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Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Epson Powers Cirque du Soleil's European Residency Debut as Official Projector Partner
As Part of its Ongoing Partnership with Cirque du Soleil, Epson Provides New Production ALIZÉ with Cutting-Edge Technology, Enhancing the Creative Masterminds' Performances in Its Inaugural Residency in Europe LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As an Official Partner of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, Epson today announced its high-performance laser projectors will play a key role in bringing to life the never-before-seen visuals of Cirque du Soleil ALIZÉ™ ("ALIZÉ"). Marking a pivotal moment for the global live entertainment leader, ALIZÉ is Cirque du Soleil's first residency in Europe. Mixing groundbreaking artistry with breathtaking projection, the avant-garde creation – set to premiere in November 2025 at Berlin's Theater am Potsdamer Platz – is the first of many productions that showcase the creative force of two leading entertainment companies joining together to craft something truly magical. "By revolutionizing the limits of stage technology as well as theatre and scenic design, Cirque du Soleil has completely transformed the approach to what can be achieved in delivering resident shows around the world," said Matthew Nickel, chief creation and production officer, Cirque du Soleil. "In 2025, we write a new chapter in our history by establishing our first residency in Europe, and Epson's vision is the best asset we can have by our side at this very strategical moment for our company." Cirque du Soleil Writing a New Chapter in Europe Cirque du Soleil's 54th original production, ALIZÉ, depicts a journey into the unseen, immersing the audience in a magical adventure that transcends the boundaries of the imagination. The stunning production will take the audience on a wonderful journey into a surreal world where the impossible becomes possible. Reinventing the limits of visual experience, ALIZÉ will blend Cirque du Soleil's creativity and stage design mastery with the power of Epson's unique 3LCD laser projection technology to create immersive imagery that truly dissolves the lines between reality and illusion. "Cirque du Soleil ALIZÉ is an in-depth immersion into a world of wonder and mystery that will have the audience witness the impossible become possible," said Martin Dignard, line producer, ALIZÉ. "As we're developing a production that aims to deliver visuals unlike anything we've done before, our team knew that relying on Epson's projection technology was the right solution to achieve our creative objectives." When Technology Meets CreativityExploring new ways to expand storytelling and create never-before-seen experiences, Cirque du Soleil named Epson its Official Projector Partner in 2024, turning to the worldwide leader in projection and printing technology to help redefine the future of immersive entertainment. Cirque du Soleil ALIZÉ stands today as the first of many projects that will bring the savoir-faire of both entertainment powerhouses together and illuminate Cirque du Soleil's creative vision in new ways. As such, both partners are currently working closely together on new collaborations that will bring awe and amazement to audiences around the world. "We are incredibly proud of this partnership with Cirque du Soleil, and to be part of making this monumental residency vision a reality," said Richard Miller, vice president, commercial marketing and service, Epson America, Inc. "The ALIZÉ production is the perfect canvas to showcase the potential of our projection technology – and this is only the beginning. Through our ongoing partnership, Cirque du Soleil and Epson are poised to redefine storytelling and deliver unforgettable experiences to audiences in Berlin and beyond." About Epson Laser ProjectorsEpson projectors provide unmatched creative possibilities and unparalleled audience experiences. Using state-of-the-art, 3-chip technology to deliver exceptional image quality and color output, Epson delivers display solutions that inspire collaboration and enable visionaries to create immersive experiences across a range of environments, including art exhibits, museums and live events. For additional information about Epson's projectors, visit For additional information about Epson's partnership with Cirque du Soleil, visit About Cirque du Soleil Entertainment GroupCirque du Soleil Entertainment Group is a world leader in live entertainment. Building on four decades of pushing the boundaries of the imagination, the artistic entertainment company brings its creative approach to a large variety of artistic forms such as live shows, multimedia productions, long-form content, music, immersive experiences, and special events. Since its creation in 1984, more than 400 million people have been inspired on 6 continents and 86 countries. The Canadian company now employs almost 4000 employees, including 1200 artists from more than 80 different nationalities. Along with its affiliates—Blue Man Group, VStar Entertainment Group, and The Works Entertainment Group—Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group continues to expand its creative reach. For more information about Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, please visit About EpsonEpson is a global technology leader whose philosophy of efficient, compact and precise innovation enriches lives and helps create a better world. The company is focused on solving societal issues through innovations in home and office printing, commercial and industrial printing, manufacturing, visual and lifestyle. Epson's goal is to become carbon negative and eliminate use of exhaustible underground resources such as oil and metal by 2050. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the worldwide Epson Group generates annual sales of more than JPY 1 trillion. Epson America, Inc., based in Los Alamitos, Calif., is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook ( X ( YouTube ( and Instagram ( Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. Copyright 2025 Epson America, Inc. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Epson America, Inc. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Express Tribune
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Immerse yourself into 'The Matrix'
