Want to know what went into creating the one-night-only exclusive Cirque du Soleil performance for the 84th Academy Awards? This video, courtesy of the Academy, goes behind the scenes and shows the Cirque performers rehearsing for the lavish number.
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50+ performers from various Cirque du Soleil productions took part in the tribute to the movie theater experience, incorporating the theme of the 2012 Oscars into this exclusive Cirque performance. Among the performers gathered at the Kodak Theatre for the February 26th show were “aerialists, Icarian acrobats, hand balancers, dancers and characters from IRIS, A Journey through the World of Cinema(TM) along with the 15-member Banquine team from Viva ELVIS(TM) in Las Vegas and a hand balancer from Zarkana(TM), direct from Moscow’s Kremlin State Palace Theatre.”
Source: Cirque du Soleil – February 27, 2012
