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Tue 03 Mar 2009Reinventing the circus with human wonders
What goes on behind the scenes at the most famous circus in the world? DEIRDRE MULROONEY, who spent a year as artistic talent scout with Cirque du Soleil, reveals all
WHO WOULD HAVE thought a bunch of happy-go-lucky hippy jugglers, stilt-walkers and fire-breathers known in 1982 as “The High-Heels Club” in Baie St Paul, rural Quebec, could give birth to one of the most successful entertainment companies on the planet? Well, this is precisely what Gilles St Croix and Guy Laliberté’s playful gang of dreamers have gone on to do.
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