Archive for January, 2010

  • Factory de Cirque

    Factory de Cirque

    The Las Vegas Weekly took a trip to Cirque du Soleil’s international headquarters in Montréal recently and got a peek into its ever evolving factory and wrote about it. Check out this interesting article from Steve Freiss! I had been here six years earlier, for a Newsweek piece in advance of Cirque’s third permanent Vegas show, [...]

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  • Cirque 2010 is…

    Cirque 2010 is…

    … not been officially released yet, and we here at Fascination cannot be sure this is the name of Tour 2010 set to launch in Montréal on April 22nd, but something new has been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in regards to Cirque du Soleil and what it is has piqued [...]

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  • KÀ Concept Art

    KÀ Concept Art

    From our friends at CirqueTribune comes a post from user “Stretchy” who discovered some interesting concept art for KÀ while browsing Mark Fisher’s website. Mr. Fisher is credited as SEt Designer on KÀ, playing at MGM Grand hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Check out some of these designs and get a peek into what [...]

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  • CrunchGear Goes Behind Curtain at OVO

    CrunchGear Goes Behind Curtain at OVO

    Daniel Brusilovsky on CrunchGear’s blogs recently caught up with Gerald Edwards-Webb, the Technical Director of OVO, and took a peek behind the scenes at Cirque du Soleil’s OVO. One of the places Mr. Brusilovsky got to peek under, was the stage: Gerard took me were not too many folks go to go — under the stage. [...]

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  • Details on Expo 2010 Released!

    Details on Expo 2010 Released!

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Jan. 12, 2010) – The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today unveiled the artists that will be part of Canada’s cultural program at Expo 2010, which will run from May 1 to October 31, 2010, in Shanghai, China. “Emerging and established artists from Canada will be front and [...]

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