When you design and produce the most expensive and technologically advanced stage show in history, you face a constant flow of mechanical and practical challenges. The Cirque du Soleil crew behind KA at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas takes on those challenges with ever-evolving technology and innovation.

KÀ, the unprecedented, gravity-defying production by Cirque du Soleil takes adventure to an all new level. KÀ is a heroic journey of love and conflict, set within a dynamic theatrical landscape, as an entire empire appears on KÀ's colossal stage and a captivating display of acrobatics envelops the audience.

 

The Slave Cage machine dominates one of the massive production numbers in the MGM Grand and Cirque du Soleil's KA.

To offer a sense of the show's scale, Keith Wright (KA's Operations Production Manager) laid out the theater's dimensions:  "The stage is 120 feet across. From the high grid rigging at the ceiling to the pit (the lowest floor level), it's 149 feet (about 15 stories). It's 98 feet from the stage level to that high grid. And it's 120 feet from the stage level to the pit." READ MORE

[Source: Underwire, Cirque du Soleil]

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