Picture Connecticut: The Cirque Comes To The Capital City

CONNECTICUT — The latest stop on the Picture Connecticut Tour takes us to a corner of the Capital City this week and latest mural to grace Hartford's landscape.

RiseUP for Arts, together with Cirque du Soleil, this week showed off the completion of a mural by Hartford's own Corey Pane. Located at 306 Market Street, the mural brings the magic of Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR to life.

The mural is the third collaboration between RiseUP for Arts and Cirque du Soleil, celebrates the BAZZAR performances in Hartford under the Big Top at Market Street, now through May 5.

A colorful homage to Cirque du Soleil legacy, BAZZAR features acrobatic disciplines such as teeterboard, acro bike, contortion, duo roller-skates, duo trapeze, aerial rope, hair suspension, fire manipulation, slackline and amazing music performed live on stage.

"We're thrilled to return to Hartford and to debut BAZZAR," said Franck Hanselman, the senior tour director for Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR. "Collaborating with organizations like RiseUp reflects our belief in art's transformative power. We hope the mural ignites imaginations and inspires the people of this great city."

Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said, "This mural not only beautifies our city but also symbolizes Hartford's vibrant culture and our openness to the world's wonders. We are thrilled to host Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR and to celebrate this artistic milestone together with our community."

Cirque du Soleil BAZZAR is billed as "an eclectic lab of infinite creativity where a joyful troupe of acrobats, dancers and musicians craft an awe-inspiring spectacle."

For more information, visit http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/bazzar.

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Picture Connecticut is a weekly series that features images of the state, past and present.Here are past images:2024

• The Amerbelle Spillway, Rockville
• The ECSU Gallery, Willimantic
• Great Captain Island, Greenwich
• Bobblehead Madness, Storrs
• Bobby Sands/Hunger Strike Memorial, Hartford
• Mr. Jonathan Goes To Hartford, Hartford
• The Latest Discount Airline, New Haven
• State Groundhog Gets Arrested, Manchester
• Historic Wartime Sutures, Willington
• Big Business Week In CT, statewide
• The Marketplace at Guilford Food Center Guilford
• Main Street at night, Middletown
• The Hide-and-Seek Bear, Tolland
• The MLK Mural, Manchester
• The Mount Southington Summit, Southington

2023

• All Faiths Gather At Town Park, Vernon
• Riverside Igloos, Milford
• The TPC Pro Shop, Cromwell
• The Santa House, North Pole, er, Northern Connecticut
• Mile 4 Funnel, Manchester Road Race, Manchester
• UConn Lacrosse Giving Back, Connecticut River Valley
• The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 3, Hartford
• The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 2, Hartford
• The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 1, Hartford
• The Doughboy, East Hartford
• The Walt Whitman Stone, West Hartford
• The indoor bush plane, Hartford County
• The Big Pink Chair, Ellington
• The Notch, Granby
• The CT 9/11 Monument, Westport
• Vintage Gas Pump, Somers
• Tobacco Harvest, East Windsor
• Late Afternoon, Lakeside, Coventry
• Fogarea, New Haven County
• Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot
• Connecticut River Police Boat, Rocky Hill
• The first dentist, Windsor
• The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
• The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
• The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
• The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
• The Bradley International Airport runway, Windsor Locks
• The Underground Railroad, Unionville
• The cow carousel, Ellington
• Charles Island, Milford
• State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
• Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
• The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
• Agent Orange Monument, Andover
• The Sunken Garden, Farmington
• Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
• The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
• Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester