Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA is Coming to San Jose This Spring
The production will run from April 18 through May 26.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Apr. 09, 2024
The iconic Cirque du Soleil Big Top has returned to San Jose for the first time since 2019. This past Saturday, close to 80 crew members and 70 local stagehands came together to push more than 100 poles to raise the Big Top marking its official return to Silicon Valley to welcome the spectacular production, KOOZA. From April 18 through May 26, Bay Area audiences will be able to take a seat and experience in its most exciting form high-flying acrobatics, whimsical characters, lavish costuming, colorful sets, hilarious clowning, and a powerful live score. Tickets for all performances are still available at cirquedusoleil.com/kooza.
About the Big Top
This is a new Big Top to San Jose – featuring a new, more eco-friendly grey and white design.
The Big Top can sit 2,542 people.
The entire set up takes seven days. It includes three-tents: the Concession tent, the iconic Big Top, Artistic tent along with the kitchen, offices, and the box office.
The Big top stands at 19-meters high and at 51-meters in diameter.
The four main pillars supporting the Big Top measure 25-meters each.
550 stakes are planted to ground the Big Top on over 4,505-meter square feet of asphalt.
The show equipment weighs more than 2,000 tons and travels city to city in 70 trailers.
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Best Musical - Top 3
1.
URINETOWN (Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble)
17% of votes
2.
THE DAY THE SKY TURNED ORANGE (San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company / Z Space)
9.1% of votes
3.
SWEENEY TODD (Cabrillo Stage)
8.6% of votes
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