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Cirque du Soleil: Corteo
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October 10-31, 13:00,16:00,17:00, 20:00
Luzhniki Area 
At the beginning of the eighties, some young public entertainers created the High Heels Club. Most of them walked on stilts - a habit they got their name from - but there were also fire blowers, jugglers... It happened in Quebec, a region which had no circus tradition yet. These artists then decided to set up a festival in order to gather everyone of them and to be able to exchange their ideas and their talent. They finally decided to perform every show in the same big top. And in 1984, during the 450th anniversary of the arrival of Jacques Cartier in Canada, the Cirque du Soleil was born. It travelled around Quebec while offering a theatralized show which mixed the arts of the circus and the street, and featured original music, light effects and costumes. It was slightly different from the traditional circus, as the absence of animals in the shows for instance. In 1986, the circus travelled further: it went to Ontario and Vancouver. The following year, the circus went to California. The big top, which could gather 800 people, also grew bigger: in 1990, 2500 people could seat in it. The Cirque du Soleil now travels in Europe too and offers new shows: New Experience and reinvented Circus. The Cirque du Soleil proposes several different shows throughout the world. In 1992, 'Fascination' was introduced in Japan. 'New Experience' was such a hit in Las Vegas that the Cirque du Soleil decided to settle there the following year. Other shows were born: 'Mystery', 'Saltimbanco' and, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the circus, 'Alegria'.
In 1996, the circus created its ninth production 'Quidam'. The 1998 autumn saw the apparition of a new permanent show in Las Vegas, on an aquatic scene 'O' and another one appeared in Disneyworld in Florida 'La Nouba'. Dralion is the last show before what Guy Laliberte calls 'Tome II', a new era with lots of creations not related to circus and with productions for special events, like ceremonies of sports and cultural events or the Academy Awards. The Cirque du Soleil also produced TV series.
There are more and more projects and new horizons but modern circus shows, that made the reputation of the Cirque du Soleil, are not forgotten, with 'Varekai' and 'Corteo'. In 2007, the tradition revived with 'Kooza'. All these new findings were created in Montreal, in the Studio. In this 14.000 square meters building, there's practice rooms, a decoration workshop, a costume workshop. The purpose of the circus is to get past the traditional rules and to defy the reality limits. The goal is to show a dream that reinvents the circus world to make it brand new. This brand new circus is due to the fact that the country had no fun fair tradition at all, so the roots are different from the conventional ones, with some elements dating back to the Middle Ages.
"Corteo" ("cortege, procession" in Italian) is a festive parade unfolding in a clown's imagination. The show combines the high heat of thespian passions with the strength and courage of acrobats exposing the audience to the theatrical world of fun and comedy that is, ironically, located in the mysterious space between heaven and earth. The clown is depicturing his own funerals taking place in the atmosphere of the carnival circus show with vigilant surveillance of careful angels. Mixing big and small, funny and sad, the magic of perfection and charm of irregularity, the show emphasizes the clown's strength and at the same time his vulnerability, kindness, wisdom – revealing his common human traits we all have. In "Corteo" Cirque du Soleil is interpreting circus art in a new way. For the second time Circus de Soleil invites you to enjoy the breathtaking circus show.
"Corteo" shows are to take place in a Cirque du Soleil big top on the area of Luzhniki complex.
Please, find Schedule, Tickets, Prices and all the details on www.cirquedusoleil.com
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