Apple Treats Employees to Performances of Cirque du Soleil's 'Totem'

MacRumors has learned that Apple has bought out two performances of Cirque du Soleil's traveling show Totem, currently playing in San Jose, California. According to our source, Apple purchased the entire block of 2,500 tickets for each of two shows yesterday and today for employees and their guests, with Apple also picking up the tab for food and drink.

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Scanning Twitter and other social networks, we see that a number of people associated with Apple did mention being at Cirque du Soleil yesterday, supporting our source's claim of an Apple-sponsored event.

It is unclear what the reason for the event was, whether it was a simple perk offered to company employees or if there was a specific product milestone or other reason associated with the occasion.

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Top Rated Comments

ciociosan Avatar
175 months ago
In other news, there's no news today.
Score: 32 Votes (Like | Disagree)
whistler222 Avatar
175 months ago
Looks Photoshopped, but ok.


Duh.. of course its' Photoshopped.
The row/seats are not normally blacked out..

:D
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Eduardo1971 Avatar
175 months ago
Wow, Tim Cook is on a goodwill frenzy.

Good for all involved.
Score: 23 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Tronic Avatar
175 months ago
Nice to see companies doing stuff like this. I know mine (pharmaceutical$) never would.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
rdowns Avatar
175 months ago
I saw tweets of Apple employees complaining that the show had uneven lighting and a pale pink look to it.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
bobob Avatar
175 months ago
In other news, there's no news today.

Here's a MacRumors editor busy scraping the bottom of the barrel. ;)

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Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)