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Festizio
Festizio was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete.

Vanity page. I believe the name of the band is a Family Guy reference. But it's still vanity. See also Keane Li, listed on VfD above. Aerion 22:04, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. No allmusic.com entry. Non-notable. Gamaliel 22:16, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment. Scrutinize any Google hits carefully; all material is on sites that allow anyone to add content. I couldn't find any non-promotional material. They seem to have impressive online presence, but I wouldn't know anything about their real-life presence. JRM 22:38, 2004 Dec 11 (UTC)
 * Delete. Amazon don't sell their CDs (presuming they've actually released some). [[User:David_Johnson|David Johnson [ T|C ] ]] 00:06, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mikkalai 02:36, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Unsigned, undistributed, not an industry leader: a band with a strong web presence, which means a band that uses the web for advertising. Geogre 05:36, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Garage band vanity. [[User:Livajo|Ливай | ☺]] 06:41, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete as reasoned above. DreamGuy 10:30, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)

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Trampolining terms

Trampolining terms are used to describe various positions and types of skill performed in the sport of trampolining.

Basic skills

 * Straight Jump – A vertical jump with the body held straight and arms in a straight line above the body at take-off.
 * Tuck Jump – From a straight jump start, the knees are pulled up to the chest and the hands must at least briefly grasp the legs between the knees and ankle.
 * Pike Jump – Again from a straight jump start, the legs are straight, held together and lifted parallel to the trampoline and the arms and body reach forwards towards the pointed toes.
 * Straddle Jump – Similar to the pike jump except that the legs are spread sideways approximately 90° apart and the arms reach forward towards the pointed toes.
 * Seat Drop or Seat Landing – Landing in a seated position with the legs straight. The hands support the body one either side and very slightly behind the posterior, palms down with fingers pointed towards the pointed toes.
 * Seat Landing Half Twist to Seat Landing or Swivel Hips – Performing a seat landing, bounce up to a straight position (without landing) and then perform a half twist and land in the second seat landing facing in the opposite direction.
 * Half Twist and Full Twist – While in a straight jump position rotating the body until facing the opposite direction for a half twist or a complete 360° rotation for a full twist.
 * Stomach Drop, Front Drop or Front Landing – Landing horizontally on the bed, face down, with the arms bent to form a diamond shape with the hands overlapping slightly in front of the face. The legs should be bent slightly at the knee keeping the feet off the trampoline bed. But otherwise held in tension for a good landing.
 * Back Drop or Back Landing – Landing on the bed on the back. The legs are bent up at about 90° on landing with legs held straight and the head is held in line with the body flat on the bed (to avoid whiplash injury).
 * Hands and Knees 3/4 turnover – Bouncing on hands and knees then making a forward rotation to land in either Back Drop, to your feet or Seat Drop.
 * Turntable – from front drop, bouncing, staying horizontal, performing a half twist around, then landing in front drop.
 * Back drop half twist to back drop or Cradle – From back drop, bouncing up and rotating forwards, then performing a half twist, landing in back drop.

Intermediate skills

 * Front Somersault – One complete forward rotation; the body can be in any of the tucked, piked or straight (rarely seen other than to develop straight barani) positions.
 * Back Somersault – One complete backward rotation; the body can be in any of the tucked, piked or straight positions.
 * Side Somersault – One complete left or right rotation; this is usually performed tucked, but advanced variations include piked: straight legs (bent body). The straight position is impossible as the asymmetry will develop severe twisting and transform the side somersault into a back somersault.

Advanced skills

 * Barani – A front somersault with a half twist before landing; also known as a front-half.
 * 3/4 front (Crash Dive) – Three-quarter straight front somersault that lands in the back drop position.
 * 1 and 3/4 front (1 and 3, 217) – One and three quarter front somersault (performed in tucked or pike shape) that lands in the back drop position.
 * 2 and 3/4 front (2 and 3, 317) – Two and three quarter front somersault that lands in the back drop position.
 * 1 and 1/4 front – One and one quarter front somersault (performed in tucked or pike shape) that lands in the front drop position.
 * 2 and 1/4 front – Two and one quarter front somersault that lands in the front drop position.
 * 3/4 back (Lazy Back, Easy Back) – Three quarter straight back somersault that lands in front drop position.
 * 1 and 3/4 back (Suicide) – One and three quarter back somersault that lands in front drop position.
 * 1 and 1/4 back – One and one quarter back somersault (performed in tucked or pike shape) that lands in the back drop position.
 * 2 and 1/4 back – Two and one quarter back somersault that lands in the back drop position.
 * Pullover or backover – Three quarter back somersault from back drop position that lands on feet.
 * Rebound – One full front somersault rotation from back drop position that lands on back drop position
 * Ballout – One and one quarter front somersault from back drop position that lands on feet. Usually performed after Crash Dive.
 * Cody – One and one quarter back somersault from front drop position that lands on feet. Usually performed after Lazy Back.
 * Kaboom – Three quarter back somersault from back drop position that lands on feet following the heels being bounced off the canvas.
 * Zack – Three quarter front somersault from front drop position that lands on feet following a 'kaboom'.
 * Arabian – Early half twist into front somersault with initial take-off being consistent with backward rotation.
 * Front Full – A full-twisting straight front somersault
 * Rudolph (or Rudy) – A single straight front somersault with one and a half twists.
 * Back Full (or Full) – A full-twisting straight back somersault.
 * Full in or Full out – A double back somersault with a full twist in the first or second somersault respectively.
 * Full in triff – A triple back somersault with a full twist in the first somersault.
 * Full in quadriff – A quadruple back somersault with a full twist in the first somersault.
 * Full out in – A triple back somersault with a full twist in the second somersault.
 * Dub back full out – A triple back somersault with a full twist in the third somersault.
 * Front Full in – A double front somersault with a full twist in the first somersault.
 * Full in full out – A double back somersault with a full twist in each somersault. also called a full full
 * Full in half out – A double front somersault with a full twist in the first and a half twist in the second.
 * Full in Rudy out – A double Front somersault with a full twist in the first and a Rudy in the second.
 * Miller – A double back somersault with three full twists in any somersault.
 * Miller Plus/ Killer – A double back somersault with four full twists in any somersault.
 * Miller Plus Plus/ Killer Plus/ Thriller – A double back somersault with five full twists in any somersault.
 * Double Front – A double front somersault (may be performed in tuck or pike position).
 * Double Back – A double back somersault (may be performed in tuck, pike, or straight position).
 * Triple Front – A triple Front somersault.
 * Triple Back – A triple back somersault.
 * Quad Front – A quadruple front somersault.
 * Quad Back – A quadruple back somersault.
 * Quint Front – A quintuple front somersault.
 * Quint Back – A quintuple back somersault
 * Half In (Tsukahara) – A barani followed by a back somersault.
 * Rudy In – A Rudy followed by a back somersault.
 * Rudy Out – A double front somersault with one and a half twists in the second somersault.
 * Fliffus – Double front somersault with at least one half twist.
 * Triffus – Triple front somersault with at least one half twist.
 * Quadriffus – Quadruple front somersault with at least one half twist.
 * Randolph (or Randy) – A single front somersault with two and a half twists.
 * Double Full – A single back somersault with two twists.
 * Triple Full – A single back somersault with three twists.
 * Quad Full – A single back somersault with four twists.
 * Quint Full – A single back somersault with five twists.
 * Sextuple Full – A single back somersault with six twists.
 * Septuple Full – A single back somersault with seven twists.
 * Octuple Full – A single back somersault with eight twists.
 * Barani ballout (BBO) – the same as a Ball out, but with one half twist. May also be performed with varying degrees of twist: e.g. rudolph/randolph/adolph ballout.
 * Adolph – A single front somersault with three and a half twists.
 * Full Half – A double front somersault with one twist in the first and a half twist in the second.
 * Full Rudy – A double front somersault with one twist in the first and one and a half twists in the second.
 * Frydolph – A single front somersault with four and a half twists.
 * Frydolph Plus/ wydolph – A single front somersault with five and a half twists.
 * A note about twisting somersaults – although it is not impossible to associate different amount of twist with either front or back somersaults it is universal practice that front twisting somersaults will always have an odd half twist while back twisting somersaults will always have a round number of twists. This is to make it easier for the performer to 'spot' the bed prior to landing.
 * Somersaults may be performed in one of four positions: tuck, pike, straight (or layout), and puck. The tuck position is considered the least difficult. Somersaults done in pike or straight position are more difficult, and each complete rotation is awarded a 0.1 bonus to Degree of Difficulty. Puck position is a body position intermediate between tuck and pike, and is used in multiple twisting somersaults.
 * Skiing tricks - these next tricks are usually done off axis, not allowed in traditional trampoline competitions and usually performed with a special tuck - a grab. They have a simple naming rule: first the trick and then how many degrees you’re rotating. For example, let’s say you’re doing a cork 720. Since it’s a single flip (it would otherwise be a double or triple cork), 360 degrees are used for the flip rotation. Now there’s 360 degrees left for a twist. That means that a cork 720 is an off axis back full. Let’s say the trick is a double cork 1080. 720 degrees are used for the two flip rotations, since it’s a double, and the remaining 360 are used for a twist. You are allowed to put the twist anywhere you want in the double flip, which means in trampoline terms a double cork 1080 could be an off axis full in, full out or half half. Now for the tricks.
 * Cork - an off axis backflip/ twist. It does not need to be rotated over the head. When you add a lot of twists the cork tends to look like it isn’t a flip, but that’s not true
 * Misty - an off axis frontflip/twist. This is the same as a cork but forward.
 * Flatspin - an off axis combined sideflip/backflip. This is more of a flip than a cork 360.
 * Shant - another name for the cork 360. This is more of a twist than a flatspin.
 * Rodéo -
 * Pistol flip - a double sideflip with a full twist in the middle. You have to let go of the tuck to do the twist and then you tuck again to do another sideflip.

Competition Terms

 * Degree of Difficulty (DD) or Tariff – A score added to the execution score which reflects the difficulty of the skills included in the routine.
 * Voluntary or Optional Routine (Vol) – A routine comprising skills chosen by the athlete or coach to reflect their best performance. Usually the routine must have a minimum (and sometimes at lower skill levels, a maximum) degree of difficulty.
 * Compulsory Routine (Set) – A routine which has a set list of skills and a set order which must be followed by all athletes in a competition. No degree of difficulty marks are given for this routine; the marks are purely for execution.
 * Time of flight (ToF) – A score added to the execution score which reflects the time the gymnast spends in the air when performing the routine.
 * Horizontal Displacement (HD score) – A score added to the total score. The score is calculated by how much the athlete is out of the "box" during the routine.

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John Christian Schetky

John Christian Schetky (11 August 1778 – 29 January 1874) was a Scottish marine painter.

Early life
Schetky was descended from an old Hungarian-Transylvanian family, which, for political reasons, had emigrated to Leipzig at the beginning of the 16th century. His father was Johann Georg Christoff Schetky, a celebrated composer and cellist, who had settled in Edinburgh in 1773, and had married Maria Anna Theresa Reinagle, also of Hungarian descent, in 1774. John Christian was the couple's fourth son. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, where he formed a lifelong friendship with his near-contemporary, Walter Scott.

Career
Schetky studied art under Alexander Nasmyth. After travelling on the continent, he settled in Oxford, where he taught for six years as a drawing-master. In 1808 he obtained a post in the Royal Military College at Great Marlow; and three years later he was appointed professor of drawing in the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, where he had ample opportunities for the study of his favourite marine subjects. Following the abolition of the Naval College, he held a similar professorship from 1836 to 1855 at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, Surrey, where the cadets nicknamed him "Sepia Jack".

From 1805 to 1872 he contributed periodically to the Royal Academy summer exhibitions, and he was represented at the Westminster Hall competition of 1847 by a large oil painting of the Battle of La Hogue. He was marine painter to George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.

Among his published works were the illustrations to Lord John Manners's Sketches and Notes of a Cruise in Scotch Waters (1850); and a volume entitled Reminiscences of the Veterans of the Sea (1867), which containing photographs of twenty of his paintings and drawings of the great wooden fighting vessels of the Royal Navy.

One of his best-known works, the Loss of the Royal George, painted in 1840, is now in Tate Britain. The United Service Club formerly possessed another important marine painting, showing HMS Endymion, under the command of Sir Charles Paget, rescuing a French man-of-war from extreme danger of shipwreck.

Schetky died in London on 28 January 1874.

Personal life
Schetky married Charlotte Trevenen in 1828. She died in 1867.

His brother John Alexander Schetky was also a painter.

Biography
A memoir by his daughter, entitled Ninety Years of Work and Play, was published in 1877.

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Fernando Viña

Fernando Viña ; born April 16, 1969) is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball second baseman and former MLB analyst for ESPN. His parents Andres and Olga emigrated from Cuba in 1968. From  through, Viña played for the Seattle Mariners (1993), New York Mets , Milwaukee Brewers (-), St. Louis Cardinals (-), and Detroit Tigers.

Career
Viña was acquired by the Brewers on December 22, 1994, to complete a transaction that began three weeks earlier on November 30 when Doug Henry was traded to the Mets and also included minor-league catcher Javier Gonzalez being sent to Milwaukee on December 6.

On May 31, 1996, while attempting to tag the runner and make a throw to first to complete a double play, Viña was caught off guard and knocked down by Albert Belle, an incident which led to Belle receiving a 5-game suspension from the American League. In a 2018 interview, Viña good-naturedly laughed about the incident, claiming "that put me on the map," meaning that the play was regularly featured in highlight footage on television.

Viña was a two-time Gold Glove winner (-), and a National League All-Star in, becoming the first ever NL representative from the Brewers, who had moved to the league that year.

In 2004, he was limited to 29 games for the Tigers—a serious leg injury ended his first season with Detroit, and Viña missed the entire 2005 season because of a strained right hamstring and patellar tendinitis in his left knee, but his signing was the first of several major acquisitions that led to the Tigers' resurrection to a playoff contender.

In 2006, Viña was invited to spring training by the Seattle Mariners but was cut before the start of the season due to a labrum tear in his right hip, in effect bringing an end to his 12-year career. Viña retired with a .282 batting average, 40 home runs and 343 RBI in 1148 games played. In 2007, Viña joined ESPN as an analyst for Baseball Tonight to do about 60 shows during the 2007, 2008, and 2009 seasons. He was inducted into the Arizona State Hall of Fame in 2011 and Milwaukee Brewers Wall of Honor in 2014. He hit the first inside-the-park home run ever in both AT&T Park and Miller Park.

Mitchell Report
On December 13, 2007, Viña was mentioned in the Mitchell Report in connection with steroid use. The report cited an interview with former Mets clubhouse attendant Derek Sprang, who claimed Viña purchased anabolic steroids from him six to eight times between 2000 and 2005. The two first met in 1993 when Viña was in the Mets minor league system, and Viña's personal contact information was listed in Radomski's address book seized by federal agents investigating Radomski. Three checks from Viña to Kirk Radomski for purchases of HGH and steroids were included in the Mitchell Report itself as further evidence of Viña's steroid use. Viña later confirmed during an airing of SportsCenter that he used HGH in 2003 to recover from injuries, but denied ever using steroids or purchasing them from Radomski.

Popular culture
Viña was featured in the music video for Jermaine Dupri's Welcome To Atlanta (Coast to Coast Remix) with Nelly, Murphy Lee and the St. Lunatics.

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Wacław Rzewuski

Wacław Piotr Rzewuski (1706–1779) was a Polish dramatist and poet as well as a military commander and a Grand Crown Hetman. As a notable nobleman and magnate, Rzewuski held a number of important posts in the administration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Biography
He was a Field Clerk of the Crown since 1732, voivode of Podole Voivodship between 1736 and 1762 (with a gap between 1750 and 1756). In 1735 he received the prestigious Order of the White Eagle. A brave soldier, since 1752 he held the rank of Field Hetman of the Crown. A Castellan of several notable towns, he was an important politician at the Royal Court in Warsaw and was one of the main supporters of the liberum veto during the Diet of 1764, when he became known for his dispute with Szymon Konarski. During the Diet of 1767 (Repnin Sejm) he opposed Prince Nikolai Repnin's - Russia's ambassador to the Commonwealth - interfering in Poland's domestic affairs. In response, he was kidnapped along with his son Seweryn and two other prominent Polish politicians by Russian agents and imprisoned in Kaluga. Upon his release in April 1773 he was promoted for his merits to the rank of Grand Crown Hetman, but resigned the post in November of that year.

Since 1778 he was the Castellan of Kraków and the Voivode of Kraków Voivodship. At the end of his life he was also the Starost of Chełm, Ułany, Romanów, Dolina, Drohobycz and Kruszwica.

As a writer, Rzewuski authored a number of classicist comedies (including the 1759 play Natręt) and several historical tragedies, including a biography of Stanisław Żółkiewski (1758). He also published a number of poems and a poetic handbook On the Science of Poetry (1762). All of his works were published in 1962.

He was the great-grandfather of Ewelina Hańska, wife of French author Honoré de Balzac.

Rzewuski owned Pidhirtsi Castle and also the nearby Olesko Castle.

Wife
Princess Anna Lubomirska (1717 — 1763) was a Polish noblewoman (Polish language: szlachcianka), Grand Hetmaness of the Crown (hetmanowa wielka koronna), and diarist, who was known for her piety.

She married Rzewuski in 1732.

On September 14, 1748, while she stayed in Vienna, she was received the Order of the Starry Cross, which was the highest Austrian state badge for women at the time.

Publications

 * Nabożeństwo codzienne świętey pamięci Jeymości pani Anny z Xiążąt Lubomirskich Rzewuskiey Woiewodziny Krakowskiej, Hetmanowey polskiey Koronney, wyięte z książek Jey ręką pisanych (Warszawa, 1792), second edition: Nabożeństwo codzienne wyjęte z książek jej ręką pisanych (Łuck, year unknown)

Children
Wacław Rzewuski had ten children. Five of them survived childhood:
 * Stanisław Ferdynand Rzewuski (1737–1786), Great Chorąży of Lithuania
 * Józef Rzewuski (1739–1816), general and member of the Sejm
 * Seweryn Rzewuski (1743–1811), Field Hetman of the Crown
 * Teresa Karolina Anna Rzewuska (1742–1787), married Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł
 * Maria Ludwika Rzewuska (1744–1816), married Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz

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Saltimbanco

Saltimbanco was a touring show by Cirque du Soleil. Saltimbanco ran from 1992 to 2006 in its original form, performed under a large circus tent called the Grand Chapiteau; its last performance in that form was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 10, 2006. A new adaptation of the show started touring North America on July 31, 2007, with its first stop in London, Ontario, Canada. The new version was staged in arenas with fewer performances in each city it visited. The new version closed at the end of 2012.

The show was described by Cirque du Soleil as a celebration of life. Its creators say they developed it as an antidote to the violence and despair prevalent in the 20th century.

Etymology
English has lost the word saltimbank from current usage; but it is still familiar in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian as saltimbanco, and in French as saltimbanque, meaning street acrobat or entertainer. According to the company's site, the word "saltimbanco" comes from the Italian "saltare in banco", which means "to jump on a bench." The etymology of the word reflects its acrobatic associations. A salto means a jump in Italian; banco in this connection is a trestle holding a board, set up as a temporary stage for open-air performers. 'Saltimbanchi' were thus those who performed somersaults on a temporary platform—wandering acrobats, performing as buskers in the open air, the platform giving their audience a better view.

History
Saltimbanco was Cirque du Soleil's longest running production when it closed at the end of 2012. In 2011 it was the first show by Cirque du Soleil to be presented in Turkey, and Ukraine, in 2012 the first show in Slovakia and in Amman, Jordan. Saltimbanco's last performance took place in Montreal on December 30, 2012 after 6,000 big top and arena appearances before 14 million spectators in 200 cities worldwide.

Set and technical information
Saltimbanco's set played on opposites and contradictions located within a cityscape. A rosace made of metal rings suspended over the stage allowed light to filter through like leaves on a tree. The lighting was cinematic in effect due to the usage of different colored gels. The facts listed below applied to the arena format of Saltimbanco, although some of these were also applicable to the grand chapiteau tour as well.
 * The stage was 110 ft in length and 65 ft in width.
 * The Chinese poles were 24 ft in height.
 * The equipment for the show weighed a total of 180 t and was transported and configured by 26 specialty technicians and 12 truck drivers.
 * Approximately 140 people were hired locally in each city to set up and load out the show for the arena.

Cast
The 51-member performance troupe included multiple musicians, singers, acrobats, and characters. Characters mentioned in the show's promotional literature included:

 * The Urban Worms
 * The Multicolored Worms
 * The Cavaliers
 * The Baroques
 * The Death
 * The Ringmaster
 * The Baron
 * The Dreamer
 * The Punks
 * The Songbird (La Belle)
 * The Blue Gypsy
 * The Child
 * Eddie
 * The Angels

Numerous performers had portrayed the Baron and Eddie over the years, including René Bazinet (1992–1996), Gordon White (1993–1994), Julien Cottereau (1994–1997, 1998, 2000, 2004-2005), Frédéric Volovitch (1995-1997), Lee Ross (1999–2001), Jesko von den Steinen (2002–2005, 2006), Amo Gulinello (2005–2011), and Martin Pons (2011–2012). The 1993 Costa Mesa cast of 36 included;

With Miguel Arias, Dimitrii Arnaoutov, Rene Bazinet, Alain Berge, Pawel Biegaj, Witek Biegaj, Martin Boisvert, Jean-Paul Boun, Jenny Clement, Andrea Conway, Vincent Cotnoir, Nicolas Dupere, Joscelyn Drainville, Alain Gauthier, Nui Guishan, Sun Hongli, Miguel Herrera, Galina Karableva, Guy Kaye, Brigitt Larochelle, Isabelle Larose, Jean-Francois Lemieux, Marco Lorador, Paulo Lorador, Daniel Olivier, Francois Dumais, Francine Poitras, Mathieu Roy, Karyne Steben, Sarah Steben, Sonia St-Martin, Zhang Shengli, Anton Tchelnokov, Nikolai Tchelnokov, Neomi Tamelio, Guennadi Tchijov, Huang Zhen.

Acts
The acts in Saltimbanco were a mix of traditional circus acts with more modern acts.
 * Adagio trio: Three acrobats performed in an adagio that drew inspiration from acrosport.
 * Chinese poles: Up to 26 performers performed in this act using four 25 ft poles in the middle of the stage. They climbed up, dropped down, jumped between, hung from, and even spun on these poles.
 * Balancing on canes: A handbalance artist performed feats of strength and various contortion poses, including the Marinelli bend, while balancing on high handstand supports.
 * Juggling: A juggler used multiple balls in a display of increasing dexterity.
 * Boleadoras: Two performers twirled boleadoras in this unique act. The bolas are a percussion instrument that is hit against the ground to produce a loud popping sound. The act later included the use of the Taiko by one of the performers while the other used the bolas to play a complementary beat.
 * Russian swing: Multiple artists jumped off a large swing, performing twists, spins, and flips, before landing on human pyramids, a mat, and other props.
 * Solo trapeze: A young artist swung a trapeze incredibly high, whenever the trapeze was swung high the artist would spin up multiple times, and would catch the bar of the trapeze with her legs.
 * Hand-to-hand: A duo used an incredible amount of body strength in this act as one would balance in a handstand on the other.
 * Bungee: Four aerialists suspended from bungees flipped, swung, and bounced in synchronization with each other.

Rotational acts

 * Aerial straps: A performer swung on these straps and would use upper body strength to create many dangerous poses.

Retired acts

 * Tight rope (double wire): An acrobat ascended a wire as two more tightropes, one three feet higher than the other, were revealed. She performed various tricks including flips, spins, and splits. She even backflipped from one rope to the other, and then jumped back. This act was removed from the arena version due to rigging issues.
 * Contortion: This act featured four female contortionists from a previous Cirque du Soleil show, Nouvelle Expérience. It replaced the Boleadoras act for several years, but did not continue after the 1998 revival.
 * Diabolo: This was a solo diabolo act using Western-style diabolo tricks.
 * Vertical rope: This was one of the original Saltimbanco acts, a Spanish web act originally performed by the adagio troupe. This act was not seen outside of the North America/Japan tour.
 * Manipulation: This act featured three women manipulating ribbons and hoops. It replaced the boleadoras act.
 * Artistic bicycle: A bicycle artist wheeled around the stage, all the while playing the guitar, hand balancing, swinging and dancing on wheels.
 * Duo trapeze: This act featured two female artists who would swing on a trapeze, one would leap off and would be caught at the last minute by the other performer and be brought back onto the trapeze for the next trick.

Costumes
The costumes in Saltimbanco were bright and vivid in color to accentuate the dynamism of the urban city. The colors used in the costumes were all primary colors: cyan, yellow, magenta, and green. The Baron, clad in black, red, and white, wore a cape, length-arm gloves, and tights. The Multi-Colored Worms wore jumpsuits that covered everything but their faces. The Urban Worms's masks were made of a polyester resin base which was both hypoallergenic and permeable to air.

Music
The Saltimbanco score was written and composed by René Dupéré, and was released as a studio album on October 9, 1992. The music has a range of musical influences from the classical to the modern.

The original soundtrack features the vocal work of Canadian vocalist Francine Poitras. In 2005, Cirque du Soleil re-recorded and released the soundtrack to update its music. Some songs were completely re-recorded, while others had new instrumentation added and included Poitras's original vocal track. Additional and new vocals were provided by Laurence Janot, a French singer who was touring with the show at the time. Every track was slightly edited in some form from the original CD.

Several other limited editions of the album have been released. In 2001 Cirque du Soleil Musique released a limited edition of the original 1992 soundtrack featuring two additional tracks, "Arlequin" and "Adagio" (performed by Laur Fugere). Another limited edition of the CD, Saltimbanco Live in Amsterdam, was created and distributed exclusively to staff members of Saltimbanco. The employee special edition features a live, in-house recording of an entire performance and is considered a collector's item.

Below is the list of tracks featured in the 2005 re-release of the album and alongside are the acts during which each song was performed.

