Cirque Eloize & Teatro Sunil Present NEBBIA at Buell Theatre 4/28 -4/29

Premier French Canadian circus Cirque Éloize has teamed with the Swiss acrobatic theatre troupe Teatro Sunil to create NEBBIA, a vibrant production featuring contemporary circus arts, music, dance and theatre. The show, helmed by the acclaimed director Daniele Finzi Pasca (Cirque du Soleil's Corteo), plunges audiences into a fantastical world of dreams, imagination and the unexpected. NEBBIA - Italian for "fog" - will play Denver's Buell Theatre April 28 and 29 for two shows only. Tickets go on sale Sunday, March 22 at 10am.

NEBBIA features an international cast of acrobats, clowns, jugglers, trapeze artists and musicians, led by director and choreographer Daniele Finzi Pasca, whose unique style has been seen in Cirque Eloize's Rain on Broadway, in Cirque du Soleil's hit show Corteo, and in the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin.

Le Telejournal Montreal declares NEBBIA "a true masterpiece," and Le Journal de Montreal raves, "At times sidesplitting, at other times heart-wrenching, the quality of this performance by Cirque Éloize and Teatro Sunil is extraordinary...this is circus that you can feel, where emotion is conveyed as if by magic."

NEBBIA is the third part of the Sky Trilogy, an eight-year collaboration between Cirque Éloize and Daniele Finzi Pasca. The three shows - Nomade, Rain and Nebbia - explore the world of acrobatics and the poetry of circus arts through profoundly human characters

Other members of the NEBBIA production team include Julie Hamelin (Creative Producer and Lyricist), Jeannot Painchaud (Director of Creation), Maria Bonzanigo (Musical Composer), Hugo Gargiulo (Set Designer) and Linda Brunelle (Costume Designer.)

Single tickets for NEBBIA start at just $20. To charge by phone, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 15 or more, please call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby, or at TicketsWest outlets, located in all King Soopers stores. 

NEBBIA is an added attraction in Denver Center Attractions' 2009 season, which is generously sponsored by United Airlines. Media sponsorship for DCA is provided by The Denver Post, CBS4 and Colorado Homes & Lifestyles magazine. Denver Center Attractions is supported in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Please visit our website at www.denvercenter.org.

About Cirque Éloize: At the heart of the circus arts revival, Cirque Éloize has been creating moving performances filled with magic since 1993. Continually striving for artistic perfection, it is one of the leading companies in contemporary circus arts. Based on the multidisciplinary talents of its artists, Cirque Éloize combines circus arts with music, dance and theatre in a break-through and original manner. With six original productions to its credit, Cirque Éloize has presented more than 3,000 performances in 330 cities and 30 countries around the world. Cirque Éloize has taken part in numerous prestigious international festivals and has conquered Broadway with its show Rain. In 2003, Cirque Éloize organized the first circus arts festival in North America - "La Semaine des Arts du cirque" - in the Magdalen Islands.

About the Director: Director, author, choreographer and clown, Daniele Finzi Pasca was born in Lugano, Switzerland. He founded Teatro Sunil in Switzerland in 1983, where he's directed 25 shows. His projects have been seen in more than 20 countries, and are marked by a profound sense of humanity and playfulness. He has written and directed three shows for Cirque Éloize of Montreal: Nomade, Rain and Nebbia. Nomade opened in 2002 and has met with enormous success in Canada, Europe and Hong Kong, with more than 700 performances. Rain saw great success on Broadway and in San Francisco, and received the Best Touring Production of the Year Theatre Award in Great Britain. For Rain, Finzi Pasca was nominated as the Best Director at the Drama Desk Awards in New York. In 2003, Cirque du Soleil asked Finzi Pasca to write and direct its new touring show, Corteo, which opened in April 2005 and is still touring around the world. Finzi Pasca was also commissioned to conceive and direct the closing ceremony of the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

About Teatro Sunil: Founded in Lugano in 1983 by Daniele Finzi Pasca, Teatro Sunil has produced over 30 theatre and dance performances and has worked with more than 200 performers in various countries. The company has performed in 26 countries and worked on joint productions with Swiss, Italian, Austrian, Brazilian, Canadian and Mexican companies. With Teatro della carezza, it operates a research laboratory on the technical approach in the work of both actors and dancers.

Photo Credit: Productions Nebbia 2007 - Valerie Remise