Cirque du Soleil returns to Calgary

Posted May 19, 2011 7:27 am.

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Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Calgary and tickets for the show go on sale Thursday.

The new show is called “Ovo;” it’s about a whimsical world of insects, who find a mysterious egg.

It also features the biggest and highest trapeze act Cirque du Soleil has ever done.

Ovo’s first Calgary show goes down at Stampede Park on September 7th.

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