Other songs
 * 1) Kumbalawé (Opening pt. 2)
 * 2) Saltimbanco (Chinese poles)
 * 3) Cantus-Mélopée (Solo trapeze, 1994–2006, 2011-2012)
 * 4) Norweg (Double wire, 1992–2006)
 * 5) Kazé (Double wire, 1992–2006)
 * 6) Barock (Russian swing)
 * 7) Adagio (Adagio trio)
 * 8) Amazonia (Duo trapeze, 1992–2011, 2011-2012)
 * 9) Pokinoï
 * 10) * (Vertical rope, 1992–1994)
 * 11) * (Boleadoras transition)
 * 12) Il Sogno Di Volare (Bungee)
 * 13) Horéré Ukundé (Finale)
 * 14) Rideau (Opening pt. 1)
 * 1) Cloche et Présentation (Introduction to the show)
 * 2) Clown (Eddie's Clown acts)
 * 3) Boogaloo (Eddie's Clown acts, 1992–1997, 1998, 2000, 2004-2005)
 * 4) Standoff (Eddie's Clown acts)
 * 5) Slaloom (Bicycle)
 * 6) * Diabolo (2002–2006)
 * 7) * Artistic Bycicle (2007–2011)
 * 8) * Aerial Straps (2012)
 * 9) Rêve (Transition)
 * 10) Rave Out (Kusimano)
 * 11) * Contortion (1995–1997)
 * 12) * Manipulation (1998–2001)
 * 13) * Balancing on Canes (2009–2012)
 * 14) Arlequin (Juggling)
 * 15) Darkness (Intro to Boleadoras)
 * 16) Malamba Ver.1 (Boleadoras, 1992–1994)
 * 17) Malamba Ver.2 (Boleadoras, 1995–2006)
 * 18) Malamba Ver.3 (Boleadoras, 2007–2012)
 * 19) Sax (Cabaret Transition - Russian Swing transition, 1992–1994)
 * 20) Tap Dance (Cabaret Transition - Russian Swing transition, 1994–2005)
 * 21) Pocoleta (Second act intro, 2006–2012)
 * 22) Démontage Trapèze Ver.1 (Solo/Double Trapeze transition) (1992-1994)
 * 23) Démontage Trapèze Ver.2 (Solo/Double Trapeze transition) (1994-2012)
 * 24) La Mort (Character scene)
 * 25) Urgence (Hand to Hand)
 * 26) Transfert (Transition from bungee)

Further information

 * Cirque du Soleil discography

Cirque du Soleil Presents: Saltimbanco
The show was filmed and released as a 78-minute VHS in 1994, though the show's acts continued to change significantly after it was filmed.

Saltimbanco 20 ans Pour Toujours / Forever 20
In 2012, just before the show's retirement, a behind-the-scenes documentary was filmed, titled Saltimbanco Forever 20 (directed by Eric Chaussé; director of photography: Miguel Henriques; editor: Julie Bouffard). This documentary has thus far remained unreleased, although a short clip was leaked in October 2013. In 2014 another excerpt was leaked featuring an interview with boleadoras performer Adriana Pegueroles; another clip, about the show's music, was published in 2019.

Tour
Saltimbanco toured around the world several times during its original 14-year tour under the Grand Chapiteau. It played its final show in the Royal Albert Hall in London on 1 February 1997. Saltimbanco was revived the following year on 14 October 1998, and went on to tour the Asia-Pacific region. The show played for another nine years, becoming the first Cirque du Soleil show to tour South America, with visits to Santiago, Chile (March 2006); Buenos Aires, Argentina (May 2006); and São Paulo (August 2006) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (October 2006). That tour's final performance took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 10 December 2006.

Following its closure in December 2006, Saltimbanco was configured into an arena show format, and re-launched in July 2007 to commence an extensive North American tour, visiting cities and areas that Cirque du Soleil had previously been unable to visit. The tour started in London, Ontario and subsequently toured Canada and the United States. Saltimbanco’s three-year tour of North America ended in Columbus, Ohio. In 2009 the show embarked on its third tour of Europe. Between 2011 and 2012, it visited over 50 cities in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Eastern Europe, and North America.

Saltimbanco's final performance took place in Montreal on 30 December 2012.

Saltimbanco has been to many different regions, here is the list of all of them.
 * North American Tour - (1992–1993)
 * Japan Tour - (1994)
 * Montreal special - (1994–1995)
 * European Tour - (1995–1997)
 * Ottawa special - (1998)
 * Asia & Pacific Tour - (1999–2000)
 * North American Tour II (pacific northwest) - (2000)
 * Japan Tour II - (2001)
 * European Tour II - (2002–2005)
 * Mexican Tour - (2005–2006)
 * South American Tour - (2006)
 * North American Arena Tour - (2007–2009)
 * European Tour III - (2009–2011)
 * South African Tour - (2011)
 * Australian Tour - (2011)
 * European Tour - (2011–2012)
 * Asian Middle East Tour - (2012)
 * North American Arena Tour II - (2012)

The following colorboxes indicate the region of each performance: Europe  North America  South America  Asia/Pacific  Oceania  Africa

1996 schedule
London, UK (Royal Albert Hall)- From 5 Jan 1996 to 28 Jan 1996

1997 schedule
London, UK (Royal Albert Hall) - From 2 Jan 1997 to 1 Feb 1997

2003 schedule
London, UK (Royal Albert Hall)- From 7 Jan 2003 to 6 Feb 2003

2007 schedule

 * London, ON - From 31 Jul 2007 to 5 Aug 2007
 * Ottawa, ON - From 8 Aug 2007 to 12 Aug 2007
 * Halifax, NS - From 15 Aug 2007 to 19 Aug 2007
 * St. John's, NL - From 23 Aug 2007 to 26 Aug 2007
 * Saint John, NB - From 30 Aug 2007 to 2 Sep 2007
 * Syracuse, NY - From 5 Sep 2007 to 9 Sep 2007
 * Wilkes-Barre, PA - From 12 Sep 2007 to 16 Sep 2007
 * Greensboro, NC - From 19 Sep 2007 to 23 Sep 2007
 * State College, PA - From 26 Sep 2007 to 30 Sep 2007
 * Norfolk, VA - From 3 Oct 2007 to 7 Oct 2007
 * East Lansing, MI - From 10 Oct 2007 to 14 Oct 2007
 * Peoria, IL - From 17 Oct 2007 to 18 Oct 2007
 * Champaign, IL - From 9 Nov 2007 to 10 Nov 2007
 * Green Bay, WI - From 13 Nov 2007 to 15 Nov 2007
 * Madison, WI - From 17 Nov 2007 to 19 Nov 2007
 * Dayton, OH - From 21 Nov 2007 to 25 Nov 2007
 * Colorado Springs, CO - From 28 Nov 2007 to 1 Dec 2007
 * Denver, CO - From 3 Dec 2007 to 13 Dec 2007
 * Montréal, QC - From 19 Dec 2007 to 30 Dec 2007

2008 schedule

 * Québec, QC - From 3 Jan 2008 to 8 Jan 2008
 * Chicoutimi, QC - From 16 Jan 2008 to 19 Jan 2008
 * Detroit, MI - From 23 Jan 2008 to 27 Jan 2008
 * Cleveland, OH - From 29 Jan 2008 to 1 Feb 2008
 * Memphis, TN - From 20 Feb 2008 to 21 Feb 2008
 * Charlottesville, VA - From 26 Feb 2008 to 1 Mar 2008
 * Little Rock, AR - From 4 Mar 2008 to 6 Mar 2008
 * Shreveport, LA - From 8 Mar 2008 to 9 Mar 2008
 * San Antonio, TX - From 12 Mar 2008 to 16 Mar 2008
 * Laredo, TX - From 18 Mar 2008 to 19 Mar 2008
 * Corpus Christi, TX - From 21 Mar 2008 to 22 Mar 2008
 * Wichita, KS - From 26 Mar 2008 to 30 Mar 2008
 * Omaha, NE - From 2 Apr 2008 to 6 Apr 2008
 * Des Moines, IA - From 10 Apr 2008 to 13 Apr 2008
 * Moline, IL - From 15 Apr 2008 to 18 Apr 2008
 * Cedar Rapids, IA - From 23 Apr 2008 to 27 Apr 2008
 * Albuquerque, NM - From 14 May 2008 to 18 May 2008
 * Boise, ID - From 21 May 2008 to 25 May 2008
 * Victoria, BC - From 30 May 2008 to 1 Jun 2008
 * Kelowna, BC - From 4 Jun 2008 to 8 Jun 2008
 * Kamloops, BC - From 11 Jun 2008 to 15 Jun 2008
 * Edmonton, AB - From 18 Jun 2008 to 22 Jun 2008
 * Saskatoon, SK - From 25 Jun 2008 to 29 Jun 2008
 * Regina, SK - From 2 Jul 2008 to 6 Jul 2008
 * Winnipeg, MB - From 9 Jul 2008 to 13 Jul 2008
 * Kansas City, MO - From 16 Jul 2008 to 20 Jul 2008
 * Newark, NJ - From 7 Aug 2008 to 10 Aug 2008
 * Toronto, ON - From 13 Aug 2008 to 24 Aug 2008
 * Hamilton, ON - From 27 Aug 2008 to 31 Aug 2008
 * Amherst, MA - From 3 Sep 2008 to 7 Sep 2008
 * Buffalo, NY - From 10 Sep 2008 to 14 Sep 2008
 * Trenton, NJ - From 17 Sep 2008 to 21 Sep 2008
 * Minneapolis, MN - From 24 Sep 2008 to 28 Sep 2008
 * Milwaukee, WI - From 1 Oct 2008 to 5 Oct 2008
 * Highland Heights, KY - From 8 Oct 2008 to 12 Oct 2008
 * Honolulu, HI - From 30 Oct 2008 to 16 Nov 2008
 * Prescott Valley, AZ - From 20 Nov 2008 to 23 Nov 2008
 * Tucson, AZ - From 26 Nov 2008 to 30 Nov 2008
 * Oklahoma City, OK - From 3 Dec 2008 to 7 Dec 2008
 * Tulsa, OK - From 10 Dec 2008 to 14 Dec 2008
 * Hidalgo, TX - From 17 Dec 2008 to 21 Dec 2008

2009 schedule

 * Tupelo, MS - From 9 Jan 2009 to 11 Jan 2009
 * Biloxi, MS - From 14 Jan 2009 to 18 Jan 2009
 * Hoffman Estates, IL - From 21 Jan 2009 to 1 Feb 2009
 * St. Charles, MO - From 4 Feb 2009 to 8 Feb 2009
 * Indianapolis, IN - From 12 Feb 2009 to 15 Feb 2009
 * Baton Rouge, LA - From 18 Feb 2009 to 20 Feb 2009
 * Rockford, IL - From 24 Feb 2009 to 1 Mar 2009
 * Youngstown, OH - From 4 Mar 2009 to 8 Mar 2009
 * Louisville, KY - From 11 Mar 2009 to 15 Mar 2009
 * Mobile, AL - From 2 Apr 2009 to 5 Apr 2009
 * Nashville, TN - From 9 Apr 2009 to 12 Apr 2009
 * Huntsville, AL - From 15 Apr 2009 to 19 Apr 2009
 * Charleston, SC - From 22 Apr 2009 to 26 Apr 2009
 * Lakeland, FL - From 29 Apr 2009 to 3 May 2009
 * Gainesville, FL - From 7 May 2009 to 10 May 2009
 * Tallahassee, FL - From 13 May 2009 to 17 May 2009
 * Jacksonville, FL - From 20 May 2009 to 24 May 2009
 * Sunrise, FL - From 27 May 2009 to 7 Jun 2009
 * Tampa, FL - From 25 Jun 2009 to 5 Jul 2009
 * Estero, FL - From 8 Jul 2009 to 12 Jul 2009
 * Cypress, TX - From 15 Jul 2009 to 15 Jul 2009
 * Houston, TX - From 22 Jul 2009 to 26 Jul 2009
 * Phoenix, AZ - From 29 Jul 2009 to 2 Aug 2009
 * Salt Lake City, UT - From 5 Aug 2009 to 9 Aug 2009
 * Columbus, OH - From 12 Aug 2009 to 23 Aug 2009
 * Stockholm, SE - From 17 Sep 2009 to 20 Sep 2009
 * Helsinki, FI - From 23 Sep 2009 to 27 Sep 2009
 * Turku, FI - From 30 Sep 2009 to 4 Oct 2009
 * Oslo, NO - From 8 Oct 2009 to 11 Oct 2009
 * Aalborg, DK - From 14 Oct 2009 to 18 Oct 2009
 * Copenhagen, DK - From 21 Oct 2009 to 1 Nov 2009
 * Gothenburg, SE - From 4 Nov 2009 to 8 Nov 2009
 * Mannheim, DE - From 10 Nov 2009 to 14 Nov 2009
 * Nice, FR - From 18 Nov 2009 to 22 Nov 2009
 * Rotterdam, NL - From 10 Dec 2009 to 13 Dec 2009
 * Geneva, CH - From 18 Dec 2009 to 27 Dec 2009
 * Barcelona, ES - From 30 Dec 2009 to 10 Jan 2010

