CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE Lights Up the Kennedy Center Stage

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE lights up the 2010 holiday season when it transforms the stage at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts December 7-12, marking the first-ever "circus-inspired" show to play on stage at the historic venue. Cirque Dreams, an American theatrical Production Company, brings its critically acclaimed entertainment brand to D.C. for 8 glorious holiday performances. Created and directed by Neil Goldberg, creator of the groundbreaking Broadway hit CIRQUE DREAMS JUNGLE FANTASY, CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE is "so full of energy it could end our dependence on oil" according to the New York Daily News and "a delicious confection of charm, sparkle and talent by the sleighload". The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle raves "even the Grinch would be impressed with this Christmas wonderland." "Stuffed with so much holiday cheer and audacious acts, Scrooge would exit with a big ol' smile on his face" hails the Erie Times News about this "Broadway-worthy spectacle". "The perfect way to come in from the cold, forget the holiday stresses and find the magic of the season" proclaims The Oakland Press. Tickets will go on sale starting Sunday, September 12th.

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE is an original musical extravaganza of ornaments that come to life when costumed characters perform astonishing feats that celebrate the holiday season with spectacle, imagination and whimsical dreams. An international cast of 30 artists transform into gingerbread men flipping mid air, toy soldiers marching on thin wires, snowmen daringly balancing, icemen powerfully sculpting, penguins spinning, puppets caroling and reindeer soaring high above a landscape of holiday wonderment. Hundreds of spectacular costumes accompany an original musical score with some holiday favorites in a setting of gigantic gifts, colossal candy canes and towering toy soldiers guarding a 24-foot tall magical tree.

Says Creator/Director Goldberg, "Cirque Dreams Holidaze follows in the spirit of the Cirque Dreams entertainment brand first established in 1993...to produce high quality, affordable family entertainment that blends multiple performance genres and Broadway theatrics with international talent, European and American circus artistry and limitless imagination."

More than 50 million fans worldwide have attended a Cirque Dreams show in the past decade. Critics and audiences alike have praised Cirque Dreams shows as "The grandest circus spectacle east of Vegas;" New York Magazine, "A whiz-bang family friendly spectacle;" Los Angeles Times and "brilliantly conceived entertainment for multiple generations" Chicago Tribune. In 2009, Cirque Productions premiered the first touring season of CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE, grossing more than 10 million dollars in ticket sales, breaking box office records and entertaining more than 200,000 spectators. In 2008, Cirque Dreams made Broadway history by presenting Goldberg's CIRQUE DREAMS JUNGLE FANTASY at the Broadway Theatre, the first and only show of its kind to ever perform on Broadway. The production recently remounted for a limited 2010 summer engagement at the MGM Grand/Foxwoods featuring the original pop princess Debbie Gibson, in the singing role of Mother Nature. A new year-round version of the show will open December 1, 2010 at Busch Gardens Tampa. Currently, CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION, Goldberg's new show of street-smart stunts turned acrobatic stage spectacle is touring the U.S. A first-ever CIRQUE DREAMS & DINNER theatrical dining extravaganza on board the new Norwegian EPIC cruise line has been declared "a groundbreaking spectacle among the best, if not the best we have seen at sea", USA Today. Between now and the end of 2010, Cirque Dreams brand shows will perform in over 35 cities across the nation.

CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts performances will be held: Tuesday, December 7 - Sunday, December 12 at 7:30pm with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are affordably priced from $31.00-$110.00 and are available at the Kennedy Center Hall of States Box Office, online at www.kennedy-center.org or via phone at 202/467-4600. Group discounts are available by calling 443/703-2401. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is located at 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20566.

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