According to WorldBulletin.net, Cirque du Soleil was in attendance at the FIBA 2010 World Basketball Championships (the largest basketball event of the planet) as part of the inauguration ceremony.
The inaugural ceremony of the 2010 World Basketball Championship was broadcast live simultaneously by TV stations of 172 countries.
During the ceremony, world-wide known dance and show group Cirque du Soleil displayed a special performance, followed by concerts by Turkish musicians Fatih Erkoc, Muslum Gurses and Sezen Aksu, as well as Italian tenor Alessandro Safina and Greek singer Haris Alexiou. Turkish dance group Fire of Anatolia also staged its major production “Troia” as part of the ceremony.
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