Cirque Productions

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Cirque Productions
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1993
FounderNeil Goldberg
Headquarters
Pompano Beach, FL
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Neil Goldberg, Founder and Artistic Director
Websitewww.cirqueproductions.com

Cirque Productions, also known as Cirque Dreams, is an American entertainment company. Based in Pompano Beach, Florida, it was founded in 1993 by Neil Goldberg and has gone on to create elaborate stage productions for two Super Bowls, the NBA, Disney, Busch Gardens, Six Flags, Miss Universe, NBC, ABC and CBS as well as for public theatre, Broadway, casinos, tours and corporate events worldwide.[1]

Productions (abridged)[]

Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy[]

The show opened at the Broadway theatre in 2008.[2][3] The show re-launched on July 27, 2010, at the MGM Grand Theatre at Foxwoods, Connecticut, for a limited engagement starring Debbie Gibson in the title role of Mother Nature.[4] In 2013, the show was redesigned into a modern dinner theatre experience in partnership with Norwegian Cruise Line, to perform indefinitely on their new Breakaway sailing year-round from NYC.[5]

Cirque Dreams Holidaze[]

The Cirque Dreams Holidaze show is a winter themed holiday production that debuted in 2007.[6] It features "gingerbread men flipping through the air, toy soldiers skillfully marching on thin wires, snowmen daringly balancing, icemen sculpting powerfully, penguins spinning, puppets caroling and reindeer soaring high above a landscape of holiday wonderment."[citation needed]

Cirque Dreams Pandemonia[]

A show featuring "surreal visual stylings and bursts into the air, sideways and upside-down. Inventive acrobatics and free-ranging whimsy, unleashed in a playground of imagination and Technicolor atmospherics."[citation needed]

Cirque Dreams & Dinner[]

Norwegian Cruise Line offers a version of the company's shows, which according to USA today is "nothing like anything currently found at sea."[7] The show features aerialists flying overhead, acrobats, contortionists, muscle men, jokesters and musicians all performing while the guests eat dinner. The show's artistic director claims if rough seas take place they will just become part of the show.

Cirque Dreams Coobrila[]

Exclusively at Six Flags theme parks, this show is billed as "a maze of connecting stages and technical apparatus comes to life in an imaginary land created on the other side of the moon."[citation needed]

Cirque Dreams World Tour[]

In 2012, Cirque Productions teamed with Armed Forces Entertainment to bring the first Cirque Dreams World Tour to U.S. troops and their families at 17 U.S. military bases in 10 different countries around the world. As of January 23, 2012, the show has already visited Naval Base Guam and several bases in Japan, including Yokota Air Base, Yokosuka Naval Base, Misawa Air Base, and Camp Foster in Okinawa.[8]

Legal issues[]

Cirque du Soleil filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against them and others in the late 1990s over the use of the word cirque ('circus' in French). After a six-year battle, Cirque Dreams along with others who used the name cirque were successful in defeating the lawsuit.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.cirqueproductions.com/ Cirque Dreams Homepage
  2. ^ "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy to bow on Broadway on 16 Jun". New York Theater Guide. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  3. ^ "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy | TheaterMania". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  4. ^ Republican, Keith O'Connor | Special to The (2010-07-24). "Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy brings Deborah Gibson to MGM Grand at Foxwoods". masslive. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  5. ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cirque-dreams-entertainment-brand-celebrates-20-years-of-global-growth--expansion-with-7-shows-and-tours-in-2013-215553531.html
  6. ^ "Circus spectacle meets Broadway theatrics in Cirque Dreams Holidaze". Anchorage Daily News. 2019-12-25. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
  7. ^ http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/legacy/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=84875.blog A sneak peek at Norwegian Cruise Line's epic plans for new entertainment
  8. ^ "Circus delights kids of all ages". Stars and Stripes Okinawa. 2012-01-18. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  9. ^ "Cirque Dreams founder sets his creation apart". Tampa Bay Times. 2009-02-03. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  10. ^ "Word Mark: CIRQUE DREAMS". United States Patent and Trademark Office. 2004-06-17. Retrieved 2012-11-04.

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