Cirque du Soleil By Tatum A The History

Cirque du Soleil By: Tatum A.

The History In the 1980’s, a group of performers created by Gilles Ste-Croix headed to a small town in Quebec called Baie-Saint. Paul to show off their talent to the people. Known as “Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul” (Le Stilt Walkers of Baie-Saint-Paul), they would perform in their small group, which would end up turning into Cirque du Soleil, that would bring wonder and delight to over 180 million spectators in over 400 cities. This group had jugglers, dancers, fire breathers and musicians, just to highlight a few.

Failures & Setbacks Even though Cirque du Soleil is very successful, they have had many failures and setbacks in all their years of performing. One event that happened was something that would stick in the Cirque du Soleil’s fan’s minds for who knew how long. Yann Arnaud, who was 38, was performing on March 17, 2018. During the performance of VOLTA, Arnaud was doing an aerial straps routine and appeared to lose his grip on a strap in front of thousands of people. Yann Arnaud lost his grip on the strap, and fell, to which everything came to a sudden halt as soon as that happened. Yann Arnaud ended up soon dying in the hospital.

The Owners Guy Laliberté was the owner of Cirque du Soleil up until 2015. Guy Laliberté was born on the 2 nd of September, 1959. He is a Canadian billionaire businessman, and also a poker player. Along with Giles Ste-Croix, he is the co-founder of Cirque du Soleil. In January 2018, Laliberté was ranked by Forbes as the 11 th wealthiest person in Canada. It was in 1984 that Laliberté founded Cirque du Soleil. The company’s shows have been seen by more than 90 million people worldwide. In 2006, Laliberté was named the Ernst & Young Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year.

The Actors In Cirque du Soleil shows, there are many different types of actors. These go from acrobats and aerialists to musicians and singers. There are many Cirque du Soleil performers, but it is very hard to get accepted. Nikolai Ljubezni, a Cirque du Soleil performer, said it took him almost three years to get to his goal. People that want to be accepted into Cirque du Soleil, need to practice for hours and hours every day. Cirque du Soleil even created training centres aided by other companies for young athletes and artists to practice if they were to be practicing for their Cirque du Soleil audition.

More about Guy Laliberté In 2006, Laliberté was named the Ernst & Young Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year. Just a year after that in 2007, he was named the Ernst & Young World Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year. Laliberté’s interest in show business began at a very young age. His parents took him to watch the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, an experience which led Laliberté to read the biography of P. T. Barnum. While Laliberté was in school, he produced many performing arts events. After school, Laliberté left Canada at 18 to hitchhike around Europe. While traveling, he made his money by playing an accordion. During his time abroad, he learnt the craft of fire eating and stilt walking.

Interesting Facts -Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère has its own theatre built for the complexity of the show. -Cirque du Soleil’s shows have been seen by more than 90 million people worldwide. -Mystère was first performed on Christmas in 1993. -In the small group (“Les Échassiers”) there were fire breathers, dancers, musicians, and jugglers.

Conclusion In conclusion, Cirque du Soleil is not just a boring old circus, but a circus that has wowed over 180 million spectators in over 400 cities around the world.