Dralion

Dralion
Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Dralion
CompanyCirque du Soleil
GenreContemporary circus
Show typeTouring
Date of premiereApril 22, 1999 (Montreal)
Final showJanuary 18, 2015 (Anchorage)
Creative team
DirectorGuy Caron
Director of creationGilles Ste-Croix
Set designerStéphane Roy
ComposerViolaine Corradi
Costume designerFrançois Barbeau
Clown act designerMichel Dallaire
Lighting designerLuc Lafortune
ChoreographerJulie Lachance
Sound designerGuy Desrochers
General artistic directorSylvie Galarneau
Company founder and CEOGuy Laliberté
Other information
Preceded byLa Nouba (1998)
Succeeded byVarekai (2002)
Official website

Dralion (pronounced Drah-lee-on) was a touring production by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil. The show combined elements of traditional Chinese circus with Western contemporary circus, complementing the "East-meets-West" theme implied in the title—the name is a portmanteau of "dragon" (representing the East) and "lion" (representing the West). It is Cirque du Soleil's twelfth touring production and the first Cirque show since 1985 not to be directed by Franco Dragone.[1] Dralion performed its final show at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska on January 18, 2015, bringing its fifteen-year world tour to a close.

  1. ^ "Cirque du Soleil - About Dralion". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-13.