2010 schedule

 * Salzburg, AT - From 13 Jan 2010 to 17 Jan 2010
 * Strasbourg, FR - From 20 Jan 2010 to 23 Jan 2010
 * Frankfurt, DE - From 27 Jan 2010 to 31 Jan 2010
 * Nantes, FR - From 2 Feb 2010 to 5 Feb 2010
 * Innsbruck, AT - From 25 Feb 2010 to 28 Feb 2010
 * Torino, IT - From 3 Mar 2010 to 7 Mar 2010
 * Pesaro, IT - From 10 Mar 2010 to 14 Mar 2010
 * Bologna, IT - From 17 Mar 2010 to 21 Mar 2010
 * Florence, IT - From 24 Mar 2010 to 28 Mar 2010
 * Stuttgart, DE - From 31 Mar 2010 to 4 Apr 2010
 * Bremen, DE - From 7 Apr 2010 to 11 Apr 2010
 * Valencia, ES - From 14 Apr 2010 to 18 Apr 2010
 * Santiago, ES - From 21 Apr 2010 to 25 Apr 2010
 * San Sebastian, ES - From 28 Apr 2010 to 2 May 2010
 * Sheffield, UK - From 20 May 2010 to 23 May 2010
 * Liverpool, UK - From 26 May 2010 to 30 May 2010
 * Glasgow, UK - From 2 Jun 2010 to 6 Jun 2010
 * Manchester, UK - From 9 Jun 2010 to 13 Jun 2010
 * Birmingham, UK - From 17 Jun 2010 to 27 Jun 2010
 * Newcastle, UK - From 30 Jun 2010 to 4 Jul 2010
 * Dublin, IE - From 7 Jul 2010 to 18 Jul 2010
 * Nottingham, UK - From 21 Jul 2010 to 25 Jul 2010
 * London, UK - From 28 Jul 2010 to 1 Aug 2010
 * Hamburg, DE - From 19 Aug 2010 to 22 Aug 2010
 * Dortmund, DE - From 25 Aug 2010 to 29 Aug 2010
 * Berlin, DE - From 1 Sep 2010 to 4 Sep 2010
 * Munich, DE - From 7 Sep 2010 to 12 Sep 2010
 * Milan, IT - From 15 Sep 2010 to 18 Sep 2010
 * Zaragoza, ES - From 22 Sep 2010 to 26 Sep 2010
 * Granada, ES - From 29 Sep 2010 to 3 Oct 2010
 * Madrid, ES - From 5 Oct 2010 to 10 Oct 2010
 * Lisbon, PT - From 13 Oct 2010 to 24 Oct 2010
 * Prague, CZ - From 12 Nov 2010 to 14 Nov 2010
 * Zagreb, HR - From 17 Nov 2010 to 21 Nov 2010
 * Belgrade, RS - From 24 Nov 2010 to 28 Nov 2010
 * Basel, CH - From 1 Dec 2010 to 5 Dec 2010
 * Budapest, HU - From 8 Dec 2010 to 12 Dec 2010
 * Nurnberg, DE - From 15 Dec 2010 to 19 Dec 2010
 * Antwerp, BE - From 22 Dec 2010 to 2 Jan 2011

2011 schedule

 * Lille, FR - From 5 Jan 2011 to 9 Jan 2011
 * Paris, FR - From 13 Jan 2011 to 16 Jan 2011
 * Friedrichshafen, DE - From 11 Feb 2011 to 13 Feb 2011
 * Istanbul, TR - From 18 Feb 2011 to 5 Mar 2011
 * Johannesburg, ZA - From 9 Mar 2011 to 20 Mar 2011
 * Cape Town, ZA - From 23 Mar 2011 to 3 Apr 2011
 * Perth, AU - From 21 Apr 2011 to 8 May 2011
 * Adelaide, AU - From 12 May 2011 to 22 May 2011
 * Melbourne, AU - From 25 May 2011 to 11 Jun 2011
 * Hobart, AU - From 15 Jun 2011 to 19 Jun 2011
 * Brisbane, AU - From 8 Jul 2011 to 17 Jul 2011
 * Newcastle, AU - From 20 Jul 2011 to 24 Jul 2011
 * Sydney, AU - From 27 Jul 2011 to 14 Aug 2011
 * Wollongong, AU - From 17 Aug 2011 to 21 Aug 2011
 * Auckland, NZ - From 25 Aug 2011 to 4 Sep 2011
 * Shanghai, CN - From 21 Sep 2011 to 1 Oct 2011
 * Ekaterinburg, RU - From 15 Oct 2011 to 23 Oct 2011
 * Kazan, RU - From 26 Oct 2011 to 30 Oct 2011
 * Moscow, RU - From 3 Nov 2011 to 13 Nov 2011
 * St Petersburg, RU - From 16 Nov 2011 to 21 Nov 2011
 * Kyiv, UA - From 27 Nov 2011 to 4 Dec 2011
 * Vilnius, LT - From 15 Dec 2011 17 Dec 2011
 * Riga, LV - From 21 Dec 2011 to 25 Dec 2011
 * Tallinn, EE - From 28 Dec 2011 to 1 Jan 2012

2012 schedule

 * Gdansk, PL - From 19 Jan 2012 to 22 Jan 2012
 * Malmo, SE - From 26 Jan 2012 to 29 Jan 2012
 * Sofia, BG - From 3 Feb 2012 to 5 Feb 2012
 * Bucharest, RO - From 8 Feb 2012 to 12 Feb 2012
 * Bratislava, SK - From 15 Feb 2012 to 19 Feb 2012
 * Graz, AT - From 22 Feb 2012 to 26 Feb 2012
 * Bordeaux, FR - From 2 Mar 2012 to 5 Mar 2012
 * Dijon, FR - From 9 Mar 2012 to 11 Mar 2012
 * Rome, IT - From 15 Mar 2012 to 18 Mar 2012
 * Casablanca, MA - From 6 Apr to 15 Apr 2012
 * Beirut, LB - From 10 May 2012 to 20 May 2012
 * Catany, IT - From 5 Jun 2012 to 17 Jun 2012
 * Ammán, JO - From 26 Jun 2012 to 30 Jun 2012
 * Doha, QA - From 4 Jul 2012 to 7 Jul 2012
 * Hong Kong, HK - From 12 Jul 2012 to 22 Jul 2012
 * Singapore, SG - From 26 Jul 2012 to 5 Aug 2012
 * Manila, PH - From 9 Aug 2012 to 19 Aug 2012
 * Kaohsiung, TW - From 29 Aug 2012 to 2 Sep 2012
 * Taipei, TW - From 5 Sep 2012 to 9 Sep 2012
 * Portland, ME - From 10 Oct 2012 to 14 Oct 2012
 * Pittsburgh, PA - From 18 Oct 2012 to 21 Oct 2012
 * Reading, PA - From 25 Oct 2012 to 27 Oct 2012
 * Boston, MA - From 31 Oct 2012 to 4 Nov 2012
 * Pensacola, FL - From 7 Nov 2012 to 8 Nov 2012
 * San Juan, PR - From 15 Nov 2012 to 18 Nov 2012
 * Santo Domingo, DO - From 22 Nov 2012 to 25 Nov 2012
 * Cedar Park, TX - From 12 Dec 2012 to 16 Dec 2012
 * Montréal, QC - From 19 Dec 2012 to 30 Dec 2012 (final show)

1992 schedule
Montréal, QC - From 23 Apr 1992 to 2 Jun 1992 (show première) Québec, QC - From 13 Jun 1992 to 28 Jun 1992 San Francisco, CA - From 14 Jul 1992 to 16 Aug 1992 San Jose, CA - From 27 Aug 1992 to 27 Sep 1992 Santa Monica, CA - From 8 Oct 1992 to 20 Dec 1992

1993 schedule
Costa Mesa, CA - From 30 Jan 1993 to 14 Mar 1993 New York, NY - From 30 Mar 1993 to 6 Jun 1993 Toronto, ON - From 18 Jun 1993 to 11 Jul 1993 Chicago, IL - From 28 Jul 1993 to 29 Aug 1993 Boston, MA - From 9 Sep 1993 to 3 Oct 1993 Washington, DC - From 14 Oct 1993 to 7 Nov 1993 Atlanta, GA - From 18 Nov 1993 to 19 Dec 1993

1994 schedule
Tokyo, JP - From 11 Mar 1994 to 11 Sep 1994 Montreal, QC - From 02 Nov 1994 to 08 Jan 1995

1995 schedule
Amsterdam, NL - From 9 Mar 1995 to 13 Apr 1995 Munich, DE - From 19 May 1995 to 9 Jul 1995 Berlin, DE - From 21 Jul 1995 to 3 Sep 1995 Düsseldorf, DE - From 15 Sep 1995 to 17 Oct 1995 Vienna, AT - From 10 Nov 1995 to 17 Dec 1995

1996 schedule
(Saltimbanco played in the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK during this time) Hamburg, DE - From 8 Feb 1996 to 10 Mar 1996 Amsterdam, NL - From 5 Apr 1996 to 19 May 1996 Stuttgart, DE - From 31 May 1996 to 14 Jul 1996 Antwerp, BE - From 26 Jul 1996 to 1 Sep 1996 Zurich, CH - From 13 Sep 1996 to 20 Oct 1996 Frankfurt, DE - From 11 Nov 1996 to 22 Dec 1996

1997 schedule
(Saltimbanco played in the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK during this time)

1998 schedule
Ottawa, ON - From 14 Oct 1998 to 1 Nov 1998

1999 schedule
Sydney, AU - From 7 Jan 1999 to 7 Mar 1999 Melbourne, AU - From 18 Mar 1999 to 16 May 1999 Brisbane, AU - From 28 May 1999 to 8 Jul 1999 Adelaide, AU - From 21 Jul 1999 to 25 Aug 1999 Perth, AU - From 9 Sep 1999 to 17 Oct 1999 Singapore, SG - From 25 Nov 1999 to 8 Jan 2000

2000 schedule
Hong Kong, HK - From 25 Jan 2000 to 19 Mar 2000 Portland, OR - From 11 May 2000 to 25 Jun 2000 Seattle, WA - From 6 Jul 2000 to 3 Sep 2000 Tokyo, JP - From 12 Oct 2000 to 28 Jan 2001

2001 schedule
Fukuoka, JP - From 9 Feb 2001 to 8 Apr 2001 Nagoya, JP - From 20 Apr 2001 to 3 Jun 2001 Osaka, JP - From 10 Jun 2001 to 9 Sep 2001 Yokohama, JP - From 20 Sep 2001 to 25 Nov 2001

2002 schedule
Amsterdam, NL - From 14 Feb 2002 to 14 Apr 2002 Barcelona, ES - From 26 Apr 2002 to 26 May 2002 Vienna, AT - From 10 Jul 2002 to 4 Aug 2002 Brussels, BE - From 4 Sep 2002 to 19 Oct 2002 Madrid, ES - From 31 Oct 2002 to 26 Dec 2002

2003 schedule
(Saltimbanco played in the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK during this time) Bilbao, ES - From 26 Feb 2003 to 6 Apr 2003 Geneva, CH - From 18 Apr 2003 to 25 May 2003 Cologne, DE - From 5 Jun 2003 to 29 Jun 2003 Oostende, BE - From 24 Jul 2003 to 17 Aug 2003 Zurich, CH - From 19 Sep 2003 to 26 Oct 2003 Valencia, ES - From 28 Nov 2003 to 21 Dec 2003

2004 schedule
Seville, ES - From 16 Jan 2004 to 22 Feb 2004 Lyon, FR - From 5 Mar 2004 to 18 Apr 2004 Milan, IT - From 29 Apr 2004 to 6 Jun 2004 Gijon, ES - From 25 Jun 2004 to 31 Jul 2004 Frankfurt, DE - From 20 Aug 2004 to 25 Sep 2004 Rome, IT - From 7 Oct 2004 to 31 Oct 2004 Lille, FR - From 25 Nov 2004 to 26 Dec 2004

2005 schedule
Manchester, UK - From 6 Jan 2005 to 27 Jan 2005 Birmingham, UK - From 24 Feb 2005 to 13 Mar 2005 Paris, FR - From 8 Apr 2005 to 17 Jul 2005 Monterrey, MX - From 4 Aug 2005 to 11 Sep 2005 Mexico City, MX - From 22 Sep 2005 to 6 Nov 2005 Guadalajara, MX - From 17 Nov 2005 to 1 Jan 2006

2006 schedule
Mexico City, MX - From 13 Jan 2006 to 5 Feb 2006 Santiago, CL - From 15 Mar 2006 to 22 Apr 2006 Buenos Aires, AR - From 5 May 2006 to 11 Jun 2006 São Paulo, BR - From 3 Aug 2006 to 22 Oct 2006 Rio de Janeiro, BR - From 2 Nov 2006 to 10 Dec 2006 (final show under Big Top)

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Adam Müller

Adam Heinrich Müller (30 June 1779 – 17 January 1829; after 1827 Ritter von Nitterdorf) was a German-Austrian conservative philosopher, literary critic, and political economist, working within the romantic tradition.

Early life
Müller was born in Berlin. It was intended that he should study Protestant theology, but from 1798 he devoted himself in Göttingen to the study of law, philosophy, and natural science. He was a student of Gustav Hugo. Returning to Berlin, he was persuaded by his friend Friedrich von Gentz to take up political science. He had early formed a close intimacy with Gentz, his elder by 15 years; and this connection exercised an important influence both on his material circumstances and his mental development in after life. The two men differed widely in character and in their fundamental principles, but agreed, at least in their later period, in their practical political aims, and the friendship was only terminated by death.

