A BIG WOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW from me.... Niven (MRU)
--- In [email protected], manisha madhavan <manisha_madha...@...> wrote: > > Source: > http://www.topnews.in/circus-entrepreneur-details-water-extravaganza-space-2209861 > > Circus entrepreneur details water extravaganza from space > Submitted by Sahil Nagpal on Thu, 09/03/2009 > > Los Angeles - The founder of Cirque du Soleil announced plans Wednesday to > use his upcoming space trip to host a two-hour extravaganza about the > importance of access to clean water across the globe. > Guy Laliberte said in a webcast that the gala would take place on October 9 > aboard the International Space Station and from 14 cities as well. Among the > terrestrial guests on the show will be US former vice president Al Gore, > supergroup U2, Indian musician AR Rahman and pop stars Peter Gabriel and > Shakira. > Laliberte, 49, is due to take off on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on September > 30 for a 12-day round trip to the International Space Station. Laliberte's > fortune is estimated at some 2.5 billion dollars, and he paid an estimated 30 > million dollars for the trip. > The event, called Moving Stars and Earth for Water is thought to be the first > organized art show from space. In a webcast, Laliberte described it as a > "poetic social mission" aimed at highlighting the importance of water for > Planet Earth. > The idea of the show will be to present a "poetic fairy tale" that will tell > the importance of water through the perspective of four characters: the sun, > the moon, the stars and a single drop of water. > The show has been written by Canadian author Yann Martel, (Life of Pi) and > will feature many of the extravagant acts that have made Cirque du Soleil > famous around the world, Laliberte said. Though he might don his clown's nose > for the show, he joked that he won't be allowed to perform fire-eating tricks > in orbit. > "People should see it as a moment where the voices of the world are unifying > in a specific moment and participating at an event together to talk about > water," he said. "This is a moment of great friendship, of great artistic > rendering, I believe, and hopefully this artistic project will touch people." > The cities that will host events include Montreal, Moscow, Johannesburg, > Mumbai, Marrakesh, Sydney, Tokyo, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Paris and > London, as well as the US cities New York, Santa Monica, California, and > Tampa, Florida. Laliberte will coordinate the performances from the space > station and will be the seventh private explorer to travel to space. (dpa) > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ >
