| Wintuk | |
|---|---|
 Logo for Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk | |
| Company | Cirque du Soleil |
| Genre | Contemporary circus |
| Show type | Seasonal residency production |
| Date of premiere | November 7, 2007 |
| Final show | January 2, 2011 |
| Location | Madison Square Garden, New York |
| Creative team | |
| Writer and director | Richard Blackburn |
| Director of creation | Fernand Rainville |
| Set/props designer | Patricia Ruel |
| Composer | Simon Carpentier |
| Costume designer | François Barbeau |
| Sound designers | Jonathan Deans Leon Rothenberg |
| Lighting designer | Yves Aucoin |
| Choreographer | Catherine Archambault |
| Projections designer | Francis Laporte |
| Acrobatic performance designer | Daniel Cola |
| Acrobatic equipment and rigging designer | Guy St-Amour |
| Makeup designer | Eleni Uranis |
| Other information | |
| Preceded by | Koozå (2007) |
| Succeeded by | Zaia (2008) |
Wintuk (pronounced win-took; amalgamating the English word "winter" with Inupiaq phonetics) was a semi-permanent and seasonal residency show created by Cirque du Soleil.[1] Wintuk played seasonally from 2007 to 2011 at the former WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden (now the Hulu Theater) entertainment complex in New York.[2]
The show ran for ten weeks each winter holiday season during the 2007 to 2011 period. Previews of Wintuk began November 1, 2007 and the world premiere and inaugural season was launched on November 7, 2007. Wintuk was a 90-minute show with a 20-minute intermission. Its initial premier season ran from November 7, 2007 to January 6, 2008. It returned for three more engagements with the final season running from November 17, 2010 through January 2, 2011.[3]
- ^ Jaworowski, Ken (November 18, 2009). "Derring-Do Antics, All in Pursuit of Snow". The New York Times.
- ^ Zinoman, Jason (November 9, 2007). "The Circus as Snow Globe, Shaken Very Hard". The New York Times.
- ^ Peter, Thomas (August 4, 2010). "Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk To Return to Madison Square Garden for Final Season". Playbill.