Cirque Éloize
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Cirque Éloize is a Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

-based nouveau cirque (contemporary circus
Contemporary circus
Contemporary circus, or nouveau cirque , is a genre of performing art developed in the later 20th century in which a story or a theme is conveyed through traditional circus skills. Animals are rarely used in this type of circus, and traditional circus skills are blended with a more character-driven...

) troupe. It was founded in 1993 by Jeannot Painchaud, Daniel Cyr and Julie Hamelin. Having created seven original productions so far, it has presented more than 3000 performances in more than 375 cities and 30 countries. Éloize means "heat lightning
Heat lightning
Heat lightning is a misnomer for the faint flashes of lightning on the horizon or other clouds from distant thunderstorms that do not have accompanying sounds of thunder. This occurs because the lightning occurs very far away and the sound waves dissipate before they reach the observer...

" in Acadian French
Acadian French
Acadian French , is a regionalized dialect of Canadian French. It is spoken by the francophone population of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by small minorities in areas in the Gaspé region of eastern Quebec, by small groups of francophones in Prince Edward Island, in several tiny pockets...

(éclair de chaleur in Standard French).

Spectacles

  • ID (2009 - present)
  • Nebbia, a coproduction with Teatro Sunil (2007 - present)
  • Rain: Comme une pluie dans tes yeux (2004 - present)
  • Nomade: La nuit, le ciel est plus grand (2002 - 2006)
  • Cirque Orchestra (2000 - 2002)
  • Excentricus (1997 - 2002)
  • Cirque Éloize, le spectacle (1993 - 1997)

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