Canadian billionaire Quebec-born philanthropist Guy Laliberte, jokes as he puts on a clown nose as he speaks through the glass wall with his family and friends at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
Star Wars Holiday Special 1978
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Here is a segment from the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special featuring Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia singing an ode to “Life Day” – the Star Wars Universe’s answer to Christmas.
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, November 17th 1978.From 1978, the Star Wars Holiday Special about the celebration of “Life Day”, the Wookie equivalent of Christmas. Generally considered to be perhaps the worst show ever aired on tv. You can read all about it at:
Panel OK’s 30 Million Loan for Cirque Du Soleil Hollywood
A five-member committee of the Los Angeles City Council voted this morning to move ahead with a $30- million loan that would bring a decade of Cirque du Soleil performances to the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
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Cirque du Soleil founder steals space show
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A former stiltwalker and fire-eater stole NASA’s show Thursday, saying he’ll be “like a kid in a candy store” experimenting with zero-gravity tricks on his upcoming tourist trip to the international space station.
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ZAIA takes Bollywood stars on a space journey
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June 2009 – Stars of Bollywood and the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” see the ZAIA show by Cirque Du Soleil in Macau, China.
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ZAIA Cast June 2009
ZAIA cast June 2009 in the Green Room at the Venetian Macao (SAR) China.
Cirque du Soleil performs at Bollywood Awards Ceremony
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The cast of ZAIA performs at the Bollywood IIFA Awards Ceremony with a specially choreographed 5-minute opening segment on June 13, 2009.
ZAIA is Cirque du Soleils first permanent show in Asia
Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA Band 2009
The Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA band, June 2009 in Macau, China. A rare moment where all the musicians are together for a photo opp.
In this photo: Eduard Harutyunyan (percussion), Jay Elfenbein (viol, dare I say cello, strings, bass guitar), Darrin Johnson (drummer), Olivier Milchberg (guitar, Turkish banjo, plucked strings), Maria Andersson (singer), Steven Bach (keyboards – bandleader), Rose Winebrenner (vocalist), Racheal Cogan (recorder, EWI)and Conrad Askland (keyboards, assistant bandleader).
Current Project
Current project folder. 🙂
Cirque Du Soleil 25th Anniversary
We celebrated the 25th Anniversary of Cirque Du Soleil on the morning of June 17, 2009 in Macau. It was a GREAT party which included artists doing stiltwalking at 4am to join with other Cirque artists worldwide in an attempt to break the current Guinness Book of World Records for the most people stiltwalking at one time.. I’m sure the party pics will show up on Facebook.