Tickets are $39.50 - $99.50 and go on sale Monday, February 5, 2007 at 10 :00am. Tickets for DELIRIUM are available at the American Bank Center Box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at (361) 881-8499.

The New York Times claims "DELIRIUM is a full-scale spectacle, with nearly four dozen performers in Cirque’s usual array of acrobatic feats and technical razzle-dazzle, eerie tableaus and phantasmagoric costumes."

"Technological pageantry ...celebrates astounding physical accomplishments" exclaims the Los Angeles Times.

Created and directed by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon DELIRIUM is a multifaceted event of unprecedented proportion featuring Cirque du Soleil music remixed. Driven by this urban tribal beat and awe-inspiring visuals, musicians, singers and dancers transform the arena into joyous frenzy.
DELIRIUM is the quest for balance in a world that is increasingly out of sync with reality. It pushes the limit of arena performance through technical magnitude, human introspection and creative prowess.
DELIRIUM is an urban tale, a state-of-the-art mix of music, dance, theatre, and multimedia. Pumped by this rejuvenated Cirque du Soleil rhythm, the audience is transported through a series of musical tableaux into a universe of delirious sensory folly.

Turning music into motion

For the first time in Cirque du Soleil history, lyrics have been created for the instrumental tracks and real words integrated in place of invented language, bringing to the music a fresh poetic dimension. The texts are in English, French, Spanish, Wolof and Portuguese. Robbie Dillon, who contributed texts for Cirque du Soleil’s ZUMANITY, composed the English lyrics for DELIRIUM.

In all, 20 of Cirque du Soleil’s most memorable musical moments – originally created by René Dupéré, Benoît Jutras and Violaine Corradi – have been re-mixed by Quebec producer, composer and arranger Francis Collard, who deftly injects new life into these powerful classics. The result is a hyper-energizing urban tribal beat that explodes with electronic sounds, percussions and world rhythms.

Also for the first time, Cirque du Soleil musicians and singers will be center-stage as their music will be the driving force of this gigantic event.

Amongst the musicians lending to this eclectic mix of sounds are percussionist brothers El Hadji Fall Diouf and Pape Abdou Karim Diouf of Senegal; keyboardist and band leader Ric’key Pageot; Italian-born percussionist Raffaele Artiglieri; and Brazilian Italo-Cuban singer Dessy Di Lauro.

The stage and projections

This unique, large-scale event may be the most massive technical production ever created to tour arenas. Placing all this equipment into an arena is a complex puzzle normally reserved for stadiums.

More than 300 feet of projections dominate the scene – the equivalent in width of almost two IMAX screens – setting the stage for a colossal multimedia presentation. Images projected range from prerecorded visuals to manipulated live feeds that create interactions between the show and the audience.

The artists

To heighten the musical experience, DELIRIUM is infused with acrobatic dances choreographed by Mia Michaels, as well as classic Cirque du Soleil feats including aerial, acrosport and hand balancing acts.

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Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil is primarily a creative content provider for a wide variety of unique projects. In addition to shows, the Montreal based company wishes to extend its creative talent to other spheres of activity. While maintaining stringent standards of artistic quality and originality, Cirque du Soleil brings to innovative projects the same energy and spirit that characterizes each of its shows.

Cirque du Soleil is a Quebec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. Since its beginnings in 1984, over 50 million spectators in over a hundred cities on four continents have been thrilled by Cirque du Soleil. In 2006, Cirque du Soleil will present 13 shows simultaneously across the globe. Cirque du Soleil is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Emmy, Drama Desk, Bambi, ACE, Gémeaux, Félix and Rose d’Or de Montreux.