Cirque du Soleil Show for Oscar Sunday
Cirque du Soleil presented an exclusive performance for the 84th Academy Awards on Oscar Sunday, Feb. 26. The one-time-only event featured the largest Cirque cast ever assembled for a single act.
More than 50 international artists from Cirque du Soleil productions around the world converged in Los Angeles to bring the showcase to life. The act featured aerialists, Icarian acrobats, hand balancers, dancers and characters from IRIS, A Journey through the World of Cinema along with the 15-member Banquine team from Viva ELVIS in Las Vegas and a hand balancer from Zarkana, direct from Moscow’s Kremlin State Palace Theatre.
The act was accompanied by music from Academy Award-nominated composer Danny Elfman, who scored the music for Cirque du Soleil’s IRIS, A Journey through the World of Cinema.
[ Also Read: Beatles Love by Cirque du Soleil for Paul McCartney ]Cirque du Soleil presented the performance as a tribute to the movie theatre experience incorporating signature Cirque acrobatic elements and imagery along with classic film clips.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 were presented on Sunday, Feb. 26, at the theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network as well as being televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Cirque du Soleil has 5,000 employees, including more than 1,300 performing artists from close to 50 different countries.
