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Acclaimed by an audience of over 30 million worldwide, with numerous prizes and distinctions to its credit, Cirque du Soleil is a unique organization that has reinvented and revolutionized the circus arts. Since its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil has been pleasing the public with a novel show concept that is as original as it is non-traditional; an astonishing, theatrical blend of circus arts and street performance, wrapped up in spectacular costumes and fairyland sets and staged to spellbinding music and magical lighting.
Cirque du Soleil - Saltimbanco While some will quibble with the visual design of Cirque du
Soleil (a mutant hybrid of a Renaissance harlequinade and the Vegas excess of
Liberace or Siegfried and Roy), there's no arguing about the physical prowess of
the performers; the acrobatic feats are simply astonishing. Cirque du Soleil... features dazzling dexterity on
tightropes, trapezes, bicycles, and the bodies of other performers; impeccable
clowning; and a contortionist of truly inhuman flexibility who can walk upside
down on her hands and knees in an uncannily spiderlike fashion. Though Cirque du
Soleil's spectacle is best experienced live, these particular pieces translate
surprisingly well to video. --Bret Fetzer Cirque du Soleil Books Cirque du Soleil: 20 Years Under the Sun (Biography) In 1984, native Quebecois Guy Laliberté decided to turn his
annual street performance festival into a traveling troupe. Though the troupe
originally planned to perform for only one year as part of the 450th anniversary
celebration of French explorer Jacques Cartier’s discovery of Canada, it took on
a life of its own and has since drawn crowds in major cities all over the world.
It’s hard to imagine that a company known for its amazing acrobatics and
pyrotechnics started out as a loose band of stilt-walkers and fire-breathers,
but this elaborate retrospective has the pictures to prove it, as well as
interviews offering insight into the exotic world under the big top. The book
traces Cirque du Soleil’s history in almost excessive detail; the first section,
in particular, is an exhaustive record of all the work it took to get the
project going... The photos are
brilliant, capturing both the inner-workings of the various troupes and the
grandeur and mystique of the performances themselves. Though still pictures and
text will never match the magic of a live show, this is a fascinating look at a
group that has captured imaginations around the world.
Cirque du Soleil Music
Cirque du Soleil Alegria Soundtrack CD More Cirque Du Soleil Soundtrack CDs
Cirque du Soleil 2009 Wall Calendar
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