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Informative Essay On Cirque Du Soleil

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Cirque du Soleil

The show is full of excitement, it keeps you at the edge of your seat, and it grasps your imaginations. It’s not like any other show you’ve seen live. The circus brings to life wonderment only seen in dreams. I’ve only seen a circus in movies, and the acts mainly consist of uniquely appearing people with special talents, clowns, and animal cruelty fueled performances. It intrigued me (not the animal cruelty part of course). Therefore, I got the idea to find a circus that is alive and thriving today. What I found is sensational; Cirque du Soleil. Cirque du Soleil is an entertainment company that was co-founded in the 1984 at Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, Canada by Gilles Ste-Croix and Guy Laliberté. It was founded as a tour group for Quebec’s 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier’s discovery of Canada. Before then, the performances were simple; they walked on stilts, juggled, and breathed fire (“Cirque du Soleil”). Today, Cirque du Soleil is known for its high flying acrobatics, death-defying stunts, and extravagant visuals. Their motto is “to invoke the imagination, provoke the senses and evoke the emotions of people around the world,” (Kingsford-Smith). They combine their mesmerizing gymnastic stunts with a theatre like performance that keeps the audience enticed all throughout their shows. …show more content…

They practice continuously together to perform their acts to perfection. As in the case of Dan Miethke, who explains a day in the life of a Cirque du Soleil performer (a fire-breather.) On the day of a show, he has practice for an hour and a half with his colleagues, in which he arrives about 30 minutes early to warm up. During the practice he works on his show moves that he needs to perfect or works on newer maneuvers that he would like to implement into the show. Then during the show, he has 45 minutes before his jump into the show, so he continues to perfect his

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