Cirque du soleil to create event for Toronto's Luminato festival
Cirque du soleil's Timo Wopp, left, of Berlin and Rene Bibaud, right, of Seattle, Wash., perform in New York's Times Square. Cirque street performers will be in Toronto for the Luminato festival. (Jason DeCrow/Associated Press)
Canadian circus troupe Cirque du soleil will create a new event to close Toronto's Luminato festival in 2009.
The free event will see Cirque members as two tribes of colourful characters interacting together in street performances.
Luminato, the Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, announced the Cirque collaboration on Friday, along with other closing weekend activities.
Cirque du Soleil, based in Montreal and Las Vegas, has performed all over the world and premiered two permanent shows in Asia last year, in Macau and Tokyo.
The Luminato Cirque event will be staged June 12 to 14 at Harbourfront Centre, the Toronto Music Garden and HtO Park, all on the Toronto waterfront.
Also taking place that weekend:
* 1000 Tastes of Toronto: Toronto chefs, restaurants and cafés provide a selection of gourmet street food at the central waterfront.
* Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra: The Balkans-based composer and musician gives a concert June 12 at Yonge-Dundas Square.
* Brazilian Guitar Marathon: A day-long exploration of Brazilian guitar music, from jazz to samba to bossa nova and Chorinho, with performances by Sérgio and Odair Assad, in Yorkville Park.
Luminato runs June 5-14.
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