Müller worked for some time as referendary in the Kurmärkische Kammer in Berlin. Müller's relations with the Junker party and his co-operation with them in their opposition to Hardenberg's reforms made any public employment in Prussia impossible for him. He travelled in Sweden and Denmark, spent about two years in Poland, and then went to Vienna, where he was converted to the Catholic faith on 30 April 1805. Through Gentz he became acquainted with Metternich, to whom he was useful in the preparation of state papers.

Via Poland, Müller traveled to Dresden, where he held lectures on German science and literature (1806), in which he showed himself to be a follower of Schlegel's romanticism.

Career
From 1806 to 1809, he lived at Dresden occupied in the political education of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar and lecturer on German literature, dramatic art, and political science. In 1808 he edited with Heinrich von Kleist the periodical Phoebus. In 1809, he returned to Berlin, and in 1811 to Vienna, where he lived in the house of Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este and became the friend of Clemens Maria Hofbauer.

He developed his central political ideas in his 1808/09 lectures, which he published in 1809 under the title The Elements of Statecraft. In accordance with his motto that the "state scholar" must stand by the statesman, Müller propagated the basic ideas of political romanticism, of which the elements are to be regarded as the main work: he opposed the modern contract theory to the idea of the organically grown monarchical corporate state, combining tradition and the present; against the modern economic theory of Adam Smith (whom Müller hated throughout his life), he propagated the idea of a strict social bond of property. Even later he repeatedly criticized modern economic life. His admired as well as hostile definition of the state is: The state is not a "manufactory ... or mercantile society, it is the most intimate connection of all physical and spiritual needs, all physical and spiritual wealth, all inner and outer life nation, into a great, energetic, infinitely moving and living whole."

In 1809, after marrying Sophie von Haza-Radlitz, Müller went to Berlin, where he gave further historical-political lectures and published articles in the Berliner Abendblatt newspaper (1810/11) edited by Heinrich von Kleist. Müller, now back in the Prussian civil service, rejected the reform efforts of Karl August von Hardenberg, the state chancellor who had been in office since 1810, and tried to trigger a public discussion about the reform policy with his articles critical of the government. In 1811 he also acted as a close political adviser to the leader of the Prussian nobility opposition, Friedrich August Ludwig von der Marwitz. But Hardenberg smashed the opposition: Marwitz was imprisoned, the “Abendblatt” had to cease publication and Müller was deported to Vienna as a diplomatic reporter.

Driven back to Berlin by the war, Müller drafted a bill of indictment against the state chancellor von Hardenberg on behalf of the Kurbrandenburgische Ritterschaft after the latter had refused Müller's request for employment in the civil service. In this indictment, intended for the king, he accused the chancellor of revolutionary principles.

In 1813, he entered the Austrian service, and was appointed imperial commissioner and major of the rifle corps in Tyrol. He took part in the wars for liberation, and later on, as counsellor of the government, in the reorganization of the country. In 1815 he was called to Vienna, and went to Paris with the imperial staff.

On the conclusion of peace, he became Austrian consul-general for Saxony at Leipzig, and agent for Anhalt and Schwarzburg. He edited here the periodicals Deutscher Staatsanzeiger (1816–1818) and Unparteiischer Literatur- und Kirchenkorrespondent. He attended the ministerial conferences at Carlsbad and Vienna (1819–1820), where, being one of the principal literary instruments of the reaction, he took part in framing the Carlsbad resolutions. In 1826, at the instance of Prince von Metternich, he was ennobled as Ritter von Nittersdorf, was recalled to Vienna (1827), appointed imperial counsellor, and employed in the service of the chancellery. He died in Vienna in 1829, aged 49.

Positions and theories
Müller was distinguished as a writer not only on politics and economics, but on literature and aesthetics.

His chief work is the Elemente der Staatskunst (Elements of Statecraft), originating in lectures delivered before Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar and an assembly of politicians and diplomats at Dresden in the winter, 1808–09. It treats in six books of the state, of right, of the spirit of legislation in antiquity and in the Middle Ages, of money and national wealth, of the economical factors of the state and trade, of the relation between the state and religion.

Müller was a conservative writer whose vision of the state was one of an absolute power, in contrast to theorists who emphasized the rights of man such as Montesquieu and Rousseau. Müller endeavoured to comprehend the connection between political and social science, and, while using the historical method, to base them upon philosophy and religion. With Edmund Burke, Friedrich von Gentz, Joseph de Maistre, and Karl Ludwig von Haller, he must be reckoned among the chief opponents of revolutionary ideas in politics.

In his work, Von der Notwendigkeit einer theologischen Grundlage der gesamten Staatswissenschaften (On the necessity of a comprehensive theological foundation for political science, 1820), Müller rejects, like Haller (Restauration der Staatswissenschaften, 1816), the distinction between constitutional and civil law (common law), which rests entirely on the idea of the state's omnipotence. His ideal is medieval feudalism, on which the reorganization of modern political institutions should be modelled.

Romanticism
In the field of literature and aesthetics, Müller belongs to the Romantic school. He is a Romanticist even in his specialty, politics and political economy. As Eichendorff says in his Geschichte der poetischen Literatur Deutschlands (new ed., by W. Kosch, Kempten, 1906, p. 352), Müller "mapped out a domain of his own, the application of Romanticism to the social and political conditions of life." Carl Schmitt presented the view that "it is impossible to judge Müller's theory of the state as anything but a matter of aesthetics and style." Müller himself declares: "The reconciliation of science and art and of their noblest ideas with serious political life was the purpose of my larger works" (Vermischte Schriften, I, p. iii).

Economics
His position in political economy is defined by his strong opposition to Adam Smith's system of materialistic-liberal (so-called classical) political economy, or the so-called industry system. He censures Smith as presenting a one-sidedly material and individualistic conception of society, and as being too exclusively English in his views. Müller opposed free trade and strongly supported autarky. In contrast with the economical individualism of Adam Smith, he emphasizes the ethical element in national economy, the duty of the state toward the individual, and the religious basis which is also necessary in this field. Müller's importance in the history of political economy is acknowledged even by the opponents of his religious and political point of view. His reaction against Adam Smith, says Roscher (Geschichte der National-Ökonomik, p. 763), "is not blind or hostile, but is important, and often truly helpful." Some of his ideas, freed from much of their alloy, are reproduced in the writings of the historical school of German economists.

One of Müller's main contributions to economic theory was his book "Versuch einer neuen Theorie des Geldes" (Attempt at a New Theory of Money), published in 1816. In this book, Müller defended paper money over metallic money, on the grounds that the "word" or stamp is what gives something a status as money, not the value of the material of which it is composed. Müller called this legitimating word or stamp "ideal money", and believed it to be the "'condition of possibility' of money as such".

The reactionary and feudalistic thought in Müller's writings, which agreed so little with the spirit of the times, prevented his political ideas from exerting a more notable and lasting influence on his age, while their religious character prevented them from being justly appreciated. However, Müller's teachings had long-term effects in that they were taken up again by 20th century theorists of corporatism and the corporate state, for example Othmar Spann (Der wahre Staat. Vorlesungen über Abbruch und Neubau der Gesellschaft, Vienna, 1921).

Writings
Müller is the main representative of political romanticism. His work is predominantly characterized by an enlightened-romantic mixed style, which proves to be particularly fruitful in his economic-theoretical writing Elements of Statecraft . In it, he examines the intellectual foundations of economically developed nations, how they can use their wealth to benefit all classes of society and create a just world order. Central to this is his criticism of liberalism and the writings of Adam Smith. Philosophically, Müller starts from his theory of opposites - a kind of early dialectic view that revolves around the idea of mediation and balance.

Müller was a man of great and versatile talents, an excellent orator, and a suggestive writer. Several of his works were based upon his own lectures; the most important (besides the above-mentioned periodicals) are:

 * Die Lehre vom Gegensatz (The Doctrine of Contrasts, Berlin, 1804)
 * Vorlesungen über die deutsche Wissenschaft und Literatur (Lectures on German science and literature, Dresden, 1806, 2nd ed., 1807)
 * Von der Idee der Schönheit (On the idea of beauty, lectures; Berlin, 1809)
 * Die Elemente der Staatskunst (The Elements of Statecraft, lectures; 3 parts, Berlin, 1809)
 * Über König Friedrich II. und die Natur, Würde und Bestimmung der preußischen Monarchie (lectures; Berlin, 1810)
 * Die Theorie der Staatshaushaltung und ihre Forschritte in Deutschland und England seit Adam Smith (The theory of state budgeting, 2 vols., Vienna, 1812)
 * Vermischte Schriften über Staat, Philosophie und Kunst (2 vols., Vienna, 1812; 2nd ed., 1817)
 * Versuch einer neuen Theorie des Geldes, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Großbritannien (Attempt at a new theory of money, Leipzig, 1816)
 * Zwölf Reden über die Beredsamkeit und deren Verfall in Deutschland (Twelve speeches on eloquence and its decline in Germany, Leipzig, 1817)
 * Die Fortschritte der nationalökonomischen Wissenschaft in England (Leipzig, 1817)
 * Von der Notwendigkeit einer theologischen Grundlage der gesamten Staatswissenschaften und der Staatswirtschaft insbesondere (Of the need for a theological basis for all political science, Leipzig, 1820; new ed., Vienna, 1898)
 * Die Gewerbe-Polizei in Beziehung auf den Landbau (Leipzig, 1824)
 * Vorschlag zu einem historischen Ferien-Cursus (Vienna, 1829)

A critical pamphlet, which was written in 1817 on the occasion of the Protestant jubilee of the Reformation and entitled, ''Etwas, das Goethe gesagt hat. Beleuchtet von Adam Müller. Leipzig, den 31 Oktober 1817'', was printed but not published (reprinted in Vienna, 1910). Nevertheless, Traugott Krug's reply, entitled Etwas, das Herr Adam Müller gesagt hat über etwas, das Goethe gesagt hat, und noch etwas, das Luther gesagt hat (Leipzig, 1817), appeared in two editions.

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Alegría (Cirque du Soleil)

Alegría is a Cirque du Soleil touring production, created in 1994 by director Franco Dragone and director of creation Gilles Ste-Croix. It takes its name from the Spanish word for "joy".

Since April 1994 the show has been performed over 5000 times, and has been seen by over 14 million spectators in more than 250 cities around the world.

Acts
The acts of Alegría have had a bit of turnover, but continue to fit its theme: "A baroque ode to the energy, grace and power of youth."

 * Opening: Fleur and the musicians, walk in the audience, while the show is being prepared.
 * Prologue (Mirko): The white singer sings a song while the characters and acrobats of Alegría run around the stage to welcome the audience to the world of Alegría.
 * Synchronized trapeze: Two acrobats perform tricks on two separate trapezes.
 * Horse: A clown and a horse have comical problems.
 * Power track: A group of acrobats perform flips and twists on an X-shaped power track.
 * Paper planes: The clowns come in, playing with paper airplanes.
 * Hand balancing: An artist performs handbalancing on canes.
 * Fire-knife dance: Two artists perform a dance using fire-knives.
 * Clown candle: A clown comes in, and tries to mimic the fire-knife dancing act by using a candle instead.
 * Manipulation: An artist manipulates ribbons, contortion and hula hoops. The original act consisted of only contortion, and hula hoops.
 * Snowstorm: Reflecting the eternal spirit of mankind, the clowns are witnesses to the passing of centuries, the social commentators of the world of Alegría. Grounded in real life, they tell little stories of everyday existence where everyone is a hero, and where anyone can fall in love and suffer a broken heart. The clowns are visionaries - philosophers of absurdity. Endearing, comical and childlike, they turn the world into a circus.
 * Le Bal: The white singer comes in and sings Danze Vazoule while going in the audience, picking a person out and dancing with the audience member.
 * Flying man: An artist bounces and flies high above the stage with bungee cords.
 * The Bar: The clowns come in and play with a Russian bar.
 * Russian bars: A group of acrobats perform Russian bars.
 * Contortion: Two artists create graceful and lithe figures and movements with their extreme flexibility and balance. The original act consisted of one contortionist.
 * Interlude to Aerial high bar: Little tamir comes and flies with a bird structure.
 * Aerial high bar: A group of acrobats fly, twist and spin on a structure in the air while a net is below them. Once they fly off the structure, the acrobats will be caught by other acrobats on a swinging trapeze.
 * Finale: The white singer sings Alegría while the cast of Alegría comes and says farewell to the audience.

Costumes
Alegría's costumes have a dichotomy relating to the Old Order and the New Order. The Old Order has costumes which are reminiscent of New York's Gilded Age as they are finely decorated with feathers, lace, and other adornments. The New Order, on the other hand, representing the youth of tomorrow, have the same rich hues as the old order, while the fabrics used are lighter and softer, helping to emphasize the agility of youth.

Music
The soundtrack was composed by René Dupéré, who had composed for previous productions including Nouvelle Expérience, Saltimbanco and Mystère.

It was released as a studio album on 27 September 1994. Robbi Finkel and René Dupéré were nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Arranger at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. The album was also nominated for several Félix Awards in 1995, winning two of the latter: 'Producer of the Year' for Robbi Finkel and René Dupéré, and 'Sound Mixer of the Year' for Rob Heaney. Alegría was also ranked on the Billboard World Music Chart for 65 weeks.

