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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
RETURNS TO PORTLAND WITH
KOOZA
Opening on Friday, April 9, 2010 -May 16

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – Cirque du Soleil is proud to return to Portland with its critically acclaimed touring show production KOOZA. Proudly presented by iShares, KOOZA will premiere on Friday, April 9 for a limited engagement under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (big top) at SW Moody Avenue in Portland (South of the Marquam bridge).

Tickets for KOOZA are available to the General Public starting Sunday, January 24 at 10:00am at 1-800-450-1480 or online at www.cirquedusoleil.com/kooza.

KOOZA is a return to the origins of Cirque du Soleil that combines two circus traditions Рacrobatic performance and the art of clowning. The show highlights the physical demands of human performance in all its splendor and fragility, presented in a colorful m̩lange that emphasizes bold slapstick humor.

"KOOZA is about human connection and the world of duality, good and bad", says the show's writer and director David Shiner. "The tone is fun and funny, light and open. The show doesn't take itself too seriously, but it's very much about ideas, too”.

The show starts with The Trickster bursting onto the scene like a jack-in-a-box right in front of The Innocent, and that is just the first of many surprises to follow. The Innocent's journey brings him into contact with a panoply of comic characters such as the King, the Trickster, the Heimloss, the Pickpocket, the Obnoxious Tourist and his Bad Dog.

Portland Performance Schedule
• Tuesdays thru Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.
• Fridays and Saturdays at 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
• Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
• No performances on Mondays

Tickets: http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kooza/tickets/portland.aspx