Cirque Tokyo ZED and KOOZA Employees Evacuated to Macau

As a personal rule I do not post Cirque Du Soleil information that has not already been released to the public. That is not any directive from management. Just a personal guideline. I feel ok to post this since it has already been published publicly at:

http://communities.canada.com/montrealgazette/blogs/stageandpage/
archive/2011/03/15/cirque-du-soleil-japan-update-zed-performers-
evacuated-to-macau.aspx

“Cirque has decided yesterday to transfer all its employees currently in Japan to Macau (China). These preventative measures touch the staff and artists of ZED, presented at Tokyo Disneyland, which is closed for the next 7 days, and artists and staff of Kooza, presented in Fuji Dome in Tokyo, which is also cancelled until further notice. Artists and staff will benefit from the support of the Macau colleagues and will be able to pursue their training at the Macau training centre.”


The Cirque has two permanent shows in Asia. In addition to ZED at Tokyo Disneyland, there’s ZAIA at the Venetian Hotel in Macau. Kooza is a touring show which just happened to be playing in Tokyo at the time of the quake.

Here in Macau China, like so many around the world, we are monitoring the situation in Japan while our hearts and prayers go out to the people there.

To put a positive and hopefully not superficial spin on things – Here in Macau we are VERY happy to host our Cirque family artists, technicians and support staff from ZED and KOOZA. Cirque Du Soleil is very much a circus family so we hope to make our brother and sister Cirquesters feel at home during there stay.

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