Here is my personal “Conrad update” post that I’ll keep stickied on the top of my blog until our Cirque show opens. Click the “Read the rest of this entry” link to read current status, or the rest of the blog for tidbits on our new Cirque Du Soleil adventure in Macau, China. Sorry, no details posted about the show until after Grand Opening.

2008

• August 29 - Grand opening!
• July 26 - Soft opening of show.
• May 30 - Name of show will be released at press conference.
• April 14 - Rehearsals resume in China at the new theater in the Sands Venetian.
• March 23 (Easter) - Whole troupe flies to Macau China! First three weeks we have off to find apartments and get settled. Then it’s serious rehearsal time to get the show on it’s feet.
• January 26 - Arrived in Montreal, Canada at Cirque Du Soleil headquarters to begin rehearsals for the “Macau I” show to open at the Sands Venetian in Macau, China fall of 2008.
• January 5 - Departure delayed three weeks.

FAVORITE CIRQUE DU SOLEIL VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE:

Let Me Fall - bungee from Saltimbanco

Cirque Du Soleil “Bungee” from the Saltimbanco spectacular, performed to Josh Groban’s collaboration for Cirque, “Let Me Fall” By Me. This is my favorite CDS video.
The Let Me Fall video captures to me the intangible beauty that Cirque Du Soleil is all about.

Mystere promo video

Cirque du Soleil - La Nouba - Acrobacia

Cirque Du Soleil “O” video

Clip from Cirque Du Soleil’s 25th Anniversary

Power Track act from Allegria

Quidam excerpt

Allegria - Cirque Du Soleil midnight sun

Corteo cast 2006 behind the scenes

Casting for Cirque Du Soleil

CDS - The Fire Within - The Making of a Cirque Show

Nightshift visits Cirque Du Soleil

FAVORITE MACAU RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS:

An Introduction to Macau

Destination Macau - The Macau Sands Venetian

Destination Macau - The Cotai Strip

“This will be the most comprehensive, the broadest hospitality entertainment complex that has ever existed”

University Students Climb the Macau Tower

Top graphic is a Cirque Du Soleil show promo. Opening Summer 2008 at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel.

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