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Logo of the Cirque de la Symphonie. Cirque de la Symphonie is a touring circus troupe based in Athens, Georgia, first incorporated in 2005 by William H. Allen and Alexander Streltsov. Its performances involve a variety of minimalist contemporary circus acts synchronized to the music of a live symphony orchestra. Reception to the Cirque has been ...
The Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque is the largest contemporary circus festival in the world, held in the south of France every two years. The event is organised by the Archaos circus company, and the first edition, in 2015, attracted sixty circus companies from around the world and drew more than 85,000 visitors.
Cirque Éloize performed in the 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony; [10] at the inauguration of the Jaeger-Lecoultre boutique at Place Vendôme in 2012; [11] and in Montreal's 375th anniversary festivities in 2017. [12] Cirque Éloize also performed in the first Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque festival in 2015. [13]
The International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (French: Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo) is an annual circus that takes place every year in the month of January. The festival was created in 1974 by Prince Rainier III of Monaco to recognize and promote circus performers at the pinnacle of their profession. [ 1 ]
Contemporary circus, by this definition, is a genre of performing arts developed in the late 20th century in which a story, theme, mood or question is conveyed through traditional circus skills. Traditional circus skills are blended with more choreographic, character-driven or mechanical approaches.
The company is considered a pioneer of the contemporary circus. Today, Archaos is based in Marseille, France, and is a designated Pôle National des Arts du Cirque. Archaos is also the main organiser of the Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque, the world's largest contemporary circus festival.
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École de Cirque de Bruxelles (Brussels, Belgium) [3] Ecole Nationale des Arts du Cirque de Rosny - ENACR (Rosny-sous-bois, France) [4] [better source needed] École nationale de cirque (Montreal, Canada) [citation needed] École Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault (Châtellerault, France) [5] [better source needed]