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For the first time in its history, Cirque du Soleil will visit Manila with its live touring production VAREKAI premiering June 22, 2011( until July 10, 2011) for a limited engagement under the blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau( Big Top) located at the Luneta, across Quirino Grandstand.
Tickets have been on sale since March 4, 2010 through online box office at www. hoopla. ph or www. cirquedusoleil. com. For inquiries, call 775-0939, 881-0947, 0919-4508125 and 0917-4436463.
About the show
Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world— a world where something else is possible. A world called VAREKAI.
The sky lets go a solitary young man, and the story of VAREKAI begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world imbued with fantastical creatures, a young man takes flight in an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of pure and undiluted possibility, begins an inspired incantation to a life rediscovered and to a newly found wonder in the mysteries of the world and the mind.
The word VAREKAI( pronounced ver · ay ·’ kie) means“ wherever” in the Romany language of the gypsies— the universal wanderers. Written and directed by Dominic Champagne, this production pays tribute to the nomadic soul, to the spirit and art of the circus tradition, and to those who quest with infinite passion along the path that leads to Varekai. VAREKAI emerges from an explosive fusion of drama and acrobatics. The impossible becomes possible in stunning displays of skill and power set against innovative music and otherworldly sets, interwoven with vivid choreography that speaks to all in the universal language of movement. The pendulum of time sweeps backward, paying tribute to the ancient and rare circus traditions of Icarian games, water meteors and Georgian dance. VAREKAI then catapults to the future with revolutionary twists on such acts as Russian swings, body skating and triple trapeze. Cast and acts VAREKAI introduces an international cast of more than 50 artists representing 23
nationalities: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Serbia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden and Ukraine. •
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