Archive for December, 2007

  • Alegrí­a in Korea?

    Alegrí­a in Korea?

    According to the Korean Times this morning, Cirque du Soleil is scheduled to bring Alegría to South Korea in October 2008: “Alegria” presented by world-famous Canadian circus troupe Cirque Du Soleil which brought Quidam to Seoul’s stage in 2007, will take to the stage on the big top theater in October. { SOURCE: Korea Times } var a2a_config [...]

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  • Performance Space: La Nouba

    Performance Space: La Nouba

    The La Nouba performance space is a collaboration of four entities: Cirque du Soleil, Scèno Plus, Walt Disney Imagineering and the Rockwell Group. All four worked together to design and construct what would be Cirque du Soleil's first (and currently only, but that will change shortly with the construction of the Tokyo 2008 project) freestanding theater built exclusively for their needs. Armed with a budget between $20 and $30 Million (USD), Scèno Plus designed the approx. 75,000 square-foot (7,000 square-meter) drum-shaped theater that is a wonderful testament to both structure and beauty and a shining example of ingenuity and design.

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  • An Update on Future Projects

    An Update on Future Projects

    The “Anonymous Cirquester” strikes again and passes along some interesting bits of news related to our favorite Circus, Cirque du Soleil: Dubai 2010 starts its creation process in January 2008 for a premiere in late 2010 or early 2011. Macau 2008 is currently behind schedule. Construction on the theater is to blame, it is six weeks behind. Macau [...]

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  • Cirque reaches out to Bloggers?

    Cirque reaches out to Bloggers?

    According to this recent post in the Business Blog Consutling blog, Cirque du Soleil marketing is trying something new: it is reaching out to bloggers by providing them free tickets to KÀ and Mystère in the hope that they would, in turn, compile a review of their show experience. Read about this here. { SOURCE: Business Blog [...]

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  • Saltimbanco Performer Falls, Injured

    Saltimbanco Performer Falls, Injured

    According to News Talk Radio CJAD in Montreal, a performer for Cirque’s restaged Saltimbanco arena show fell last night and was injured. From their website: The Cirque du Soleil show at the Bell Centre last night was halted for a time after an accident involving some acrobats. One miscalculated a mid-air manoeuvre and fell on another [...]

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