QUICK TAKES - Jan. 30, 2009
Cirque du Soleil is returning this year to the Santa Monica Pier, where the troupe first pitched its tent in 1987 but hasn’t performed since 1999.
Saying it had resolved traffic and parking issues, the Santa Monica City Council voted this week to allow Cirque to return to the Pier Oct. 16 through Dec. 20 with its touring production “Kooza.”
Daniel Lamarre, Cirque du Soleil’s president, said, “It has long been our desire that Santa Monica be the site to which Cirque du Soleil returns with its touring shows when we visit the greater L.A. area.”
The return engagement coincides with two anniversaries this year: the pier’s 100th and Cirque du Soleil’s 25th.
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