Victoria Theatre's Broadway Series: Cirque Dreams
PRESS RELEASE
The Victoria Theatre will become the home of a colorful dream in an enchanted forest when Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy draws Dayton audiences into a trance of the imagination as part of Victoria Theatre Association’s Fifth Third Bank Broadway Series, February 20 – March 4.
Over the years the Victoria Theatre has offered the ideal setting for musicals, dramatic plays, comedy and concerts, but never before has the stage been transformed into an ultraviolet dream world of fantastical jungle creatures, leaping and soaring through the air.
Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy features an international cast of graceful aerialists, spine bending contortionists, vine swinging characters, strongmen and balancers, who bring this jungle dream to life in a lush, Broadway setting filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes.
Produced by Cirque Productions and its Artistic Director, Neil Goldberg, the adventure of Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy begins as a classic black and white dream. However, every piece of costuming, every prop and even the makeup- right down to the eyelashes- is treated in invisible ultraviolet paint, and after the mirage-like first act, 10,000 ultraviolet lights transform the dream into colorful, surreal trip for the eyes and mind.
Imaginative theatrics and world-class acrobatics are enhanced by an original musical score, bringing inescapable jungle fever to a production that already presents the most striking visual and special effects ever on stage. Performers are costumed as what one would expect in a jungle scene and through their strength and agility manage to mimic the movement of fierce predators, delicate insects and even the creatures flying above our heads.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune says Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy is “Funny and entertaining, transporting a viewer into a magical, vividly evoked realm.”
The show’s creator, Neil Goldberg, is a native New Yorker with a degree in scenic design and a Broadway background. In 1993, he created Cirque Productions, the first American company to produce European, theatrical and cirque-style shows. Cirque Productions has created and opened over a dozen original shows; future openings include Cirque Dreams Illumination at Trump Plaza, Atlantic City in June 2007 and several new Cirque Dreams shows scheduled to open at Six Flags Theme Parks throughout the United States.
Cirque Productions coaches, choreographers and artistic directors continually travel the world in the search of new artists. Goldberg has been as far as contortion schools in Mongolia and acrobatic associations in Beijing. Performers with talent worthy of Cirque Productions’ standards are relocated to the United States to train in the company headquarters, Dream Studios, a state of the art theatrical production, rehearsal, training, design and wardrobe manufacturing complex.
The company now employs more than 100 of the word’s most skilled individuals, hailing from The Mongolian School of Contortion, The Acrobatic Training Center of Beijing China, The Sports Acrobatic Association of Poland, The Moscow Circus, The Russian State College for Variety Arts and more.
Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy is presented with support from Leadership Sponsors Brady Ware, Time Warner Cable, Projects Unlimited, Inc., and WinWholesale and The Win Group of Companies, as well as Performance Sponsors Radio One/Dayton, Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Elder-Beerman, Lifestages Samaritan Centers for Women, and Vectren Corporation.
Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy will be on stage at the Victoria Theatre February 20 – March 4, with shows Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Ticket prices begin at just $32, with discounts available for senior citizens, students and groups. Tickets are on sale now through Ticket Center Stage and may be purchased at the Schuster Center box office in downtown Dayton or by phone, at (937) 228-3630 or toll free (888) 228-3630. Ticket Center Stage hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday, noon - 4 p.m., and two hours prior to each performance. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.
For more information about Victoria Theatre Association, visit www.victoriatheatre.com. Click on the “Invite Friends” link to learn about Victoria Theatre Association’s online invitation service – it’s easy and FREE!
Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy features an international cast of graceful aerialists, spine bending contortionists, vine swinging characters, strongmen and balancers, who bring this jungle dream to life in a lush, Broadway setting filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes.
Produced by Cirque Productions and its Artistic Director, Neil Goldberg, the adventure of Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy begins as a classic black and white dream. However, every piece of costuming, every prop and even the makeup- right down to the eyelashes- is treated in invisible ultraviolet paint, and after the mirage-like first act, 10,000 ultraviolet lights transform the dream into colorful, surreal trip for the eyes and mind.
Imaginative theatrics and world-class acrobatics are enhanced by an original musical score, bringing inescapable jungle fever to a production that already presents the most striking visual and special effects ever on stage. Performers are costumed as what one would expect in a jungle scene and through their strength and agility manage to mimic the movement of fierce predators, delicate insects and even the creatures flying above our heads.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune says Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy is “Funny and entertaining, transporting a viewer into a magical, vividly evoked realm.”
The show’s creator, Neil Goldberg, is a native New Yorker with a degree in scenic design and a Broadway background. In 1993, he created Cirque Productions, the first American company to produce European, theatrical and cirque-style shows. Cirque Productions has created and opened over a dozen original shows; future openings include Cirque Dreams Illumination at Trump Plaza, Atlantic City in June 2007 and several new Cirque Dreams shows scheduled to open at Six Flags Theme Parks throughout the United States.
Cirque Productions coaches, choreographers and artistic directors continually travel the world in the search of new artists. Goldberg has been as far as contortion schools in Mongolia and acrobatic associations in Beijing. Performers with talent worthy of Cirque Productions’ standards are relocated to the United States to train in the company headquarters, Dream Studios, a state of the art theatrical production, rehearsal, training, design and wardrobe manufacturing complex.
The company now employs more than 100 of the word’s most skilled individuals, hailing from The Mongolian School of Contortion, The Acrobatic Training Center of Beijing China, The Sports Acrobatic Association of Poland, The Moscow Circus, The Russian State College for Variety Arts and more.
Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy is presented with support from Leadership Sponsors Brady Ware, Time Warner Cable, Projects Unlimited, Inc., and WinWholesale and The Win Group of Companies, as well as Performance Sponsors Radio One/Dayton, Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Elder-Beerman, Lifestages Samaritan Centers for Women, and Vectren Corporation.
Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy will be on stage at the Victoria Theatre February 20 – March 4, with shows Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Ticket prices begin at just $32, with discounts available for senior citizens, students and groups. Tickets are on sale now through Ticket Center Stage and may be purchased at the Schuster Center box office in downtown Dayton or by phone, at (937) 228-3630 or toll free (888) 228-3630. Ticket Center Stage hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday, noon - 4 p.m., and two hours prior to each performance. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketcenterstage.com.
For more information about Victoria Theatre Association, visit www.victoriatheatre.com. Click on the “Invite Friends” link to learn about Victoria Theatre Association’s online invitation service – it’s easy and FREE!
