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Cirque Du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. They organized their own festivals where other local street performers could come together to exchange ideas and techniques. Precisely, their first show was called Cirque du Soleil - Circus of the Sun.
Since the opening of Cirque du Soleil, which ran from 1984 to 1985, the company has performed in cities throughout the world, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Vienna. New shows are continuously being added, both on a permanent and temporary basis.
Cirque du Soleil has been described as the first modern circus combining universal themes with amazing performances, outlandish costumes, original lighting and music, and talented artists. It recruits acts from different circuses all over the world, blending them into its own unique style. Additionally, Cirque's casting agents hold auditions twice a year at their International Headquarter (IHQ) in Montreal, and performers can also submit video auditions. The Cirque du Soleil database currently holds more than 20,000 artist data cards on acts ranging from the sublime to the strange. A fusion of street theatre, mime, puppetry, circus, opera, ballet and rock music, productions offer dazzling feats of physical skill, illusion and burlesque.
While its shows and touring operations have become more sophisticated, Cirque du Soleil has never strayed from its street performer roots. Unlike three-ring circuses, which feature animal acts along with human performers, Cirque du Soleil has always been solely devoted to the extraordinary talents of performers. In assembling a show, the Cirque crew gathers diverse talent from all over the world and brings all the performers together into a cohesive whole.
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