Cirque du Soleil Returns to Marymoor

King County welcomes Cirque du Soleil back at Marymoor Park for their run of Corteo, beginning April 24, 2008!

Corteo, which means "cortege" in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. The clown pictures his own funeral taking place in a carnival atmosphere, watched over by quietly caring angels. Juxtaposing the large with the small, the ridiculous with the tragic and the magic of perfection with the charm of imperfection, the show highlights the strength and fragility of the clown, as well as his wisdom and kindness, to illustrate the portion of humanity that is within each of us. The music, by turns lyrical and playful, carries Corteo through a timeless celebration in which illusion teases reality.

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Cirque du Soleil brought Varekai to King County’s Marymoor Park in May of 2006. With it came $550,000 in gross revenue to help support the maintenance and operations of King County Parks and millions of dollars of economic development to Redmond and nearby businesses. This unprecedented partnership was also the inaugural event for the Recreation and Event pad within the park. In 2006, Fifty-three performances brought in over 130,000 visitors to Marymoor Park making it the Cirque’s most successful show on their West Coast tour.