ORLANDO, Fla. - The new Cirque du Soleil show coming to Walt Disney World this spring finally has a
name: "Drawn to Life."
The title cleverly has two meanings: The show is about animation, the art of bringing characters to life through drawings. But Cirque and Disney officials have also described the show's story as a celebration of life and the power imagination plays in it.
"What fascinates us is that moment when life appears in drawings," said show director and writer Michael Laprise in the joint Cirque-Disney announcement. "Just like in an acrobat's body, the visceral physicality of animation. The way they perform, the way they create the illusion of life."
"Drawn to Life" will likely be a name visitors will hear for a long time. Its predecessor at Disney World, Cirque's "La Nouba," ran for nearly 20 years.
The announcement also offered a few more facts about the show, the first co-created by Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil and the Walt Disney Co.