Le cofondateur du Cirque du Soleil a des craintes
Cofondateur du Cirque du Soleil, Gilles Ste-Croix trouve bien dommage que son «bébé» ait été vendu à des investisseurs étrangers, l’an dernier. «Je croyais que Guy [Laliberté] aurait pu continuer un peu et ne pas se séparer entièrement comme il l’a fait», dit celui qui lancera sa biographie cette semaine.
Gilles Ste-Croix a vu le Cirque du Soleil grandir pendant 35 ans. Ancien échassier, il avait lancé, avec Guy Laliberté, cette petite compagnie de cirque au début des années , à Baie-Saint-Paul, dans Charlevoix.
Dans sa biographie, Ma place au soleil, l’Abitibien d’origine revient notamment sur les débuts du Cirque, avec l’expansion internationale de l’entreprise et les nombreux succès et les quelques échecs qu’elle a connus.
Rencontré lundi au siège social du Cirque du Soleil, Gilles Ste-Croix mentionne au Journal qu’il a quitté la compagnie en , après être gravement tombé malade deux ans auparavant.
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Gilles Ste-Croix
Gilles Ste-Croix fait partie de ces êtres d’exception dont les réalisations éblouissantes nous habitent et nous inspirent, laissant une trace dans notre histoire, notre mémoire et notre cœur. Son imagination, son soutien indéfectible à la jeunesse, son ouverture à la diversité et son engagement social ont transformé les arts du cirque et imposé mondialement le modèle québécois en ce domaine.
Hippie, saltimbanque et bourlingueur allergique aux sentiers battus, Gilles Ste-Croix a développé sa conscience sociale et son esprit grégaire en évoluant dans un réseau de communes.
Parti d’Abitibi, il a tutoyé la contre-culture à Victoriaville avant de s’engager dans une aventure culturelle dont personne ne pouvait soupçonner les retombées. Il a commencé à changer le monde en transformant une échelle en échasses afin de faciliter la cueillette des pommes, un des nombreux boulots alimentaires auxquels il s’est livré avant de devenir maître d’œuvre d’une carrière fulgurante. D’un simple geste révélant son esprit ingénieux, le travailleur saisonnier s’est converti en amuseur public et a saisi, entre deux MacIntosh, que réussir et divertir pouvaient aller de pair.
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History
Discover how a troupe of street performers in small town Quebec became a household name throughout the world. Cirque du Soleil has redefined how the world views the circus; from small town talent to a household name.
Embryonic Beginnings
At the dawn of the ’s, a troupe of performers founded by Gilles Ste-Croix took their talent to the streets of Baie-Saint-Paul, a charming village on the shores of the St. Laurent River near Quebec City. Known to the public as Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul (The Stiltwalkers of Baie-Saint-Paul), this group would form the core of what would grow into Cirque du Soleil. This crew had an eclectic show, highlighting jugglers, dancers, fire breathers, and musicians who pleased local fans with their act. Little did these early fans and performers know that these embryonic beginnings would lead to something magical, exciting, and revolutionary on a global scale.
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Cirque du Soleil made waves in the international scene for the first time in upon their first tour of the US. We Reinvent the Circus stunned Los Angeles Festival fans and media alike with its unique approach to the circus. Det
Ste-Croix, Gilles
Gilles Ste-Croix
Vice President and co-founder of Cirque du Soleil with Guy Laliberté. Gilles Ste-Croix was born in Abitibi, Québec in His mother was a teacher, and his father a farmer. He began stilt-walking as a way to pick apples in high branches, but after encountering the Bread and Puppet troupe in Vermont, he was attracted to the world of the theatre. Ste-Croix was Artistic Director for the troupe Échassiers de Baie St-Paul at the beginning of the s before he became stilt-act co-ordinator for the Cirque. In he became the Cirque's AD and co-ordinator for world-wide talent-search.
Until , he co-ordinated both the global creative process as well as the individual artistic teams. Under him, the company's expansion exploded, and franchises of the Cirque exist around the world.
In , Ste-Croix founded Cheval Théâtre, the first equestrian spectacle in North America. In , he founded Circo de Los Ninos, a circus school for children in Mexico.
His son, Olivier Rochette, a technician with Cirque du Soleil, was killed in an on-set accident in November
In , he was inducted into LOrdre des arts et des lettres du Québec. His biography, Ma place au soleil (
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