What is cirque de soleil
In the early eighties, a band of 20 street performers roamed the streets of Baie-Saint-Paul near Quebec City in Canada, walking on stilts, juggling, dancing, breathing fire, and playing music. They performed under the name of Baie-Saint-Paul Stiltwalkers, a street theatre group, which included Guy Laliberté who went on to become the founder of Cirque. This troupe created the La Club des Talons Hauts (The High Heels Club) and organized a cultural event for street performers, La Fete Foraine de Baie-Saint-Paul, for three consecutive years from 1982. The event attracted plenty of attention for the group. It was then that Guy Laliberté, Gilles Stecroix, and others started thinking of creating a circus that would travel the around the world. In 1984, when Quebec City was celebrating the 450th anniversary of Canada’s discovery, Guy proposed a show called the Cirque du Soleil (Circus of the Sun), which was accepted by the organizers. Thus, Cirque was formed! Laliberté became co-founder and pr