The tracks for the original 1994 release, including the two extended tracks from 2002 are listed below and alongside are the acts during which they are played. Other songs
 * 1) Alegría (Finale)
 * 2) Vai Vedrai
 * 3) *(Synchronized trapeze)
 * 4) * (Trapeze Duplex) (2007–2010)
 * 5) Kalandéro
 * 6) *Shoulder-Pole Wire (1994–1995)
 * 7) * Tightrope (1996, 2004)
 * 8) * Juggling (2002–2004, 2006–2013)
 * 9) * Slackwire (2004–2005)
 * 10) Querer (Interlude to Aerial high bar)
 * 11) Irna (Power track)
 * 12) Taruka (Contortion)
 * 13) Jeux d'enfants (Power track setup)
 * 14) Mirko (Opening)
 * 15) Icare (Aerial high bar)
 * 16) Ibis
 * 17) *Aerial Cube (1994–1995, 1997–1999, 2004–2008)
 * 18) * Flying Man (1996, 2003–2004)
 * 19) Valsapena (Power track)
 * 20) Nocturne (Snowstorm)
 * 21) Cerceaux (Manipulation)
 * 22) Malioumba (Flying man) (2001–2013)
 * 1) Milonga (Introduction to musicians)
 * 2) Ouverture (Pre-Opening sequence)
 * 3) Prelude to Vai Vedrai (Pre-Trapeze act sequence)
 * 4) Fleurs (Clown act) (1997–2000, 2002–2004)
 * 5) Le Feu (Fire-knife dance)
 * 6) Homme Fort (Strong man) (1994–1999, 2001–2004)
 * 7) Danze Vazoule (Le bal)
 * 8) Ombre (Clown act) (1994–2004)
 * 9) Force 4/Balafon (Russian bars)
 * 10) La Perche 1 (Shoulder-pole wire) (1994–1995)
 * 11) La Perche 2 (Shoulder-pole wire out sequence) (1994–1995)
 * 12) Prelude to Le Cube (Pre-Aerial Cube act sequence) (1994–1995, 1997–1999, 2004–2007)
 * 13) Prelude to Contortion (Pre-Contortion Cube act sequence)
 * 14) Grands Volants Prelude (Pre-High Bar act sequence)
 * 15) Sisyphe (Handbalancing) (1995–2013)
 * 16) Rinalto Vera (Cyr wheel)
 * 17) Bardak (Clown act and Juggling) (1994–1997, 2005)
 * 18) Oiseaux sur la corde (Clown act) (1994–2004)
 * 19) Concierto de Aranjuez (Clown act) (1994–1996)

Tour
Alegría tour history is quite extensive as it premiered in 1994. It has toured under the Grand Chapiteau as well as in sporting arenas. During 1999 and 2000 it played as a resident show in Biloxi's Beau Rivage.

Remount
In commemoration of the show's 25th anniversary, a new show called Alegría: In a New Light was created, in its original Big Top format to pay tribute to the original show. The tour began on 18 April 2019 in Montreal. It features revamped numbers, characters, costumes, music and makeup.

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Gerard Warren

Gerard Thurston Warren (born July 25, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played college football for the University of Florida. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns third overall in the 2001 NFL draft, and also played professionally for the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots of the NFL.

Early life
Warren was born in Lake City, Florida. He attended Union County High School in Lake Butler, Florida, where he played for the Union County Tigers high school football team. He finished his high school career with 36 sacks, and was ranked among the top ten defensive linemen nationally. During his four years in high school, the Union County High School Tigers had an overall win–loss record of 49–4 and won three consecutive Florida Class 3A state championships in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Warren was named to the Prep Stars and USA Today high school All-America teams. In 2007, ten years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recognized Warren as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.

College career
Warren attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1998 to 2000. As a junior team captain in 2000, Warren posted 76 tackles and 4.5 quarterback sacks at defensive tackle and was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and a second-team  All-American. He finished his three-season career as a Gator with 159 tackles, 9.5 sacks, and 30 tackles for a loss in 35 games and 22 starts.

Cleveland Browns
Warren was drafted by the Cleveland Browns with the third overall selection in the 2001 NFL draft. He played in 15 games as a rookie in 2001, all starts, and finished with 61 tackles and five sacks. In 2002, Warren started all 16 games, recording 40 tackles, two sacks, and two forced fumbles. He started 15 games for the Browns in 2003, picking up 32 tackles and a career-high 5.5 sacks. In his final season in Cleveland, 2004, Warren played in and started 13 games, missing three to injury, and finished with 19 tackles and four sacks.

Denver Broncos
In March 2005, Warren was traded to the Denver Broncos for a fourth-round pick in the 2005 NFL draft. In addition to Warren, the Broncos also acquired defensive linemen Michael Myers, Ebenezer Ekuban, and Courtney Brown from the Browns, leading some to dub the new Broncos defensive line the "Browncos." Warren finished the 2005 season with 42 tackles and three sacks in 16 starts. In 2006, Warren started 15 games and recorded 30 tackles and 2.5 sacks on the season.

Oakland Raiders
In August 2007, during the preseason, Warren was traded by the Broncos to the Oakland Raiders in exchange for a conditional fifth-round draft pick in the 2008 NFL draft. In 2007, Warren played in 12 games (five starts) for the Raiders, posting 22 tackles, four sacks, and one forced fumble. Warren started all 16 games in the 2008 season, finishing with 39 tackles, four sacks, and one forced fumble. In his final season with the Raiders, 2009, Warren again started all 16 games and finished the year with 35 tackles and two sacks. He was released by the Raiders on March 11, 2010.

New England Patriots
On April 24, 2010, during the final day of the 2010 NFL draft, Warren signed with the New England Patriots. Despite being a late free agent signing, Warren made the Patriots' roster and began the season as a starter at defensive end before moving to nose tackle in Week 6. After two games at nose tackle, Warren moved back to defensive end but did not start the team's Week 8 game against the Minnesota Vikings. He returned to the starting lineup in Week 12 against the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day, and went on to start four of the team's final five games after Thanksgiving. Warren finished the regular season with 28 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 16 games (10 starts). The Patriots re-signed him on August 8, 2011 after he had been a free agent for most of the offseason. During the 2011 season, he played in eleven games, all off the bench, and compiled a sack and 15 tackles. Afterward, he again became a free agent, but he re-signed with the Patriots on April 30, 2012. He was again released on August 26, 2012.

Personal life
Gerard Warren is the second-cousin of Mahailya Reeves, the weightlifting sensation from Lake Butler, who, at only 15 years of age, recently set a Florida women's bench press record of 355 pounds.

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Poincaré–Hopf theorem

In mathematics, the Poincaré–Hopf theorem (also known as the Poincaré–Hopf index formula, Poincaré–Hopf index theorem, or Hopf index theorem) is an important theorem that is used in differential topology. It is named after Henri Poincaré and Heinz Hopf.

The Poincaré–Hopf theorem is often illustrated by the special case of the hairy ball theorem, which simply states that there is no smooth vector field on an even-dimensional n-sphere having no sources or sinks.

Formal statement
Let $$M$$ be a differentiable manifold, of dimension $$n$$, and $$v$$ a vector field on $$M$$. Suppose that $$x$$ is an isolated zero of $$v$$, and fix some local coordinates near $$x$$. Pick a closed ball $$D$$ centered at $$x$$, so that $$x$$ is the only zero of $$v$$ in $$D$$. Then the index of $$v$$ at $$x$$, $$\operatorname{index}_x(v)$$, can be defined as the degree of the map $$u : \partial D \to \mathbb S^{n-1}$$ from the boundary of $$D$$ to the $$(n-1)$$-sphere given by $$u(z)=v(z)/\|v(z)\|$$.

Theorem. Let $$M$$ be a compact differentiable manifold. Let $$v$$ be a vector field on $$M$$ with isolated zeroes. If $$M$$ has boundary, then we insist that $$v$$ be pointing in the outward normal direction along the boundary. Then we have the formula

 * $$\sum_i \operatorname{index}_{x_i}(v) = \chi(M)\,$$

where the sum of the indices is over all the isolated zeroes of $$v$$ and $$\chi(M)$$ is the Euler characteristic of $$M$$. A particularly useful corollary is when there is a non-vanishing vector field implying Euler characteristic 0.

The theorem was proven for two dimensions by Henri Poincaré and later generalized to higher dimensions by Heinz Hopf.

Significance
The Euler characteristic of a closed surface is a purely topological concept, whereas the index of a vector field is purely analytic. Thus, this theorem establishes a deep link between two seemingly unrelated areas of mathematics. It is perhaps as interesting that the proof of this theorem relies heavily on integration, and, in particular, Stokes' theorem, which states that the integral of the exterior derivative of a differential form is equal to the integral of that form over the boundary. In the special case of a manifold without boundary, this amounts to saying that the integral is 0. But by examining vector fields in a sufficiently small neighborhood of a source or sink, we see that sources and sinks contribute integer amounts (known as the index) to the total, and they must all sum to 0. This result may be considered one of the earliest of a whole series of theorems (e.g. Atiyah–Singer index theorem, De Rham's theorem, Grothendieck–Riemann–Roch theorem) establishing deep relationships between geometric and analytical or physical concepts. They play an important role in the modern study of both fields.

Sketch of proof

 * 1) Embed M in some high-dimensional Euclidean space. (Use the Whitney embedding theorem.)
 * 2) Take a small neighborhood of M in that Euclidean space, Nε. Extend the vector field to this neighborhood so that it still has the same zeroes and the zeroes have the same indices. In addition, make sure that the extended vector field at the boundary of Nε is directed outwards.
 * 3) The sum of indices of the zeroes of the old (and new) vector field is equal to the degree of the Gauss map from the boundary of Nε to the (n–1)-dimensional sphere. Thus, the sum of the indices is independent of the actual vector field, and depends only on the manifold M. Technique: cut away all zeroes of the vector field with small neighborhoods. Then use the fact that the degree of a map from the boundary of an n-dimensional manifold to an (n–1)-dimensional sphere, that can be extended to the whole n-dimensional manifold, is zero.
 * 4) Finally, identify this sum of indices as the Euler characteristic of M. To do that, construct a very specific vector field on M using a triangulation of M for which it is clear that the sum of indices is equal to the Euler characteristic.

Generalization
It is still possible to define the index for a vector field with nonisolated zeroes. A construction of this index and the extension of Poincaré–Hopf theorem for vector fields with nonisolated zeroes is outlined in Section 1.1.2 of.

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Dralion

Dralion (pronounced Drah-lee-on) was a touring production by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil. The show combined elements of traditional Chinese circus with Western contemporary circus, complementing the "East-meets-West" theme implied in the title—the name is a portmanteau of "dragon" (representing the East) and "lion" (representing the West). It is Cirque du Soleil's twelfth touring production and the first Cirque show since 1985 not to be directed by Franco Dragone. Dralion performed its final show at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska on January 18, 2015, bringing its fifteen-year world tour to a close.

Set and technical information
The backdrop for Dralion was a metallic structure 60 ft in width and 26 ft in height. It was covered in perforated aluminum tiles, giving it the appearance of medieval armor or a futuristic Chinese temple. Sitting atop the structure were six giant claws which allow performers to climb the wall and suspend in mid-air. Above the stage itself were three large concentric aluminum rings. The first was utilized as a catwalk; the second was used to support acrobatic equipment; and the third is used by performers to move up and down and suspend in the air.

Portions of the Dralion stage were redesigned and incorporated into the Ovo arena tour in early 2016.

Characters
Dralion featured 50 members in its performance troupe, of which about 5 or 6 play principal characters.
 * Azala (air): The goddess of air who is dressed in blue, keeper of the sun and the guardian of immortality.
 * Gaya (earth): The goddess of earth, dressed in ochre.
 * Océane (water): The goddess of water, dressed in green.
 * Yao (fire): The god of fire, dressed in red, who is both good and evil.
 * L'Âme Force: The show's singers who symbolize harmony between the four elements.
 * Kala: Represents the heart of the wheel of time, making time evolve.
 * King Bamboo: Represents the force of Fire.
 * Hibana: A Fire Princess.
 * Little Buddha: The chosen child who possesses powers that will eventually allow him to become an Âme-Force, but dreams of being a regular child.
 * Shine: The lover of the air goddess Azala.
 * Dralions: Mythical creatures inspired by the imagery of the Chinese lion dance and dragon dance. (performed by members of Chinese house troupe)
 * Water Nymphs: A group of young girls dress in green, they follow the order of Océane.
 * Giovanni: A small but nimble man.
 * Giovanna: A female version of Giovanni portrayed by Jessica Green. (2003)
 * The Fools: The original clowns of Dralion consisting of Robert Jetté, Ben Amar-Djalal, Aline Muheim, and Philippe Delaitre. (1999)
 * Les Voila: A duo of bizarre clowns consisting of Johnny Filion and Soizick Hebert. (1999-2001)
 * The Mad Italian Waiters: Two clowns consisting of the obese and pompous Vincenti, and the absent minded Alberti. (2001-2015)

Acts
The acts of Dralion combine unique western and eastern acrobatic skills.

