NOUVEAU CIRQUE
- The Contemporary Circus is otherwise known as “nouveau cirque”
- Recent performing arts movement in which the contemporary circus combines traditional circus skills and theatrical technique to convey a story or a theme.
- The contemporary circus focuses more on aesthetic impact, story development, original music, and costume design
- Animal acts appear less frequently in contemporary productions
- Cirque du Soleil, founded in Quebec 1984, is an example of “nouveau cirque” company.
-estimated annual revenue exceed US$810 million
-90 million spectators
-in more than 200 cities and 5 continents - Sub-genres of the contemporary circus include: “pop-circus” and “cirque noir.
-combines punk, rap, dance, comedy
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