| Viva Elvis | |
|---|---|
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| Company | Cirque du Soleil |
| Genre | Contemporary circus |
| Show type | Resident show |
| Date of premiere | February 19, 2010 |
| Final show | August 31, 2012 |
| Location | Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas |
| Creative team | |
| Writer and director | Vincent Paterson |
| Creation director | Armand Thomas |
| Musical director and arranger | Erich van Tourneau |
| Set designer | Mark Fisher |
| Costume designer | Stefano Canulli |
| Acrobatic performance designer | Daniel Cola |
| Acrobatic equipment and rigging designer | Guy St-Amour |
| Original lighting designer | Marc Brickman |
| Additional lighting design and programming | Martin Labrecque |
| Image content designer | Ivan Dudynsky |
| Sound designer | Jonathan Deans |
| Props designer | Patricia Ruel |
| Makeup designer | Nathalie Gagné |
| Choreographers | Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo, Mark Swanhart, Catherine Archambault |
| Artistic guide | Guy Laliberté, Gilles Ste-Croix |
| Other information | |
| Preceded by | Banana Shpeel (2009) |
| Succeeded by | Totem (2010) |
| Official website | |
Viva Elvis was the seventh resident Cirque du Soleil show on the Las Vegas Strip. It resided at the Aria Resort & Casino and premiered on February 19, 2010. The show closed on August 31, 2012.[1] Cirque du Soleil partnered with Elvis Presley Enterprises to produce this show, similar to how they partnered with The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd to produce the resident show Love at the Mirage.[2]
CKX, Inc., the company that owns the rights to Elvis Presley's name, likeness, and music publishing, signed an agreement to have Cirque du Soleil create the Elvis-themed residency show. The gala premiere was originally scheduled for January 2010[1] on what would have been Elvis' 75th birthday, but was postponed until February 19, 2010.[3][4] CKX and Cirque du Soleil eventually intended to develop additional touring shows and multimedia interactive "Elvis Experiences" throughout the world.[5]
- ^ a b "Viva Elvis World Premiere Tonight at Aria Resort & Casino at Citycenter". Cirque du Soleil (Press Release). 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ "Cirque du Soleil, Apple Corps Ltd. and the Mirage partner to create and Unprecedented Live Theater Production". Cirque du Soleil (Press Release). 2004-10-14. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ Cirque's Viva Elvis postponed
- ^ Cirque du Soleil's Viva ELVIS opens in Las Vegas
- ^ "Official CKX, Inc. Press Release on The Elvis Presley Projects with Cirque du Soleil". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2011-02-17.