The Globe and Mail printed a fascinating article this morning about Cirque du Soleil and how they feel it is the Greatest Canadian Company Ever. An excerpt:
- For Canada’s biggest cultural export, a somersault is never just a somersault—it must mean something. In Kooza, now half-way through a two-month run in Toronto, the flip might represent “the duality between good and bad.” In Quidam, the 11-year-old touring show that just made history by playing in China—the acrobatic equivalent of fruitfully carrying coal to Newcastle—it might connote the “nameless person who lives lost amidst the crowd in an all-too anonymous society.” Indeed, there is no concept too lofty for the Cirque. Not even this one: Best. Canadian company. Ever.
Read the full article here
{ SOURCE: Globe and Mail }
