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26 unusual facts about Cirque Du Soleil


Alexey Goloborodko

There was a complaint by Rodin that Bulkin had misled the organizers of the competition, by claiming to be an amateur, and a car mechanic by trade, when he had actually performed in the Cirque du Soleil, and other prestigious circuses.

Biagio Black

Modstar’s client list, which continues to grow, includes Viacom, Warner Bros., Ford Models, HBO, Def Jam, and Cirque du Soleil.

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

It stars Erica Linz and Igor Zaripov as the main characters and incorporates acts from the seven Cirque du Soleil shows that were running in Las Vegas in 2011: O, Mystère, , Love, Zumanity, Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe.

Damian Istria

After his competitive gymnastics career he became an acrobat at Cirque du Soleil

Frederick Bianchi

Bianchi’s Virtual Orchestra work includes over 300,000 performances worldwide and collaborations with Lucent Technologies and Cirque du Soleil.

Giles Martin

In 2006 Martin collaborated with his father to remix, rearrange, and recombine the music of The Beatles into a soundscape for Love, a theatrical production of Cirque du Soleil, which opened at The Mirage in Las Vegas.

Infiniti G

The 2009 Infiniti G37 Anniversary Art Project Vehicle - This is a version of G37 Sport Coupe inspired by Cirque du Soleil to commemorate Infiniti's 20th anniversary.

Jai Johanny Johanson

This practice came to a final halt, after forty years of performances since the Cirque du Soleil was given a permanent contract year-round at the Beacon Theatre.

Jason Berrent

Alegría by Cirque du Soleil, 2003-2004 North American Tour, 2005 Japan Tour, 2006 European Tour

Koozå by Cirque du Soleil, 2007-2008 North American Tour, 2011 Japan Tour, 2012 U.S. Tour, 2013 London at Royal Albert Hall - The Trickster (Created & Originated Role)

Jason Alan Berrent (born June 23, 1983) is an American performer mostly known for his work with Cirque du Soleil.

Jeremy David Fisher

As a Production Assistant, Jeremy worked on sets for commercials for clients such as Wendy's, Samsung Televisions, Head Tennis Co. and a Japanese clothier with the cast of Cirque Du Soleil.

Keith Prowse

Within the United Kingdom it is used by the Sport, Leisure and Hospitality Division of Compass Group Plc (who provide catering facilities), the company operates at numerous prestigious venues for many of the world's most iconic sporting and cultural events including Cirque du Soleil, Chelsea Flower Show and Wimbledon.

Leigh Marning

Leigh Marning trained at the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne, Australia from 2001–2003 and was later accepted into the Cirque du Soleil show Cirque du S in Las Vegas.

Michael Halvarson

In 2007, he started an international career becoming the first Swedish comedian ever to perform in a show by the world famous Cirque du Soleil in the show Koozå, with performers like Stephan Landry, Jason Berrent, Gordon White, Joshua Zehner and Christian Fitzharris.

Nina Miranda

Nina Miranda has worked with a variety of artists, and has guested on tracks for Da Lata, Nitin Sawhney, Cirque du Soleil, Bebel Gilberto, Daniel Jobim, Antonio Chainho, Shrift, Spiller, Faze Action, Jah Wobble, Les Gammas, Troubleman, Arkestra 1, Hajime Yoshizawa and Robert Miles.

Pauliina Räsänen

Her career jump-started when she was invited to perform as the first Scandinavian soloist with Cirque du Soleil.

Cirque du Soleil signed her up as their first Scadinavian artist, to perform in their production Alegría.

René Bazinet

He is well known for being one of the most talented veteran clowns ever to have worked for Cirque du Soleil.

Safe in the Arms of Love

The video for the song was shot in Montreal, Canada at the training school for the Cirque du Soleil.

Scott Steen

Cirque du Soleil called upon him to bring these talents to the stage.

Serge Lamothe

Zed, dramaturg, Cirque du Soleil, written and directed by François Girard, Tokyo, 2008.

Sylvie Fréchette

She has also contributed as a swimmer, designer, and coach to the synchronized-swimming portions of Cirque du Soleil's water-based stage production O, which opened at the Bellagio hotel and casino in Las Vegas in 1998.

Tiny Lights

Catherine Bent subsequently toured with Cirque du Soleil, has performed and recorded with jazz and pop artists including Joe Jackson, Lee Konitz and Kanye West, and is a Professor at Berklee College of Music.

Valentin Gregor

His performances included Cirque du Soleil, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Maxim-Gorki-Theater, Berlin, Deutsche Theater, Berlin, Deutsche Schauspielhaus, Hanover and Hans-Peter Wodarz’s Dinnershow Pomp Duck and Circumstance.

Vuk Krakovic

Since 2004, he has been working for Cirque du Soleil’s show: Varekai, as a solo violinist, touring over 70 cities in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Russia and Asia.


Elise Ray

She performed for three years in Cirque du Soleil, where she was a member of the Cadre team in the Las Vegas resident show O.

Erik Karol

Karol joined the French-Canadian Company Cirque du Soleil in 1999 and was the original singer and main character for their show, Dralion.

Flying trapeze

Although many people define a flying trapeze act as an act involving two trapezes and a catcher, as of 2008, many innovative styles of flying trapeze have been performed in circuses all over the world, such as Cirque Du Soleil, The Flying Farfans, and The Flying Caceres.

Idiot Flesh

Anderson went on to work with Les Claypool, Cirque du Soleil, The Fuxedos, Casino Royale, Kehoe Nation, and Schloss.

International Festival of Animated Objects

Past programming has included Canadian marionette superstar Ronnie Burkett, BC spectacle artists Three on the Tree, Tsimphisan carver Victor Reece, Cirque du Soleil artist Mooky Cornish, Phillip Huber (of "Being John Malkovich" marionette fame), Frank Meschkuleit ("Bride of Chucky", "The Left Hand of Frank"), Calgary's The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Red Smarteez, and Czech group Buchty a Loutky, amongst others.

John Paul Jones Arena

The arena plays host to not only basketball games, but a wide variety of concerts, performances and other events; for example, its opening season in 2006 includes events such as Cirque du Soleil, Larry the Cable Guy, The Wiggles, Disney on Ice & WWE Monday Night Raw.

Katy Hill

Her assignments included living in Mongolia with a family for a week, training with the England football squad for a World Cup special, joining the Cirque du Soleil and, of course, making things from yoghurt pots and sticky-backed plastic.

Olympian Publishing

An exploration of the Symbolist paintings of Gail Potocki; with more than 100 works represented and discussed, the 208 page hardcover book also includes essays from Richard Metzger, the host of BBC's Disinformation: the Series and neuroscientist Marina Korsakova-Kreyn, and portraits of Jim and Bébé Rose, Joe Coleman, Grant Morrison, and Claudio Carniero of Cirque du Soleil.

Sun Life Financial

The commercials parody the concept of naming rights, where a couple naïve employees go around the country attempting to put the company's name on various sun-themed things, from KC and the Sunshine Band to Cirque du Soleil to the state of Florida.