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was started 1 by the Canadian Guy Liliberte in 1984. When he left
college, Liliberte travelled around Europe and earned money 2 playing music in
the streets. Not long after he returned home, he started Cirque with 3 his
friend, Daniel Gauthier. During the 1990s, Cirque grew quickly. It now
does shows 4 all over the world and the number of people working for it
has grown from 73 to 5 more than 3.500.
The Cirque does not have any animals, but 6 there is music and dance and
each show tells a story. 7 One show, which is called Varian, is about a man
who could fly. The show starts with him falling from the sky and tells
the story of how he 7 had to learn to fly again.