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Cirque du Soleil - Wintuk
Wintuk is a family-based and specifically-themed semi-permanent residency show about a young boy living in a large, city with no snow, waiting for the first snowfall that never comes. The show is performed at the WaMu Theater in New York City's Madison Square Gardens and will run for ten weeks each winter from 2007-2011. With the help of three other companions in search of their place in the world, they will journey to an imaginary Nordic country of Wintuk, where they experience the rich culture of the Northern peoples and bring back snow to the city in a snowstorm.
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Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1980, initially named Les Échassiers they toured Quebec as a performing troupe. They had some financial problems that were relieved by a government grant in 1983 as part of 450th celebrations of Jacques Cartier's discovery of Canada. The Le Grand Tour du Cirque du Soleil was a success in 1984 and after securing a second year of funding Laliberté hired Guy Caron from the National Circus School to recreate it as a "proper circus". No ring and no animals helped make Cirque du Soleil the modern circus that it is today. Each show is a synthesis of circus styles from around the world and has its own central theme and storyline which brings the audience into the performance by having no curtains, continuous live music and performers change the props.
After critical and financial successes and failures in the late 1980s, Nouvelle Expérience was created with the direction of Franco Dragone that not only made Cirque du Soleil profitable by 1990 but allowed it to create new shows.
In 10 years Cirque du Soleil expanded rapidly and went from one show with 73 employees in 1984 to currently 3,500 employees from over 40 countries doing fifteen shows touring every continent and has estimated annual revenue exceeding $600 million USD. The multiple permanent Las Vegas shows alone play to more than 9,000 people a night – 5% of the city's visitors – adding to the 70 million people who have experienced Cirque. In 2000, Laliberté bought out Gauthier and with 95% ownership has continued to expand the brand. Several more shows are in development around the world, along with a television deal, women's clothing line and perhaps in other mediums such as spas, restaurants and nightclubs. Cirque's creations have been awarded numerous prizes and distinctions, including Bambi, Rose d'Or, three Gemini Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards.
In 2004, Cirque du Soleil was ranked as number 22 with the highest global impact, Interbrand's poll of brand names.
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