 * Dance of the Elements: The show began with the goddesses and god of the four elements dancing.
 * Single Handbalancing: A single woman balances on one hand and accomplishes a variety of poses.
 * Bamboo Poles: Five acrobats twirl and throw 25 ft bamboo poles while Yao waves a flag as the acrobats jump over it.
 * Juggling: An artist performs juggling infused with breakdancing and modern dance. This act was performed by Viktor Kee but now is performed by Vladik Myagkostoupov.
 * Trampoline: Surrounding Océane, a group of acrobats perform on trampolines using the set's futuristic backdrop both as a diving board and landing pad.
 * Crossed Cyr Wheel: A cyr wheel that is infused with another cyr wheel forming a globe. The performer spins and twists this apparatus in an act that represents the circle of life and the passing of time.
 * Dralions: Three acrobats and three Dralions perform tumbling feats and Chinese lion dance-like dance.
 * Medusa: A group of artists execute graceful and lithe movements, in the style of acrosport.
 * Aerial Hoop: A single artist performs choreography using a hoop suspended in mid-air.
 * Diabolo: Artists perform tricks with diabolos trying to outperform each other.
 * Aerial Pas de Deux: Azala and her male counterpart perform an aerial dance in silks.
 * Hoop Diving: Acrobats jump through a tower of hoops, which is sometimes spinning.
 * Skipping Ropes: A group of acrobats perform jump rope alone or together in pyramids and in towers.

Rotation acts

 * Contortion: A solo act featuring a very flexible performer who stays in handstands with their legs over their head.
 * Aerial Straps: Used commonly in place of Aerial Pas de Deux.

Retired acts

 * Contortion with Bowls: This was a contortion act made even more precarious with the added difficulty of balancing a stack of bowls on the artists head.
 * Teeterboard: An original Dralion act, it featured an all female troupe. The flyer would stand at one end of the trapeze as two performers jumped onto the opposite end, shooting the flyer up and onto a high tower of other performers.
 * Ballet on Lightbulbs: An original Dralion act that was unlike anything else. A group of female artists wore ballet pointe shoes and balanced while other performers climbed onto their shoulders creating high towers of people all on a platform of light bulbs.
 * Double Duplex Trapeze: An original Dralion act, two trapezes that had one bar at the bottom and another bar about a metre above it, the artists would jump or flip from the higher bar into the hands of another performer at the bottom bar.
 * Foot Juggling: An original Dralion act, this foot juggling act featured a female artist who manipulated and spun an open Chinese parasol on her feet, at one moment she would have a parasol on each foot and each hand, all spinning simultaneously.
 * Balancing on Chairs: This act had an artist stack a pile if chairs, at the top of the pile the artist performed a hand-balancing act.
 * Spirits: Four couples perform a gravity-defying ballet.

Costumes
Dralion's costumes are vibrant in color; inspired by clothing from India, China, and Africa; and are shaped according to the movements of each performer's choreography. In total there are around 1500 wardrobe pieces for the show, taking into account that some artists have up to four costume changes during a single performance.

 * Yao: As the symbol of fire, Yao is clad in red and inspired by Chinese.
 * Océane: As the goddess of water, Océane's costume is Indian inspired and green in color.
 * Azala: As the goddess of air, Azala's primary color is blue. Her dress is fashioned with Asian crystal beads.
 * Gaya: As the goddess of earth, Gaya's color is Ochre. Her costume is inspired by African designs.
 * L'Âme Force: The texture on the front of their golden costumes is made by moulding small plastic soldiers.
 * Dralions: The dralions are constructed from a mélange of items both natural and synthetic: lycra, leather, silk, mosquito netting, polystyrene foam, springs, raffia, horse hair, emu feathers, and other fabrics and decorations.

Music
With the company's departure from its longtime creative team, Dralion features the work of a new Cirque composer, French-Canadian composer Violaine Corradi. The music of Dralion aims to be a fusion of sounds from East and West by the use of acoustic and electric instruments. Featuring rhythmic and lyrical motifs, the influences range from Indian melodies to sounds from Andalusia, Africa, Central Europe, and the West. Instruments used in the CD are drums, violin, winds, keyboards, guitar and percussion instructions. Released on November 9, 1999, Dralion’s soundtrack features the vocals of Basque counter-tenor Erik Karol, and Canadian female vocalist Agnès Sohier. The tracks for the CD are listed below, with their corresponding acts alongside in italics.

Track listing Other songs
 * 1) Stella Errans (Single Handbalancing, 1999 - 2015)
 * 2) Ombra
 * 3) * Foot Juggling (Rotation, 1999 - 2010)
 * 4) * Contortion with Bowls (Rotation, 1999 - 2000)
 * 5) * Balancing on Chairs (Rotation, 2010 - 2012)
 * 6) * Contortion (Rotation, 2012 - 2014)
 * 7) Spiritual Spiral
 * 8) * Setup to Double Trapeze, (1999 - 2010)
 * 9) * Setup to Skipping Rope, (2014 - 2015)
 * 10) Miracula Æternitatis
 * 11) * Spirits (1999 - 2014)
 * 12) * Crossed Cyr Wheel
 * 13) Bamboo (Bamboo Poles, 1999 - 2015)
 * 14) Ballare
 * 15) * Aerial Pas de Deux, (1999 - 2015)
 * 16) * Aerial Straps (Rotation, 2010 - 2015)
 * 17) Ravendhi (Teeterboard, 1999 - 2005)
 * 18) Ninkou Latora
 * 19) * Double Trapeze (1999 - 2010)
 * 20) * Crossed Cyr Wheel (2012 - 2015)
 * 21) Aborigenes Jam (Hoop Diving, 1999 - 2015)
 * 22) Hinkò (Ballet on Lightbulbs, 1999 - 2010)
 * 23) Kamandé (Skipping Rope and Finale, 1999 - 2015)
 * 1) Ambience (Preshow)
 * 2) Original Opening (Opening, early 1999)
 * 3) Elements (Opening, 1999 - 2015)
 * 4) Ledjendia
 * 5) * Opening, (1999 - 2015)
 * 6) * Prelude to Skipping Rope (1999 - August 2014)
 * 7) Naya (Single Handbalancing Intro)
 * 8) Exaequo (Juggling Prelude)
 * 9) Momma Kee (Juggling, Viktor Kee version, 1999 - 2006)
 * 10) Vladik-Jug (Juggling, Vladik Myagkostoupov version, 2006 - 2015)
 * 11) Lanterne (Lanterns, 1999 - 2015)
 * 12) Soleil Tilt (Soleil Tilt, 1999 - 2015)
 * 13) Bombarde (Dralions, 1999 - 2015)
 * 14) Shine (Transition, 2001 - 2015)
 * 15) Hibana (Aerial Hoop, 2001 - 2015)
 * 16) Anima (Aerial Hoop, 2001 - 2015)
 * 17) Trampo-Wall (Trampolines, 2005 - 2015)
 * 18) Diabolos (Diabolos, 2010 - 2015)
 * 19) Medusa (Medusa, 2010 - 2015)
 * 20) Hairpiece (Clown act, 2001 - 2015)
 * 21) Death (Clown act, 2001 - 2015)
 * 22) Imitatio (Clown act, 1999 - 2004)
 * 23) Imitatio II (Clown act, 2005 - 2015)

Female Singers

 * Agnès Sohier:
 * From April 22, 1999 (Montreal) to Fall 2004 (Madrid)
 * From March 17, 2005 (Barcelona) to January 18, 2015 (Anchorage)
 * Laur Fugère:
 * From April 4, 2001 to May 20, 2001 (New York City)
 * From October 2, 2003 to December 14, 2003 (Mexico City)
 * Estelle Esse - From Fall 2004 (Madrid) to February 6, 2005 (London)

Male Singers

 * Érik Karol:
 * From April 22, 1999 (Montreal) to January 28, 2001 (Atlanta)
 * From June 3, 2004 (Vienna) to February 6, 2005 (London)
 * From September 8, 2005 (Zurich) to February 26, 2006 (Sevilla)
 * Frank Irving - From February 14, 2001 (Miami) to December 16, 2001 (Dallas)
 * Robert Fertitta - From March 6, 2002 (Los Angeles) to December 21, 2002 (Phoenix)
 * Calvin Braxton:
 * From February 6, 2003 (New Orleans) to May 23, 2004 (Amsterdam)
 * From March 17, 2005 (Barcelona) to August 28, 2005 (Ostend)
 * From March 10, 2006 (Geneva) to August 2008 (Sydney)*
 * Cristian Zabala:
 * 2007 - 2008 (Japan)*
 * From October 21, 2010 (Trenton) to June 9, 2013 (Guatemala City)
 * From October 2, 2014 (Albany) to January 18, 2015 (Anchorage)
 * Chad Oliver - From July 16, 2008 (Sydney) to January 17, 2010 (Mexico)
 * Josue Anuar - From July 9, 2013 (Amnéville) to September 6, 2014 (Palma de Mallorca)

*During the 2007-2008 Japan tour, Calvin Braxton and Cristian Zabala alternated the role.

Tour
After premiering under the Grand Chapiteau in 1999, "Dralion" was briefly retired in December 2009. In mid-2010, the show began the arena restaging process, having its first dress rehearsal at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA before beginning its arena tour in October 2010 in Trenton, NJ. After touring for an additional four years in the arena, the show returned to North America in the fall of 2014 to begin its "Farewell Tour". On January 18, 2015, "Dralion" performed for the final time in Anchorage, AK.

The following colorboxes indicate the region of each performance: Europe  North America  South and Central America  Asia/Pacific  Oceania Africa

1999 schedule

 * Montréal, QC - From 22 Apr 1999 (show premiere)
 * Québec, QC - From 24 Jun 1999
 * Toronto, ON - From 29 Jul 1999 to 5 Sep 1999
 * Santa Monica, CA - From 23 Sep 1999 to 21 Nov 1999
 * Irvine, CA - From 2 Dec 1999

2000 schedule

 * San Francisco, CA - From 3 Feb 2000
 * San Jose, CA - From 6 Apr 2000
 * Denver, CO - From 9 Jun 2000
 * Minneapolis, MN - From 17 Aug 2000
 * Washington, DC - From 11 Oct 2000 to 19 Nov 2000
 * Atlanta, GA - From 30 Nov 2000 to 28 Jan 2001

2001 schedule

 * Miami, FL - From 14 Feb 2001 to 18 Mar 2001
 * New York, NY - From 4 Apr 2001 to 20 May 2001
 * Chicago, IL - From 22 Jun 2001 to 15 Jul 2001
 * Boston, MA - From 15 Aug 2001 to 16 Sep 2001
 * Philadelphia, PA - From 27 Sep 2001 to 4 Nov 2001
 * Dallas, TX - From 16 Nov 2001 to 9 Dec 2001

2002 schedule

 * Houston, TX - From 17 Jan 2002 to 17 Feb 2002
 * Santa Monica, CA - From 6 Mar 2002 to 24 Mar 2002
 * San Diego, CA - From 18 Apr 2002 to 12 May 2002
 * Portland, OR - From 12 Jun 2002 to 21 Jul 2002
 * Seattle, WA - From 1 Aug 2002 to 15 Sep 2002
 * Sacramento, CA - From 4 Oct 2002 to 20 Oct 2002
 * Phoenix, AZ - From 13 Nov 2002 to 8 Dec 2002

2003 schedule

 * New Orleans, LA - From 6 Feb 2003 to 2 Mar 2003
 * Raleigh, NC - From 13 Mar 2003 to 5 Apr 2003
 * Baltimore, MD - From 11 Apr 2003 to 4 May 2003
 * Montréal, QC - From 15 May 2003 to 15 Jun 2003
 * Hartford, CT - From 24 Jun 2003 to 13 Jul 2003
 * Columbus, OH - From 24 Jul 2003 to 10 Aug 2003
 * St. Louis, MO - From 23 Aug 2003 to 14 Sep 2003
 * Mexico City, MX - From 2 Oct 2003 to 14 Dec 2003

2004 schedule
(Dralion played in the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK during this time)
 * Amsterdam, NL - From 27 Feb 2004 to 23 May 2004
 * Vienna, AT - From 3 Jun 2004 to 1 Aug 2004
 * Antwerp, BE - From 12 Aug 2004 to 3 Oct 2004
 * Madrid, ES - From 15 Oct 2004 to 21 Dec 2004

2005 schedule
(Dralion played in the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK during this time)
 * Barcelona, ES - From 17 Mar 2005 to 24 Apr 2005
 * Rotterdam, NL - From 3 Jun 2005 to 19 Jun 2005
 * Oostende, BE - From 21 Jul 2005 to 28 Aug 2005
 * Zurich, CH - From 8 Sep 2005 to 6 Nov 2005
 * Bilbao, ES - From 18 Nov 2005 to 8 Jan 2006

2006 schedule

 * Seville, ES - From 19 Jan 2006 to 26 Feb 2006
 * Geneva, CH - From 10 Mar 2006 to 16 Apr 2006
 * Valencia, ES - From 4 May 2006 to 11 Jun 2006
 * Málaga, ES - From 22 Jun 2006 to 30 Jul 2006
 * Berlin, DE - From 30 Aug 2006 to 5 Oct 2006
 * Frankfurt, DE - From 19 Oct 2006 to 26 Nov 2006
 * Düsseldorf, DE - From 7 Dec 2006 to 7 Jan 2007

2007 schedule

 * Tokyo, JP - From 7 Feb 2007 to 6 May 2007
 * Sendai, JP - From 23 May 2007 to 8 Jul 2007
 * Osaka, JP - From 25 Jul 2007 to 14 Oct 2007
 * Nagoya, JP - From 31 Oct 2007 to 6 Jan 2008