In a Los Angeles theatre, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that spiral over the viewer's head, as the sound of gunfire erupts from everywhere. This new immersive experience is designed to be a red pill moment that will get film fans off their couches at a time when the movie industry is desperate to bring back audiences, as reported by AFP. Cosm, which has venues in Los Angeles and Dallas, is launching its dome-style screen and 3D sets in June with a "shared reality" version of The Matrix, the cult 1999 film starring Keanu Reeves as a man who suddenly learns his world is a fiction. "We believe the future will be more immersive and more experiential," said Cosm president Jeb Terry at a recent preview screening. "It's trying to create an additive, a new experience, ideally non-cannibalistic, so that the industry can continue to thrive across all formats." Cinema audiences were already dwindling when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, shuttering theaters at a time when streaming was exploding. With ever bigger and better TVs available for the home, the challenge for theater owners is to offer something that film buffs cannot get in their living room. Prestige projects like Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning or Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning Oppenheimer increasingly opt for the huge screens and superior film quality of IMAX. But Cosm and other projects like it want to go one step further, collaborating with designers who have worked with Cirque du Soleil to create an environment in which the viewer feels like they are inside the film. For filmmakers, it's all about how you place the cameras and where you capture the sound, said Jay Rinsky, founder of Little Cinema, a creative studio specialising in immersive experiences. "We create sets like the Parisian opera, let the movie be the singer, follow the tone, highlight the emotions through light, through production design, through 3D environments," he said. The approach, he said, felt particularly well suited to The Matrix, which he called "a masterpiece of cinema, but done as a rectangle." For the uninitiated: Reeves's Neo is a computer hacker who starts poking around in a life that doesn't quite seem to fit. A mysterious Laurence Fishburne offers him a blue pill that will leave him where he is, or a red pill that will show him he is a slave whose body is being farmed by AI machines while his conscious lives in a computer simulation. There follows much gunfire, lots of martial arts and some mysticism, along with a romance between Neo and Trinity, played by the leather-clad Carrie-Anne Moss. The Matrix in shared reality kicks off with a choice of cocktails – blue or red, of course – which are consumed as the audience sits surrounded by high-definition screens. Shifting perspectives place the viewer inside Neo's office cubicle, or seemingly in peril. "They're sometimes inside the character's head," said Rinsky. "The world changes as you look up and down for trucks coming at you." The result impressed those who were at the preview screening. "It just did feel like an experience," influencer Vince Rossi told AFP. "It almost feels like you're at a theme park for a movie."
Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Daily Mirror
Circus acrobat, 28, falls 50ft to her death from edge of 'blissful rooftop' pool
Veronika Kobzova, 28, from Ukraine, was on holiday in Phuket, Thailand, when she fell from a rooftop swimming pool at a resort complex and died after suffering "head and chin" injuries A circus acrobat from Ukraine fell 50ft to her death after losing her balance while walking along the edge of a rooftop swimming pool during a holiday in Thailand, it has been revealed. 28-year-old Veronika Kobzova had been drinking beer at a resort complex on the popular tourist island Phuket in Thailand when the tragedy happened. She is reported to have decided to stand up and walk along the edge of a pool at the top of the building when she fell. The holidaying acrobat 'made a misstep' which led to her falling into an alley below, according to witnesses. She was pronounced dead less than an hour after her 3:30am fall which caused serious 'head and chin' injuries. Veronika was a member of a famous Ukrainian circus family. Her uncle Mykola Kobzov, head of Circus Kobzov, told of the "terrible loss" and that his family is in "mourning". He said: 'In a tragic accident, my niece Veronika Kobzova has passed away. "She fell from a height of 15 metres. Young, beautiful, successful — and now such a terrible loss. 'Veronika, we will always remember you. I love you. Our whole family is in mourning.' Pictures show the rooftop pool apparently without barriers. Friends rushed to her after the fall, but her injuries were fatal. Thai police are reportedly investigating her death but foul play is not suspected. A Thai report said: 'The blissful rooftop ambiance and the allure of a poolside walk culminated in an unintended peril. As her friends watched, her celebration turned to calamity when she misstepped at the edge of the rooftop swimming pool, plunging from the third floor into a narrow alley below.' Video shows her familiar with high acts from her career as an acrobat. The dead woman was originally from Nikopol, in Ukraine 's Dnipropetrovsk region. She had worked in the circus from the age of 12, and later starred in the prestigious Cirque du Soleil and the German Roncalli Circus. Later she performed in Asia, especially China, and recently had been based in Thailand, said reports. It comes after last month a young gymnast horrifically plunged to her death after plummeting from a so-called "Wheel of Death" during rehearsals for her first show. Victoria Balandina had just started with the circus and was performing on a giant rotating contraption, in the city of Magnitogorsk, a major industrial centre in southern Russia, on Saturday. The young woman reportedly lost her balance and fell over five metres to the ground in a horror accident. Emergency workers rushed to the training site in a desperate attempt to save the 22-year-old's life but she died in an ambulance a short while after her horror fall on May 17. A shocking video caught the moment the woman suffered the fatal tumble as she was attempting to do somersaults as the huge wheel span. The footage caught Victoria as she slipped and landed head-first in the circus arena.
