cirque du soleil Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg cirque du soleil Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Cirque Du Soleil Lays Off 400 Employees https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/01/18/1-cirque-du-soleil/ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:30:38 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=8783 Some of Cirque du Soleil’s performers will soon have their feet on the ground.

That’s because the fantastical circus company is laying off 400 employees.

Cirque employs about 5,000 people around the world, doing more than 100 types of jobs including performing.

Most of the lay-offs will be at the organization’s Montreal headquarters, according to an article in the Globe and Mail.

Cirque du Soleil is a famous Canadian performing troupe. According to Wikipedia, they describe themselves as “a dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment.”

They were founded by two former street performers, Guy Laliberte and Gilles Ste-Croix, about 30 years ago.

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