Kim Reed<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\nAsked by The Republican if using the word \u201ccirque\u201d \u2014 one of its many meanings is \u201ccircus\u201d \u2014 in the show\u2019s title could be confusing to some who might think of Cirque du Soleil, Cook said he \u201cdidn\u2019t think so.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe circus has been around for many years in many iterations that have developed around the world, beginning with the grandaddy of them all \u2014 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. We are pretty clear that this is our own brand with original music and classic Christmas tunes played with a twist as well as specific storylines which very well differentiates us from other markets,\u201d Cook said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat also differentiates us from others is our combination of performers on stage, not just from the circus, but a Broadway component with singers, dancers and actors. It\u2019s the connections and the memories we create for out audiences that I really love,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s storyline is more abstract, Cook noted, with a cast of characters \u201closing their holiday spirit and trying to gain it back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cook added they travel with a cast and crew of about 230 people including \u201cthe best performers in the business\u201d from the United States, Hungary, Ukraine, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador and other countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are very difficult, very high-energy acts by our circus performers who will be thrilling audiences with such popular spectacles as the wheel of death, Rolla Bolla, aerial thrill acts, and other amazing spectacles,\u201d Cook said.<\/p>\n
While Cirque Musica Holiday no longer travels with a live band, Cook citing the expense as the reason, a live guitarist and aerial violinist will perform alongside tracked music created by James Olmstead, an accomplished music director, composer and arranger based in New York City.<\/p>\n
Since its inception in 2010, the world-renowned cast of Cirque Musica has performed feats of grace, skill, and strength to audience members worldwide. It is one of the largest cirque companies in the world with multiple productions on tour and is produced by TCG entertainment.<\/p>\n
Tickets, ranging in price from $39 to $130, are available at mgmspringfield.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.masslive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPRINGFIELD \u2014 It\u2019s a circus unlike any other. When Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland returns to Springfield Symphony Hall on Thursday, Dec. 4, there is no big top, no sawdust floors, no animals. Instead, you will see extraordinary circus performers set to a winter wonderland background. \u201cWe love Springfield,\u201d said Stephen Cook, president of TCG Entertainment, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2176362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2176362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2176363,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176362\/revisions\/2176363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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