Cirque du Soleil turns to James Cameron's Avatar for new fun! INTERVIEW

Today's Guests: Acrobat Dustin Walton, puppeteer Helen Day, performers in Cirque du Soleil's "Toruk: The First Flight," based on James Cameron's film "Avatar"

HELEN DAY podcast excerpt: "Puppets are very important to the Avatar show, from early on right to the end. The planet of Pandora is full of creatures, flora and fauna that interact with the Na'vi. And the puppets are very big!"

Key interview moments:

• 3:10 Puppeteer Helen Day describes the scope of the enormous puppets deployed in Cirque's new "Toruk: The First Flight" program;

• 7:50 Acrobat Dustin Walston explains how Cirque du Soleil minimizes risks to performers.

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