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Line 20: \| homepage = {{URL\|cirquedusoleil.com}} }} '''Cirque du Soleil''' ({{IPA\|fr\|siʁk dy sɔlɛj\|lang}}, {{IPA\|fr~~-CA~~\|sɪʁk d͡zy sɔlɛj\|label=~~[[Quebec~~Canadian French]]:}}; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian [[entertainment]] company and the largest [[contemporary circus]] producer in the world.<ref>[http://enpiste.qc.ca/files/publications/state_of_affairs_shedding_light_on_a_paradox.pdf Circus arts in America and in Canada (PDF)] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120131042/http://enpiste.qc.ca/files/publications/state_of_affairs_shedding_light_on_a_paradox.pdf \|date=20 January 2016 }}, Regroupement national – des arts du cirque. Accessed on 11 October 2013.</ref> Located in the inner-city area of [[Saint-Michel, Montreal\|Saint-Michel]], Montreal, it was founded in [[Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec\|Baie-Saint-Paul]] on 16 June 1984 by former street performers [[Guy Laliberté]] and [[Gilles Ste-Croix]].<ref name=":4" /> Originating as a performing troupe called ''Les Échassiers'' ({{IPA\|fr\|lez‿eʃasje\|IPA}}; "The Stilt Walkers"), they toured [[Quebec]] in various forms between 1979 and 1983. Their initial financial hardship was relieved in 1983 by a government grant from the [[Canada Council for the Arts]] to perform as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations of [[Jacques Cartier]]'s voyage to Canada.<ref name="glance">{{cite news\|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117949141.html?categoryid=2276&cs=1\|author=Adam Sandler\|title=Guy Laliberte: Cirque's shining light\|access-date=18 August 2007\|work=Variety\|date=28 August 2006\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425051128/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117949141.html?categoryid=2276&cs=1\|archive-date=25 April 2009\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their first official production ''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 [[École nationale de cirque\|National Circus School]] to recreate it as a "proper circus". Its theatrical, character-driven approach and the absence of performing animals helped define Cirque du Soleil as the [[contemporary circus]] ("nouveau cirque") that it remains today.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/05/arts/05cirq.html?ex=1304481600&en=fe2ce3ff5cc2f609&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss\|title=The Soleil Never Sets\|author=John Rockwell\|date=5 May 2006\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=21 February 2017\|archive-date=16 September 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916151914/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/05/arts/05cirq.html?ex=1304481600&en=fe2ce3ff5cc2f609&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss\|url-status=live}}</ref>