Cirque Du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun," in English pronounced /s?rk du? so??le?/) (or Serk-doo-Solay), is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus . .   Expand    Wikipedia

Cirque Du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun," in English pronounced /s?rk du? so??le?/) (or Serk-doo-Solay), is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. The company is the winner of the 1991 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. Initially named Les Échassiers, they toured Quebec in 1980 as a performing troupe and encountered financial hardship that was relieved by a government grant in 1983 as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations of Jacques Cartier's discovery of Canada. Le Grand Tour du Cirque Du Soleil was a success in 1984, and after securing a second year of funding, Laliberté hired Guy Caron from the National Circus School to re-create it as a "proper circus". Its theatrical, character-driven approach and the absence of performing animals helped define Cirque Du Soleil as the contemporary circus ("nouveau cirque") that it remains today.

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