ORLANDO, Fla.– Cirque du Soleil’s brand-new Disney program establishes an opening date. The brand-new Cirque du Soleil show at Walt Disney Globe finally has a brand-new opening day– more than a year and a half after the COVID-19 pandemic halted the manufacturing.
Called “Drawn to Life,” the program remained in last rehearsals as well as just a few weeks away from debuting when the pandemic closure brought the entertainment industry to a stop. The show– the first developed collectively by Cirque du Soleil as well as Disney– is now arranged to open up at Disney Springs on Nov. 18.
Tickets will certainly go on sale to the general public on Aug. 20, according to the Disney Parks Blog site– although emails sent out to previous Cirque du Soleil customers allowed them to acquire tickets right away. On Tuesday early morning, the most effective seats for the Nov. 18 opening date were currently represented.
The following performance following the Thursday, Nov. 18 debut is Saturday, Nov. 20. Then “Attracted to Life” clears up right into a regular schedule of shows Tuesdays-Saturdays.
” Drawn to Life” will certainly provide only one performance per evening through the fall, with outsets at 5:30 p.m. Heading into Xmas, when crowds generally swell at Walt Disney World, a 2nd showtime will certainly be included. Beginning Dec. 21, efficiencies are scheduled for 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. The timetable includes performances on the period’s significant vacations: Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and also New Year’s Day.
Tickets are on sale with Dec. 31, 2022, with the occasional break. No efficiencies are scheduled for Jan. 9-17, 2022, for instance. When the manufacturing resumes on Jan. 18, showtimes will certainly be 5:30 as well as 8 p.m.
Ticket prices begin at $85 as well as $63.75 for youngsters and vary by seat area via several rates: $119/$ 89.25 for kids, $149/$ 111.75 for kids, as well as a top tier in which all seats are $185 no matter age.
” Attracted to Life” is the replacement for the long-running “La Nouba,” which played more than 8,500 shows over nearly twenty years before shutting Dec. 31, 2017. Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil collaborated with Disney Imagineers on the brand-new manufacturing, which tells the tale of a young girl who sets out to recognize her father, a Disney animator. The program will certainly mine the background of Disney animation, incorporated with the colorful outfits, appealing songs, and circus arts for which Cirque du Soleil is understood.
At a pre-pandemic preview, strains of the Disney hit “A Whole New Globe” can be heard in the songs, while shapes of personalities such as Mickey Computer Mouse and also Donald Duck were seen. The established appears like a giant animator’s drawing table. Among the acts previewed: Synchronized gymnasts and also an entertainer on an “aerial pencil”– a hanging device developed to appear like a standard tool of the animator’s profession.
At the time, “Drawn to Life” supervisor of creation Fabrice Becker claimed the program would include a worldwide cast of 65. The Disney Parks Blog reported that throughout the hold-up, the show’s artists remained in shape by training in your home or at regional centers.
Back in April, Circle du Soleil CEO Daniel Lamarre went down a hint about the revised opening date in a meeting with the Los Angeles Times.
” We need to have the ability to open sometime in the fall,” Lamarre informed the California newspaper, claiming the company was “recognized to have the opportunity to do a show with the IP [intellectual property] of Disney.”
Although Circle du Soleil declared personal bankruptcy protection during the pandemic, in November, it was acquired by a team of its creditors in a setup that brought the business, which additionally has Blue Man Team, out of bankruptcy.
In June, Lamarre told CNBC that things were looking good as well as the business was marketing more tickets each day than it did pre-pandemic.
For additional information on “Drawn to Life” or tickets, go to disneysprings.com/cirque.
