Newsletter No. 2
January 2009
In this newsletter:
Cirque Éloize will open the National Hockey League All-Star Game celebrations.
The NHL has entrusted Cirque Éloize's Special Events division with the production of a performance made to measure. This special creation will be presented at the opening of the 57th All-Star Game on 25th January, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Bell Centre in Montreal. A short number will also be performed during the first intermission. The All-Star Game is one of the most prestigious events of the National Hockey League season and will be broadcast across Canada and the United States, as well as in over 150 countries around the world.
We proudly bring you our Special Events
Cirque Éloize's Special Events division was especially active throughout 2008. Our Special Events team had an outstanding 2008, producing 58 events in our Old Montreal studios, located in the restored Dalhousie Train Station building, and 23 events produced on location in several countries around the world.
For Caramilk's 40th Anniversary, the Special Events division was asked to create a custom performance that would fittingly celebrate the secret of the famously mysterious chocolate bar. It was shown in two performances on 4th October 2008, attracting 1600 spectators to Montreal's Olympia theatre.
Cirque Éloize's Special Events were commissioned to create a custom performance for the world's leading electrical supplies distributor. Inspired by and conceptualized around the theme of electricity, this special creation was performed before a select audience of 700 at Chicago's Navy Pier on 1st October 2008. Watch excerpts of the show here.
Nebbia's resounding Quebec success
After its initial five-week stay at Montreal's Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, last fall, Nebbia set out on Quebec's road circuit, and has been performing in all corners of the province. The Quebec public, who had not had a chance to see Cirque Éloize for four years, gave us a very warm welcome indeed. Nebbia has now been seen by 130 000 spectators in 27 cities since its creation in 2007. The tour is currently on a five-month swing through the United States.
Nebbia will be back for three performances at Montreal's Place des Arts on the 11th and 12th September 2009.
Follow Nebbia's tour here
Two RAIN artists are winners of Poland's leading television talent competition: Mam Talent (Got Talent)
Cirque Éloize is exceptionally proud that the Polish-born hand to hand duo of Bartlomiej (Bartek) Pankau and Jacek Wyskup were grand prizewinners on Poland's adaptation of "America’s got Talent!" Jacek and Bartek have been touring with RAIN for the past five years. Watch a video of their performance here.
RAIN continues on its European tour
After having visited 12 cities in France and having spent a month in Athens, Greece, RAIN and its troupe are back for a brief Quebec stay that will help them to recharge for the remainder of their European tour. This winter and coming spring RAIN will be shown in Italy, Spain and France in a total of 97 performances.
See RAIN's itinerary here.
