Returning
to its roots with an eponymous nightlife venue known for revolutionizing the
Las Vegas nightlife experience more than 10 years ago, The Light Group, in
collaboration with Cirque du Soleil and MGM Resorts International will
introduce LIGHT at Mandalay Bay in March 2013.
LIGHT,
the first-ever nightclub turned on by Cirque du Soleil, will merge cutting-edge
creativity with incredible music to produce a new kind of nightlife experience.
The chic, fashion-forward 38,000-square-foot venue featuring state-of-the-art
production, theatrics, and, of course world-renowned DJs and performers will
turn on a new kind of passion and creativity, redefining a “night out” and
creating a unique, memorable event each night.
"The
nightclub will serve as a laboratory, very much like our special events and
projects have done in the past, for different and new artistic possibilities,”
said Guy Laliberté, Founder, Cirque du Soleil.
Designed
as an experience to play with your senses, LIGHT - turned on by Cirque du
Soleil - will offer far more than the traditional nightclub. Upon arriving at
LIGHT, guests enter the realm of the unknown, as everyone in the club is part
of the show. Headlining DJs and performers will lead the charge, coupled with
exclusively built performance elements and visuals provided by revolutionary
video mapping, lighting, sound and special effects experts Moment Factory, as
well as avant-garde costumes and unique choreography. At LIGHT no two nights out will be the same.
The spectacle and feeling forever engrained in the mind of guests beg the
ultimate question: Have You Seen The Light?
Spearheading
LIGHT at Mandalay Bay is The Light Group founder Andrew Sasson who has been
intimately involved with each detail of the venture. Often credited with
establishing and cultivating nightlife on the Las Vegas Strip, Sasson is no
stranger to worldwide entertainment, having also launched venues throughout
Europe, New York and Miami. Longtime music-industry executive Amy Thomson,
manager of global artists including Swedish House Mafia, also worked on the
development, music and marketing of LIGHT.
Andrew
Sasson said, “This partnership and the projects we are working on will be
unlike anything the world has ever seen before – the ultimate theatrical
nightlife venue. Cirque du Soleil has built a brand with worldwide recognition
and their creativity, attention to detail and passion for their work perfectly
complement The Light Group and everything we stand for."
Daniel
Lamarre, President and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, said “This new creative
challenge is exciting for us. We have the opportunity to re-think the nightclub
experience and apply our creative and artistic signature to different audiences
and live experiences.”
Amy
Thomson said, “I rarely get to work on production outside of a festival space
or arenas and the chance to work with Cirque du Soleil, putting their
creativity alongside the music I love, was not something I could pass up. The DJs and performers who have come to work
with us all have such high artistic aspirations, and to be able to try this in
a space as iconic as Mandalay Bay I hope will be the beginning of many
adventures with Cirque du Soleil and The Light Group. It will be a melting pot
of ideas and the focus is equally spread across music, the experience and the
crowd. Each one relying on the other,
like an emotional ecosystem set up to cultivate and grow a magical night out.”
The
list of DJs and performers already on board rivals some of the world’s biggest
festival line-ups and will be announced soon at HaveYouSeenTheLight.com and the
LIGHT social networks.
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