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LONDON
Thursday, June 2, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Dream comes full Cirque
MARINA BRKLJACA/FOR METRO
Local dancer returns home to perform in Cirque du Soleil: Quidam Meaghan Wegg spent her childhood performing in London dance studios. Her passion and love of performing has taken her to some of the biggest stages across the world as a performer for Cirque du Soleil: Quidam. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., Wegg’s dream comes full circle when she takes the stage at the John Labatt Centre as part of the Cirque cast. “I want London to know this was once a dream that became reality, and is now a dream come true,” said Wegg, 25. “I’m from London, I travelled the world and now I’m back. Its fate; it’s meant to be.”
JLC Cirque du Soleil: Quidam runs at the JLC from tonight to Sunday. For tickets and showtimes, go to www.johnlabattcentre.com
When she was 15, Wegg got her chance at her dream: She was accepted into Montreal’s National Circus School. Wegg has been with Cirque du Soleil: Quidam for two years. “I spin, I contort and dance in the air,” she said. Wegg said being able to perform in London is like having two worlds collide. “Yesterday, I had breakfast with my dad and then he drove me to rehearsals,” she said. “It’s like mixing my reality life with my magical life, that is also now my reality.” MARINA BRKLJACA
London native Meaghan Wegg displays one of her costumes for Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam playing at the John Labatt Centre. The costume is for her aerial hoops performance. She has eight different looks for the show and five different makeup changes.