CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN TO GLENDALE'S DELIGHT.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - Towering white circus tents will dominate downtown for up to 12 weeks beginning in April, when Glendale hosts a Cirque du Soleil-type production, replete with acrobatics acrobatics Art of jumping, tumbling, and balancing. The art is of ancient origin; acrobats performed leaps, somersaults, and vaults at Egyptian and Greek events. Acrobatic feats were featured in the commedia dell'arte theatre in Europe and in jingxi (“Peking and horses. The Glendale Redevelopment Agency voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Cavalia, a Canadian-based theatrical production Noun 1. theatrical production - the production of a drama on the stage staging production - a presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television; "have you seen the new production of Hamlet?" company founded by a creator of Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. , to hold its show in the city. ``I'm very happy to see this show come to town,'' Mayor Frank Quintero said. ``It's a great addition to downtown and I hope you come back on other occasions.'' City officials expect the show's presence in the center of town starting April 27 to be a boon for Glendale. In addition to collecting additional sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. and parking fees, the production has hired about 60 locals to work on the show during its Glendale run and is expected to draw customers to local businesses. Tickets will be $29-$79, and will go on sale next week. ``It's a great thing for the city. Burbank and Pasadena get everything. It's about time It's About Time may refer to:
The tents, which will hold up to 1,800 guests and a 160-foot-wide stage, will go up on the site of the proposed Town Center retail and entertainment development, bounded by Colorado, Harvard and Orange streets and Central Avenue. A portion of Orange Street will temporarily be closed for the duration of the show. Cavalia - a performance with horses, acrobats, musicians, singers, gymnasts and dancers - started out in Canada Out In Canada is a travel magazine focused on gay and lesbian also known as LGBT tourism, exclusively within Canada. The magazine is printed twice yearly, and is distributed free in gay villages across North America. late last year and is currently playing in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , both to great success, according to its founder, Normand Latourelle. ``We did not expect to come to California as fast as this, but the success is so big,'' Latourelle said. The productions, touted as a ``magical encounter between man and horse,'' each run about two hours and will take place seven days a week. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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