Cirque Du Soleil’s First-Ever Acrobatic Performance on Ice Returns to Allentown for 5 Performances January 30-February 2, 2025 at PPL Center
Thursday | Sep. 5, 2024
With seven jaw-dropping traditional circus acts all thrillingly adapted for Cirque du Soleil’s first foray into a brand-new creative territory – the ice – CRYSTAL takes audiences on an unforgettable journey into the vivid and whimsical world of imagination.
Since 2017, CRYSTAL has dazzled more than 1.9 million people in over 135 cities worldwide, blending the art of skating with adrenaline-inducing acrobatics and aerial feats.
CRYSTAL pushes the boundaries of possibility within the circus arts. The show highlights Cirque du Soleil’s creativity in a new way and encourages audiences to find the magic of the everyday. Every time you watch, there’s something new to see and experience. Cirque du Soleil is thrilled to bring CRYSTAL to Lehigh Valley this winter.
General tickets will be on-sale on September 9, 2024. Tickets are available for purchase at the arena’s QNB Box Office, or online at pplcenter.com.
CRYSTAL – Performance Schedule
Allentown, PA, PPL Center
- Thursday, January 30 at 7:00pm
- Friday, January 31 at 7:00pm
- Saturday, February 1 at 3:00pm & 7:00pm
- Sunday, February 2 at 1:00pm
About CRYSTAL
Created by Shana Carroll and Sebastien Soldevila, CRYSTAL takes audiences on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery full of whimsy and wonder. Feel your adrenaline soar as you dive into a world of playful imagination with the show’s protagonist, Crystal, as she learns to see things differently and become whom she was always destined to be: herself.
Using larger than life visual projections on ice (a Cirque du Soleil first) and a soundtrack that seamlessly blends popular music with the signature sound of Cirque du Soleil, CRYSTAL transports audiences on an unforgettable visual and auditory experience full of magic and wonder.
The show is suitable for all ages.
Media images and b-roll available here.
Watch the CRYSTAL trailer here.
Fun Facts
- CRYSTAL is Cirque du Soleil’s 42nd creation and the company’s very first acrobatic experience on ice.
- Since its creation, CRYSTAL has gone to over 145 cities and 23 different countries (and counting!).
- CRYSTAL has now been seen by over 2 million people since 2017.
- This oneof-a-kind performance features seven traditional circus acts, including trapeze, handto-hand, Banquine, aerial straps, hand-to-trapeze, juggling, and hand balancing – all thrillingly adapted to be performed on ice!
- It takes 18 x 55ft transport trailers to transfer CRYSTAL from city to city.
- The entire show packs up into over 434 road cases, 160 racks and a few dozen other varieties of packing containers.
- The show uses 28 projectors to transform the ice into a playground, hockey rink, outdoor pond, cityscape, among others. The show also uses 36 trackers on costumes that control spotlights that follow the artists on the ice.
- CRYSTAL is the first Cirque du Soleil production that uses real snow – the team makes approximately 300 snowballs each week.
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