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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki Arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 STORM LARGE AT THE ECCLES CENTER Park City Institute will present singer, author and actress Storm Large at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd. Large, known for her work with Pink Martini, will perform with her band Le Bonheur. Tickets range from $29 to $79 and are available by visiting www.ecclescenter.org. PARK CITY RESORT PRESENTS SPRING CONCERTS, C-3 www.parkrecord.com BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL WILL OPEN SUMMER INSTITUTE, C-4 C-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, FEBRUARY 18-21, 2017 Cirque Eloize adds a new level of wild to the West PARK CITY INTERFAITH COUNCIL ‘MESSIAH’ REHEARSAL Rehearsals for the Park City Interfaith Council’s “Messiah” sing along are held at 7 p.m. every Sunday through March 26 at Park City Community Church, 4501 N. S.R. 224. The concert will be held April 9. For information, call Randy Favero at 801-6983340. ‘ZOOTOPIA’ MOVIE SCREENING The Park City Film Series will host a free screening of “Zootopia,” rated PG, at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium. For information, visit www. parkcityfilmseries.com. PARK CITY WINE CLUB ‘PAINT, DIP AND SIP’ TUESDAY TASTING Park City Wine Club will host a Tuesday Tasting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at The Paint Mixer, 738 Main St. The event will feature four wines paired with chocolates, brownies, salted chocolate caramels and more from local chocolatiers. The cost is $55 and the price includes wine, chocolate tasting, education and step-by-step instruction for an art piece. Reservations can be made by visiting www.thepaintmixer.com. PARK CITY BRIDGE CLUB Park City Bridge Club offers weekly social bridge sessions to Park City visitors and residents every Wednesday at the Park City Senior Center, 1361 Woodside Ave., from 7-9 p.m. Beginners who have completed lessons and experienced players are invited. There are no age restrictions. For information, visit www.parkcitybridge.com, email shirleywright16@aol.com or call 435-640-4782. ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER HELP IN SPANISH The Park City Library, 1255 Park Avenue, will host one-on-one computer help in Spanish every day by appointment. To schedule a session, contact Pablo Abarca at 435-615-5614. For information, visit www.parkcitylibrary.org. JIM MNEYMNEH/COURTESY OF CIRQUE ELOIZE Cirque Eloize’s new touring production “Saloon,” which will run Feb. 21-22 at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, blends dance, acrobatics and live music. Acrobat and musician Shena Tschofen enjoys touring with the cast By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The word “saloon” conjures up images of the Wild West -- gunslingers, honky-tonk pianos, can-can dancing, bar fights and libations. Cirque Eloize’s “Saloon” takes all of that in consideration and adds some acrobatics and live folk music in the mix. Audiences will get two chances to see “Saloon” when the Park City Institute present Cirque Eloize (pronounced sirk el waz) on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 21 and 22, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. The Park Record caught up with acrobat and musician Shena Tschofen, a performer with Cirque Eloize, on the phone this week to talk about the shows. “The idea of Jeannot Painchaud, the artistic director of Cirque Eloize, was to make a show that would bring the company back to his roots growing up on the Magdalen Islands,” Tschofen said during a phone call from Riverside, California. “Folk music was a big part of his life. So, he got together with the show’s composer (and cousin), Eloi Painchard, to make a circus show that had a live music component to it.” The idea was then passed to the show’s director Emmanuel Guillaume. “They auditioned and chose 10 artists and added an 11th later, and we all [worked on] the show together,” Tschofen said. “The director just didn’t tell us what to do. He proposed ideas to us and we were allowed to play off those ideas and do some improvisation to see what would come up. So, it was a giant team effort.” As with all Cirque Eloize performances, acrobatics are a big part of the productions. “I think acrobatics is a fun game to play with trust, because you have to trust your partner with your life,” Tschofen said. “I think all of us have JIM MNEYMNEH/COURTESY OF CIRQUE ELOIZE Cirque Eloize’s Shena Tschofen is happy with the performance routine she has conjured up in her cyr wheel. this implicit trust in each other. “It’s become a thing that we don’t have to talk about anymore,” she said. “We know we are able to take care of things that come up.” Because Tschofen isn’t just an acrobat, she had an additional worry. “At first, in my case, having all of these instruments on stage made me nervous because there are so many objects -- including bodies and props -- that fly through the air,” she said. Please see Eloize, C-2 |