
DidyaKnow? – “Cirque at EPCOT?”
DidyouKnow that on Friday, October 5th, Walt Disney World unveiled a new “O Canada” video at the Canadian Pavilion at EPCOT? Prior to the presentation, La Nouba artists Justin Osbourne, Pawel Beigaj, Witek Beigaj, Stephane Bayol and Melanie Bayol entertained diners at a VIP breakfast. The new film is narated by Canadian actor and Comedian [...] -
DidyaKnow? – “Larger than Life Trickster?”
DidyouKnow that visitors to the CN Tower recently were treated to a 15 by 10 meter painting of the Trickster, Jason Barrent’s character in Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA? The painting was done by Toronto artist Bill Wrigley (www.billwrigley.com) in celebration for another of Cirque’s feats: the breaking of a world record! Cirque succeeded in breaking the [...]