| NOVEMBER 2005 NEWSLETTER
Dream 2 Xtreme Rocks!
 Imagination Entertainment’s Dream 2 Xtreme show has exploded into venues across the USA. This edgy, youthful show is perfect for hip young audiences, and dazzling as a theatrical show or a reception-style event. Dream 2 Xtreme opens to reveal an all-white world of colorless staging and costumes. As the show unfolds, a colorful urban street scene takes shape as our deft graffiti painters/dancers fill the stage with vivid color. Percussion  of all kinds, tumbling, basketball slam, trampoline stunts, and the Brazilian martial art Capoeira are choreographed into a brilliant production. The audience experiences a rush of pure energy coming at them from every direction in Dream 2 Xtreme.
Click here for a taste of Xtreme.
IE Receives More Industry Award Nominations
 Imagination Entertainment has recently been honored with two new award nominations. American Entertainment Magazine features Readers Choice Awards in the November/December issue, with Imagination Entertainment nominated for "Best Production Company". Readers will have the opportunity to vote for this award.
Also, once again, IE has been nominated for the Special Events Magazine Gala Award for "Best Theatrical Production". The nominated show, "Destination Downtown" was produced for San Diego's Building Industry Association as a tribute to San Diego's spectacular downtown revitalization. This prestigious award will be presented on January 13 at The Special Event in Dallas. Imagination Entertainment was honored by receiving this award in 2001.
IE Cast Members Star On Broadway and On Tour
Many of our cast members have been on tour, on Broadway, and in public shows in Las Vegas. From IE’s musical theatre cast: Stephanie J. Block has received rave reviews as Elphaba in the touring cast of Wicked. David Burnham is in the Tony Award winning Light in the Piazza. Norman Large and Elizabeth Loyacano have landed roles in Woman in White, which just opened on Broadway. Craig Cady appears in the touring cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Harrison White just ended a run in the musical Purlie, in Chicago.
Alumni of Imagination Entertainment’s Cirque de la Mer at SeaWorld San Diego are appearing in acrobatic shows in Las Vegas: Ryan Lyons and Victor Gathing are in La Reve at the Wynn Resort. Darren Dos Santos, Nick Jones and Matt Salcedo are in Ka. Saltimbanco is touring in Latin America. And iL CiRCo veterans Tatyana and Svetlana Senchihina star in an amazing duo trapeze performance. Congratulations to these shining stars.
Click here to see a brief video featuring Stephanie Block in her starring role in Wicked.
iTunes Signs iL CiRCo
 The soundtracks for Imagination Entertainment’s two most popular cirque shows, Cirque de la Mer and iL CiRCo’s “Viaggio” have sold close to one million copies cumulatively since their debut. This success has attraction the attention of Apple Computers. www.itunes.com is the latest in a series of download sites to offer Imagination Entertainment’s “Viaggio” CD.
“Viaggio” is the inspiration for the amazing acrobatics and enchanting theatrics that audiences have experienced on stage worldwide. The iTunes deal adds to a growing list of digital distribution agreements, including other popular sites such as Napster.com, Rhapsody, MSN Music, and SonyConnect.
What’s next for this popular CD? Best Buy! Now you can buy iL CiRCo’s “Viaggio” music for that new stereo you purchase at Best Buy.
Listen to music samples from “Viaggio”!
IACEP
 Imagination Entertainment has actively supported the new International Association of Corporate Entertainment Producers, which held a highly successful conference in Chicago in September. Sam Trego serves as Vice President of Member Services for this energetic, and ever-growing group. Sharing common business concerns and developing educational modules for the special events industry are two of the association’s key initiatives.
Jereome Horn and IACEP President Dick Smith from Communivisions recently wrote an article on “Return on Entertainment” that we wanted to share with our newsletter readers. Taking the current emphasis on ROI in the event industry and applying it to corporate entertainment production, Dick provides some outstanding insights.
Click here to read the article.
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