2008 schedule

 * Tokyo, JP - From 25 Jan 2008 to 6 Apr 2008
 * Fukuoka, JP - From 23 Apr 2008 to 15 Jun 2008
 * Sydney, AU - From 16 Jul 2008 to 12 Oct 2008
 * Canberra, AU - From 23 Oct 2008 to 16 Nov 2008
 * Brisbane, AU - From 27 Nov 2008 to 11 Jan 2009

2009 schedule

 * Perth, AU - From 29 Jan 2009 to 25 Mar 2009
 * Melbourne, AU - From 10 Apr 2009 to 14 Jun 2009
 * Auckland, NZ - From 9 Jul 2009 to 24 Aug 2009
 * Monterrey, MX - From 17 Sep 2009 to 11 Oct 2009
 * Guadalajara, MX - From 22 Oct 2009 to 15 Nov 2009
 * Mexico City, MX - From 26 Nov 2009 to 17 Jan 2010 (final show under Big Top)

2004 schedule

 * London, UK - Royal Albert Hall - From 9 Jan 2004 to 15 Feb 2004

2005 schedule

 * London, UK - Royal Albert Hall - From 6 Jan 2005 to 6 Feb 2005

2010 schedule

 * Trenton, NJ - From 21 Oct 2010 to 24 Oct 2010
 * Buffalo, NY - From 27 Oct 2010 to 31 Oct 2010
 * Reading, PA - From 3 Nov 2010 to 7 Nov 2010
 * Youngstown, OH - From 10 Nov 2010 to 14 Nov 2010
 * Windsor, ON - From 17 Nov 2010 to 21 Nov 2010
 * Oshawa, ON - From 24 Nov 2010 to 28 Nov 2010
 * Worcester, MA - From 16 Dec 2010 to 19 Dec 2010
 * Philadelphia, PA - From 21 Dec 2010 to 2 Jan 2011

2011 schedule

 * Boston, MA - From 5 Jan 2011 to 9 Jan 2011
 * Grand Rapids, MI - From 12 Jan 2011 to 16 Jan 2011
 * St. Louis, MO - From 19 Jan 2011 to 23 Jan 2011
 * Chicago, IL - From 26 Jan 2011 to 30 Jan 2011
 * Mobile, AL - From 2 Feb 2011 to 6 Feb 2011
 * Columbus, OH - From 9 Feb 2011 to 13 Feb 2011
 * Detroit, MI - From 16 Feb 2011 to 20 Feb 2011
 * Austin, TX - From 10 Mar 2011 to 21 Mar 2011
 * San Antonio, TX - From 23 Mar 2011 to 27 Mar 2011
 * Des Moines, IA - From 30 Mar 2011 to 3 Apr 2011
 * Fargo, ND - From 5 Apr 2011 to 7 Apr 2011
 * Sioux City, IA - From 9 Apr 2011 to 10 Apr 2011
 * Council Bluffs, IA - From 13 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011
 * Moline, IL - From 19 Apr 2011 to 20 Apr 2011
 * Peoria, IL - From 22 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011
 * Madison, WI - From 26 Apr 2011 to 27 Apr 2011
 * Green Bay, WI - From 29 Apr 2011 to 1 May 2011
 * Rockford, IL - From 4 May 2011 to 8 May 2011
 * Kansas City, MO - From 11 May 2011 to 15 May 2011
 * Abbotsford, BC - From 2 Jun 2011 to 5 Jun 2011
 * Eugene, OR - From 8 Jun 2011 to 12 Jun 2011
 * Portland, OR - From 15 Jun 2011 to 19 Jun 2011
 * Victoria, BC - From 22 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011
 * Penticton, BC - From 29 Jun 2011 to 3 Jul 2011
 * Edmonton, AB - From 6 Jul 2011 to 10 Jul 2011
 * Saskatoon, SK - From 13 Jul 2011 to 17 Jul 2011
 * Winnipeg, MB - From 20 Jul 2011 to 24 Jul 2011
 * Frisco, TX - From 27 Jul 2011 to 31 Jul 2011
 * Indianapolis, IN - From 3 Aug 2011 to 7 Aug 2011
 * Atlanta, GA - From 25 Aug 2011 to 28 Aug 2011
 * Duluth, GA - From 31 Aug 2011 to 4 Sep 2011
 * Tupelo, MS - From 6 Sep 2011 to 8 Sep 2011
 * Huntsville, AL - From 10 Sep 2011 to 11 Sep 2011
 * New Orleans, LA - From 14 Sep 2011 to 17 Sep 2011
 * Orlando, FL - From 21 Sep 2011 to 25 Sep 2011
 * Tallahassee, FL - From 28 Sep 2011 to 2 Oct 2011
 * Birmingham, AL - From 5 Oct 2011 to 9 Oct 2011
 * Gainesville, FL - From 11 Oct 2011 to 13 Oct 2011
 * San Juan, PR - From 19 Oct 2011 to 23 Oct 2011
 * Santo Domingo, DO - From 27 Oct 2011 to 30 Oct 2011
 * Cypress, TX - From 17 Nov 2011 to 20 Nov 2011
 * Beaumont, TX - From 23 Nov 2011 to 27 Nov 2011
 * Houston, TX - From 30 Nov 2011 to 4 Dec 2011
 * Lafayette, LA - From 6 Dec 2011 to 8 Dec 2011
 * Bossier City, LA - From 10 Dec 2011 to 11 Dec 2011
 * Little Rock, AR - From 13 Dec 2011 to 14 Dec 2011
 * Montréal, QC - From 18 Dec 2011 to 30 Dec 2011

2012 schedule

 * Quebec, QC - From 3 Jan 2012 to 8 Jan 2012
 * Kingston, ON - From 11 Jan 2012 to 15 Jan 2012
 * Loveland, CO - From 2 Feb 2012 to 5 Feb 2012
 * Broomfield, CO - From 8 Feb 2012 to 12 Feb 2012
 * El Paso, TX - From 15 Feb 2012 to 19 Feb 2012
 * Colorado Springs, CO - From 22 Feb 2012 to 26 Feb 2012
 * Río Rancho, NM - From 29 Feb 2012 to 4 Mar 2012
 * Laredo, TX - From 6 Mar 2012 to 7 Mar 2012
 * Corpus Christi, TX - From 9 Mar 2012 to 11 Mar 2012
 * Hidalgo, TX - From 14 Mar 2012 to 18 Mar 2012
 * College Station, TX - From 21 Mar to 25 Mar 2012
 * Highland Heights, KY - From 28 Mar 2012 to 1 Apr 2012
 * Cleveland, OH - From 4 Apr 2012 to 8 Apr 2012
 * Hamilton, ON - From 26 Apr 2012 to 29 Apr 2012
 * Halifax, NS - From 2 May 2012 to 6 May 2012
 * Saint John, NB - From 9 May 2012 to 13 May 2012
 * London, ON - From 16 May 2012 to 20 May 2012
 * Rochester, NY - From 23 May 2012 to 27 May 2012
 * Manchester, NH - From 30 May 2012 to 3 Jun 2012
 * Syracuse, NY - From 6 Jun 2012 to 10 Jun 2012
 * Bridgeport, CT - From 13 Jun 2012 to 17 Jun 2012
 * Rosemont, IL - From 20 Jun 2012 to 24 Jun 2012
 * Chicago, IL - From 27 Jun 2012 to 1 Jul 2012
 * Sunrise, FL - From 19 Jul 2012 to 29 Jul 2012
 * Estero, FL - From 1 Aug 2012 to 5 Aug 2012
 * Richmond, VA - From 8 Aug 2012 to 12 Aug 2012
 * Raleigh, NC - From 15 Aug 2012 to 19 Aug 2012
 * Baltimore, MD - From 22 Aug 2012 to 26 Aug 2012
 * Atlantic City, NJ - From 29 Aug 2012 to 2 Sep 2012
 * Uniondale, NY - From 5 Sep 2012 to 9 Sep 2012
 * Charleston, WV - From 12 Sep 2012 to 16 Sep 2012
 * Minneapolis, MN - From 19 Sep 2012 to 23 Sep 2012
 * Boise, ID - From 11 Oct 2012 to 14 Oct 2012
 * Stockton, CA - From 17 Oct 2012 to 21 Oct 2012
 * Ontario, CA - From 24 Oct 2012 to 28 Oct 2012
 * Long Beach, CA - From 31 Oct 2012 to 4 Nov 2012
 * Fresno, CA - From 7 Nov 2012 to 11 Nov 2012
 * San Diego, CA - From 14 Nov 2012 to 18 Nov 2012
 * Tucson, AZ - From 21 Nov 2012 to 25 Nov 2012
 * Phoenix, AZ - From 28 Nov 2012 to 02 Dec 2012
 * Topeka, KS - From 05 Dec 2012 to 09 Dec 2012
 * Tulsa, OK - From 12 Dec 2012 to 16 Dec 2012
 * Oklahoma City, OK - From 19 Dec 2012 to 23 Dec 2012

2013 schedule

 * Dubai, AE - From 6 Feb 2013 to 16 Feb 2013
 * Cape Town, ZA - From 5 Mar 2013 to 17 Mar 2013
 * Johannesburg, ZA - From 21 Mar 2013 to 1 Apr 2013
 * Caracas, VE - From 25 Apr 2013 to 12 May 2013
 * Panama City, PA - From 22 May 2013 to 26 May 2013
 * Guatemala City, GT - From 5 Jun 2013 to 9 Jun 2013
 * Amneville, FR - From 9 Jul 2013 to 13 Jul 2013
 * Nice, FR - From 18 Jul 2013 to 28 Jul 2013
 * Nantes, FR - From 31 Jul 2013 to 4 Aug 2013
 * Doha, QA - From 19 Sep 2013 to 28 Sep 2013
 * Beirut, LB - From 10 Oct 2013 20 Oct 2013
 * Athens, GR - From 29 Oct 2013 to 3 Nov 2013
 * Rome, IT - From 8 Nov 2013 to 17 Nov 2013
 * Turin, IT - From 21 Nov 2013 to 24 Nov 2013
 * Milan, IT - From 28 Nov 2013 to 1 Dec 2013
 * Geneva, CH - From 4 Dec 2013 to 8 Dec 2013
 * Basel, CH - From 11 Dec 2013 to 15 Dec 2013
 * Barcelona, ES - From 18 Dec 2013 to 29 Dec 2013

2014 schedule

 * Lisbon, PT - From 1 Jan 2014 to 12 Jan 2014
 * St-Petersburg, RU - From 22 Jan 2014 to 2 Feb 2014
 * Chelyabinsk, RU - From 7 Feb 2014 to 16 Feb 2014
 * Kazan, RU - From 21 Feb 2014 to 2 March 2014
 * Moscow, RU - From 6 Mar 2014 to 16 Mar 2014
 * Minsk, BY - From 20 Mar 2014 to 23 Mar 2014
 * Herning, DK - From 27 Mar 2014 to 30 Mar 2014
 * Wroclaw, PL - From 3 Apr 2014 to 6 Apr 2014
 * Malmö, SE - From 1 May 2014 to 4 May 2014
 * Glasgow, UK - From 8 May 2014 to 11 May 2014
 * Sheffield, UK - From 14 May 2014 to 18 May 2014
 * Birmingham, UK - From 22 May 2014 to 25 May 2014
 * Dublin, IE - From 28 May 2014 to 1 Jun 2014
 * London, UK - From 4 Jun 2014 to 8 Jun 2014
 * Manchester, UK - From 11 Jun 2014 to 15 Jun 2014
 * San Sebastian, ES - From 3 Jul 2014 to 6 Jul 2014
 * Santiago de Compostela, ES - From 10 Jul 2014 to 20 Jul 2014
 * Granada, ES - From 23 Jul 2014 to 27 Jul 2014
 * Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES - From 2 Aug 2014 to 10 Aug 2014
 * Bilbao, ES - From 16 Aug 2014 to 24 Aug 2014
 * Palma de Mallorca, ES - From 28 Aug 2014 to 6 Sep 2014
 * Albany, NY - From 2 Oct 2014 to 5 Oct 2014
 * State College, PA - 8 Oct 2014 to 12 Oct 2014
 * Wilkes-Barre, PA - From 15 Oct 2014 to 19 Oct 2014
 * Charlottesville, VA - From 22 Oct 2014 to 26 Oct 2014
 * Sault Ste Marie, ON - From 29 Oct 2014 to 2 Nov 2014
 * Fort Wayne, IN - From 5 Nov 2014 to 9 Nov 2014
 * Bloomington, IL - From 12 Nov 2014 to 16 Nov 2014
 * Cedar Rapids, IA - From 19 Nov 2014 to 23 Nov 2014
 * Duluth, MN - From 26 Nov 2014 to 30 Nov 2014
 * Kearney, NE - From 3 Dec 2014 to 7 Dec 2014
 * Regina, SK - From 10 Dec 2014 to 14 Dec 2014
 * Lethbridge, AB - From 17 Dec 2014 to 21 Dec 2014
 * Kamloops, BC - From 24 Dec 2014 to 28 Dec 2014
 * Prince George, BC - From 31 Dec 2014 to 4 Jan 2015

2015 schedule

 * Fairbanks, AK - From 8 Jan 2015 to 11 Jan 2015
 * Anchorage, AK - From 14 Jan 2015 to 18 Jan 2015 (final show)

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