RTÉ News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
'The Matrix is everywhere': cinema bets on immersion (not The Immersion)
In a Los Angeles cinema, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that spiral over the viewer's head, as the sound of gunfire erupts from everywhere. This new immersive experience is designed to be a red pill moment that will get film fans off their couches at a time when the movie industry is desperate to bring back audiences. Cosm, which has venues in Los Angeles and Dallas, is launching its dome-style screen and 3D sets in June with a "shared reality" version of The Matrix, the cult 1999 film starring Keanu Reeves as a man who suddenly learns his world is a fiction. "We believe the future will be more immersive and more experiential," said Cosm president Jeb Terry at a recent preview screening. "It's trying to create an additive, a new experience, ideally non-cannibalistic, so that the industry can continue to thrive across all formats." Cinema audiences were already dwindling when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, shuttering screens at a time when streaming was exploding. With ever bigger and better TVs available for the home, the challenge for cinema owners is to offer something that movie buffs cannot get in their living room. Prestige projects like Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning or Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning Oppenheimer increasingly opt for the huge screens and superior film quality of IMAX. But Cosm and other projects like it want to go one step further, collaborating with designers who have worked with Cirque du Soleil to create an environment in which the viewer feels like they are inside the film. For filmmakers, it's all about how you place the cameras and where you capture the sound, said Jay Rinsky, founder of Little Cinema, a creative studio specialising in immersive experiences. "We create sets like the Parisian opera, let the movie be the singer, follow the tone, highlight the emotions... through light, through production design, through 3D environments," he said. The approach, he said, felt particularly well suited to The Matrix, which he called "a masterpiece of cinema, but done as a rectangle." For the uninitiated: Reeves's Neo is a computer hacker who starts poking around in a life that doesn't quite seem to fit. A mysterious Laurence Fishburne offers him a blue pill that will leave him where he is, or a red pill that will show him he is a slave whose body is being farmed by AI machines while his consciousness lives in a computer simulation. There follows much gunfire, lots of martial arts, and some mysticism, along with a romance between Neo and Trinity, played by the leather-clad Carrie-Anne Moss. The Matrix in shared reality kicks off with a choice of cocktails - blue or red, of course - which are consumed as the audience sits surrounded by high-definition screens. Shifting perspectives place the viewer inside Neo's office cubicle, or seemingly in peril. "They're sometimes inside the character's head," said Rinsky. "The world changes as you look up and down for trucks coming at you." The result impressed those who were at the preview screening. "It just did feel like an experience," influencer Vince Rossi told AFP. "It felt like you're at a theme park for a movie almost."
Japan Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Japan Today
'The Matrix is everywhere': Cinema bets on immersion
The LA-based Cosm theater has worked to create an environment in which the viewer feels like they are inside the film By Paula RAMON In a Los Angeles theater, a trench coat-wearing Neo bends backwards to dodge bullets that spiral over the viewer's head, as the sound of gunfire erupts from everywhere. This new immersive experience is designed to be a red pill moment that will get film fans off their couches at a time when the movie industry is desperate to bring back audiences. Cosm, which has venues in Los Angeles and Dallas, is launching its dome-style screen and 3D sets in June with a "shared reality" version of "The Matrix," the cult 1999 film starring Keanu Reeves as a man who suddenly learns his world is a fiction. "We believe the future will be more immersive and more experiential," said Cosm president Jeb Terry at a recent preview screening. "It's trying to create an additive, a new experience, ideally non-cannibalistic, so that the industry can continue to thrive across all formats." Cinema audiences were already dwindling when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, shuttering theaters at a time when streaming was exploding. With ever bigger and better TVs available for the home, the challenge for theater owners is to offer something that movie buffs cannot get in their living room. Prestige projects like Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning" or Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning "Oppenheimer" increasingly opt for the huge screens and superior film quality of IMAX. But Cosm and other projects like it want to go one step further, collaborating with designers who have worked with Cirque du Soleil to create an environment in which the viewer feels like they are inside the film. For filmmakers, it's all about how you place the cameras and where you capture the sound, said Jay Rinsky, founder of Little Cinema, a creative studio specializing in immersive experiences. "We create sets like the Parisian opera, let the movie be the singer, follow the tone, highlight the emotions... through light, through production design, through 3D environments," he said. The approach, he said, felt particularly well suited to "The Matrix," which he called "a masterpiece of cinema, but done as a rectangle." For the uninitiated: Reeves's Neo is a computer hacker who starts poking around in a life that doesn't quite seem to fit. A mysterious Laurence Fishburne offers him a blue pill that will leave him where he is, or a red pill that will show him he is a slave whose body is being farmed by AI machines while his conscious lives in a computer simulation. There follows much gunfire, lots of martial arts and some mysticism, along with a romance between Neo and Trinity, played by the leather-clad Carrie-Anne Moss. "The Matrix" in shared reality kicks off with a choice of cocktails -- blue or red, of course -- which are consumed as the audience sits surrounded by high-definition screens. Shifting perspectives place the viewer inside Neo's office cubicle, or seemingly in peril. "They're sometimes inside the character's head," said Rinsky. "The world changes as you look up and down for trucks coming at you." The result impressed those who were at the preview screening. "It just did feel like an experience," influencer Vince Rossi told AFP. "It felt like you're at a theme park for a movie almost." © 2025 AFP
