Wintuk

The Cirque’s new show is called Wintuk, which, after perusing the website and examining the following preview photos, is about Winter + F*CK!

Cirque du Soleil’s New Show Wintuk = Winter + F**k | Best Week Ever 2008

In the finale of "Wintuk" the audience disappears in a nor'easter of crepe-paper snowflakes.

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"Wintuk" continues through Jan. 2 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden; 866 858-0008, theateratmsg.com.

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Dressed in puffy white costumes that look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, the actors bring a taste of "Wintuk" to tourists who might not be familiar with the show.

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Theatre Mama is also using street performers to promote "Wintuk," a show from Cirque du Soleil at Madison Square Garden.

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The bigger challenge for the creators of "Wintuk" is to keep the deserved focus on their gifted performers while populating the grievously wide auditorium of the former WaMu Theater.

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Up until that point, "Wintuk" succeeds in creating excitement.

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Near the end of "Wintuk" two women (Kylee Maupoux and Anke van Engelshoven) engage in an acrobatic ballet suspended above the stage.

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"Wintuk" runs through Jan. 3 at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden; (800) 745-3000,

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Action is everywhere in "Wintuk," the family-oriented holiday extravaganza from Cirque du Soleil.

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