Tokyo Disneyland has broken ground on a new theater for the performance group Cirque du Soleil.
Representatives from the Oriental Land Co., Ltd., which manages Tokyo Disneyland, and the Takenaka Corporation held a traditional ceremony to ensure safe building construction.
A Shinto priest from the Seiryu Shrine carried out the groundbreaking ritual per ceremonial protocol in front of an audience of close to 50 executives, managers, and cast members.
The theater, located near the Disney Ambassador Hotel, will open in fiscal year 2008 (coinciding with Tokyo Disneyland Park’s 25th anniversary and the opening of the new Tokyo Disneyland Hotel) and will seat about 2,000 guests.
With concept art showing a large theater with a metallic silver exterior with strong edges and angles, the theater is yet unnamed.
The Cirque du Soleil troupe will perform a new show exclusively created for this new location at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort.
The Cirque du Soleil theater at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort will be the first permanent theater dedicated to the performance group outside of North America.
The popular group, which originated in Canada, has teamed with Disney in the past to present the show La Nouba in a permanent theater at Walt Disney World’s Downtown Disney district. Cirque du Soleil shows usually feature dramatic music, extravagant costumes, and fancy acrobatics and gymnastics.
http://www.disneylandreport.com/disneynews/060424Tokyo-Disneyland-Cirque-du-Soleil.html
Representatives from the Oriental Land Co., Ltd., which manages Tokyo Disneyland, and the Takenaka Corporation held a traditional ceremony to ensure safe building construction.
A Shinto priest from the Seiryu Shrine carried out the groundbreaking ritual per ceremonial protocol in front of an audience of close to 50 executives, managers, and cast members.
The theater, located near the Disney Ambassador Hotel, will open in fiscal year 2008 (coinciding with Tokyo Disneyland Park’s 25th anniversary and the opening of the new Tokyo Disneyland Hotel) and will seat about 2,000 guests.
With concept art showing a large theater with a metallic silver exterior with strong edges and angles, the theater is yet unnamed.
The Cirque du Soleil troupe will perform a new show exclusively created for this new location at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort.
The Cirque du Soleil theater at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort will be the first permanent theater dedicated to the performance group outside of North America.
The popular group, which originated in Canada, has teamed with Disney in the past to present the show La Nouba in a permanent theater at Walt Disney World’s Downtown Disney district. Cirque du Soleil shows usually feature dramatic music, extravagant costumes, and fancy acrobatics and gymnastics.
http://www.disneylandreport.com/disneynews/060424Tokyo-Disneyland-Cirque-du-Soleil.html
