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Witness History: Cirque du Soleil

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26/12/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Cirque du Soleil

The ground-breaking circus was formed by a group of street performers in Quebec in 1984.

The global circus phenomenon Cirque du Soleil was born in 1984 when a group of street performers in Quebec bought a big top tent and went on tour.

Lucy Burns speaks to Cirque du Soleil co-founder Gilles Ste-Croix, who walked 56 miles on stilts to raise money for the show.

Picture: Cirque du Soleil acrobats perform during the dress rehearsal of Kooza at the Royal Albert Hall in January 2013 in London, England. (John Phillips/UK Press via Getty Images)

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