{"id":273,"date":"2007-09-20T13:16:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T18:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=273"},"modified":"2014-09-23T09:25:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:25:32","slug":"cirque-odyssey-acrobatic-show-scheduled-at-ford-center-sept-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/cirque-odyssey-acrobatic-show-scheduled-at-ford-center-sept-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirque Odyssey Acrobatic Show Scheduled at Ford Center Sept. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>OXFORD, Miss. Cirque Odyssey, part of the Cirque USA tour,<br \/>\nis slated to appear Sept. 21 at the University of<br \/>\nMississippi Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing<br \/>\nArts. The show, featuring more than 20 acrobats performing<br \/>\nphysical feats of balance, flexibility, strength and<br \/>\ncoordination, replaces the Golden Dragon Acrobats<br \/>\noriginally planned as the first of three performances in<br \/>\nthe Ford Center&#8217;s new Family Friendly Series this season.<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/><!--more--><br \/><span>The programming change was necessitated by delays in<br \/>\nsecuring immigration clearance for the Golden Dragon<br \/>\nAcrobats, said Norman Easterbrook, Ford Center director.<br \/>\nTickets for the 8 p.m. performance are $15 for general<br \/>\nadmission and $7 for children under 18. Children&#8217;s tickets<br \/>\nare limited to three with the purchase of each adult price<br \/>\nticket. For more information or assistance related to a<br \/>\ndisability, call the UM Box Office at 662-915-7411.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>&#8220;I am pleased that we are able to bring Cirque Odyssey to<br \/>\nthe Ford Center. I&#8217;d wanted to have the troupe on the Ford<br \/>\nstage for a while and now we have the opportunity to bring<br \/>\nit to Oxford,&#8221; Easterbrook said. &#8220;I really did not want to<br \/>\ncancel a performance especially the first of what for us<br \/>\nis a new series. I think that our audiences will be just<br \/>\nas if not more amazed with this thrilling troupe of<br \/>\nperformers.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>Cirque Odyssey showcases performers from China, Latin<br \/>\nAmerica, Europe, Africa, Canada and the U.S. Featuring<br \/>\nhand-to-hand balancing acts, tumblers and contortionists,<br \/>\nthe 90-minute production combines action with music in a<br \/>\ndemonstration of daring skill, grace, strength and agility.<br \/>\nIt is a fast-moving, high-energy show with a loose, yet<br \/>\nhumorous, storyline that brings together many different<br \/>\nelements to create a traditional production that is<br \/>\ncolorful, creative and suspenseful.<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>The Ford Center&#8217;s Family Friendly series continues Feb. 10<br \/>\nwith &#8220;The Magic of Lyn America&#8217;s Premier Female<br \/>\nIllusionist&#8221; and April 12 with &#8220;A Year with Frog and Toad.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span>For more information about the Ford Center, including a<br \/>\ncomplete performance schedule, visit<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/fordcenter\/\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/fordcenter\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. Cirque Odyssey, part of the Cirque USA tour, is slated to appear Sept. 21 at the University of Mississippi Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The show, featuring more than 20 acrobats performing physical feats of balance, flexibility, strength and coordination, replaces the Golden Dragon Acrobats originally planned as the first<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/cirque-odyssey-acrobatic-show-scheduled-at-ford-center-sept-21\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the story &#x2026;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cirque Odyssey Acrobatic Show Scheduled at Ford Center Sept. 21 - Ole Miss News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/cirque-odyssey-acrobatic-show-scheduled-at-ford-center-sept-21\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cirque Odyssey Acrobatic Show Scheduled at Ford Center Sept. 21 - Ole Miss News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OXFORD, Miss. 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