The Director of QTA, Abdulla Al Badr (right) and General Manager of SDI Marketing, Nick Grana (second right) with other officials during the press conference yesterday.
DOHA: After the success of last year’s Saltimbanco in Doha, Cirque du Soleil will perform Dralion here from September 19 to 21 at Aspire Dome.
Winner of ‘Favourite Event’ at DIYAFA, Qatar Choice Awards 2012, Cirque returns to Doha with another signature production, ‘Dralion’ a world-renowned performance based on its astounding acrobatics and its one-of-a-kind spectacle costumes.
Supported by Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), SDI Marketing and Chevrolet, the show is set to thrill local and regional audiences at the Aspire Dome with a run of six shows.
Abdulla Al Badr, Director of QTA, said: “We are delighted with the partnership with SDI Marketing. We, at Qatar Tourism Authority, believe that bringing great international events like this to Doha is in line with our objective to build thriving entertainment tourism to ensure that Qatar is the home for leisure and family entertainment.”
Nick Grana, General Manager SDI Marketing, said: “We are extremely proud and very excited to bring back Cirque du Soleil to Doha. This year’s show “Dralion” promises to be bigger and better than last year’s show. Our goal is to continue providing “best-in-class” family entertainment to Qatar for many years. We look forward to another sell-out crowd!
Fusing the 3,000 year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatic arts with the multidisciplinary approach of Cirque du Soleil, Dralion draws its inspiration from Eastern philosophy and its never-ending quest for harmony between humans and nature.
The show’s name is derived from its two emblematic creatures: the dragon, symbolizing the East, and the lion, symbolizing the West.
In Dralion, the four elements that govern the natural order take on a human form. Thus embodied, each element is represented by its own evocative colour: air is blue; water is green; fire is red; earth is ochre.
In the world of Dralion, cultures blend, Man and Nature are one, and balance is achieved.
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