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Contact Name: Trish Ivey Contact Email: trish@freshprsarasota.com Contact Phone Number: 9419146671 The Circus Arts Conservatory (CAC) and Key Chorale celebrate their dynamic ten-year collaboration in this year’s production of Cirque des Voix®: Circus of the Voices, with Decade of Wonder, a one-of-a-kind performing arts experience. Ten years ago, the CAC’s Pedro Reis and Key Chorale’s Joseph Caulkins joined forces and created a production that had never been seen before when they combined over 100 voices of the Key Chorale with the 40-piece Cirque Orchestra and live circus artists. This season’s three performances will feature acts choreographed to some of the most exciting, unforgettable music ever written. Circus artists of both national and international acclaim will dazzle audiences with their unique skills during musical collaborations in piece after piece. Cirque des Voix 2020 will feature music from Karl Jenkins, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Danny Elfman and more. “Perhaps the greatest gift of the last 10 years is that Key Chorale has been welcomed with open arms into the greater Circus family,” said Joseph Caulkins, Key Chorale Artistic Director. “The countless performers who have dazzled us by their grace, power, and strength are now our friends. Each season when we come together it feels a little like a family reunion – singers, instrumentalists, and circus artists – coming together to present a show unlike any other, to celebrate the very best of our art forms and do something we could never do alone." This year’s collection of circus artists include: ·Fire Twirler, Matuni Vaiaoga, Jr., back by popular demand, will juggle flames accented by Wonder Woman’s Wrath by Rupert Gregson-Williams and crowd favorite O Fortuna by Carl Orff. ·Hannah Griffith, will exhilarate audiences as she soars through the air, flipping and twisting on the single trapeze performing to Song of the Spirit from Symphonic Adiemus by Karl Jenkins. ·Ernest Palchykov, will mesmerize audiences with his innovative combination of circus and ballet in an awesome presentation of hand balancing to Hans Zimmer’s captivating No Time for Caution from Interstellar. ·Sailor Circus Academy aerialists will delight crowds from up in the air on the lyra and silks. They will be thrilling audiences while performing to Adiemus from Symphonic Adiemus by Karl Jenkins. ·Russian-born Denis Ignatov, performs Cubique – an electrifying manipulation and juggling of geometrical shapes that create an array of mind-bending visual illusions. to Oscar winning composer John William’s Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: Phantom Menace ·Luna Girls Madi McKay and Marina Luna will mesmerize audiences with their beauty and grace on the lyra to Vanitas Vanitatem from Requiem by Dan Forrest. ·Cuban-born Rokardy, a chair balancing master who has been featured on America’s Got Talent as well as performing with Cirque du Soleil will have audiences gasping as he performs to Justice League by Jeff Marsh and Dream is Collapsing from Inception by Oscar winner Hans Zimmer. This unique theatrical experience is one audiences will want to attend every year. Performances are Friday, Mar 20 - Sunday, March 22, 2020. Tickets for Cirque des Voix® are $20-$55. To purchase tickets in advance, please go online to CircusArts.org/BuyTickets,visit the Big Top Box Office at Nathan Benderson Park behind the Mall at UTC or call 941.355.9805. Box Office hours are 10AM-5PM weekdays and 10AM-1PM on Saturdays.