The largest touring tent in the world is now erected on Bayfront Avenue beside Marina Bay Sands in preparation for the Asian Premiere of the multi-disciplinary theatrical production Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Man and Horse. Starting earlier this week, a team of 80 people worked on-site to build and complete the impressive Cavalia Village – home of the equestrian spectacular created in Canada by Normand Latourelle, co-founder of Cirque du Soleil.
Cavalia is set to open August 12 in Singapore. Due to strong ticket sales, the producers of Cavalia are delighted to add two weeks of shows to the season. Matinee and evening performances are now scheduled through September 2014:
With fairytale spires towering 10-storey high, Cavalia’s White Theatre Tent spans more than 2,440-square-metres and accommodates a colossal 50-metre-wide stage, behind which a constantly changing digital background is projected onto a 60-metre-wide screen, drawing spectators into dream-like virtual environments.
The audience faces a gigantic stage area that provides horses room to gallop at full speed, at times running completely free, unfettered by bridles or halters, allowing the equine stars to express themselves in all their grace, strength and beauty. Horses need to have enough space to display both their elegance and speed, eliminating from consideration a stage-in-the-round.
Cavalia promises to be a veritable revolution in live entertainment, incorporating the power and magnificence of horses in a multimedia production that both captures the imagination and propels the centuries’-old tradition of equestrian arts into the 21st Century.
In the coming days, the crew will begin putting together the different components inside the White Theatre Tent and will build a true theatre. 2,500 tons of sand and earth will be used (100 truckloads) to create the stage. As the inside of the White Theatre Tent begins to take shape, crews are setting up five other tents on site, including the stables, a warm-up and artistic tent, the VIP Rendez-Vous tent, the general entrance tent and the staff cafeteria. Workers will also build paddocks next to the stable tent where the horses will have daily turn out once they arrive in their new home, early next month.
Over the past decade, Cavalia’s White Theatre Tent has graced the skylines of the largest North American, European, Australian and Middle Eastern cities. Weighing more than 50 tons, the White Theatre Tent has more than 6,630-square-metres of canvas and seven trailers are required to transport it.
WHAT: Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Man and Horse
WHEN: Premieres August 12
Matinee and Evening performances scheduled through September 2014
WHERE: Under the White Theatre Tent, at Bayfront Avenue beside Marina Bay Sands
TICKETS: Available at www.cavalia.sg or by calling +65 31586735
Or at every Sistic outlets online at www.sistic.com.sg or by calling +65 6688 8826
S$58 to S$288 + applicable fees.
MORE INFO: www.cavalia.sg
