Cirque du Soleil's TOTEM Continues for Two Weeks thru Dec 29 in Irvine

This holiday season, offer unimaginable feats and unexpected delight to your loved ones with TOTEM from Cirque du Soleil; an unforgettable experience to make their eyes and imagination light up. Since early October, TOTEM has been taking Southern California audiences on a mesmerizing journey through mankind's evolutionary progress with breath-taking surprises and excitement.

TOTEM is currently performing at the Orange County Great Park Festival Site in Irvine, CA through the Holidays until December 29.

• Wednesday, December 18 at 8pm
• Thursday, December 19 at 8pm
• Friday, December 20 at 8pm
• Saturday, December 21 at 4:30pm & 8pm
• Sunday, December 22 at 1pm & 4:30pm
• Tuesday, December 24 at 4:30pm
• Thursday, December 26 at 8pm
• Friday, December 27 at 4:30pm & 8pm
• Saturday, December 28 at 4:30pm & 8pm
• Sunday, December 29 at 1pm & 4:30pm

The production will then move to the Santa Monica Pier starting January 17, 2014. For complete show schedule and tickets, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com/totem.

Since its World Premiere in 2010, more than 2 million people worldwide have been mesmerized by the intimacy and beauty of TOTEM, winner of the 2013 Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Unique Theatrical Experience. Featuring a cast of 46 acrobats, actors, musicians and singers, TOTEM is an uplifting array of athleticism, comedy, heartfelt emotions and surprising visual effects.

Written and directed by world-renown multidisciplinary artist Robert Lepage, TOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of origin for many ancient civilizations.

Inspired by many founding myths, TOTEM illustrates, through a visual and acrobatic language, the evolutionary progress of species. Somewhere between science and legend TOTEM explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential.

For more information, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com/totem
Stay connected with TOTEM on Twitter: @Cirque #TOTEM
Follow TOTEM on Facebook: www.facebook.com/totem

From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil is a major Québec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company has 5,000 employees, including more than 1,300 artists from more than 50 different countries. Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 100 million spectators in more than 300 cities in over forty countries on six continents. For more information about Cirque du Soleil, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com.