Cirque du Soleil
Het begon allemaal in Baie-Saint-Paul, een dorpje vlak bij Quebec City in Canada. Daar trok begin jaren '80 een groep kleurrijke personages door de straten, op stelten, jonglerend, dansend, vuurspuwend en musicerend. Zij vormden 'Les Échassiers de Baie-Saint-Paul' (de steltenlopers van Baie-Saint-Paul), een straattheatergezelschap opgericht door Gilles Ste-Croix. Toen al waren de mensen in het dorp erg onder de indruk van de jonge artiesten, waaronder een zekere Guy Laliberté, de latere oprichter en CEO van Cirque du Soleil.Mandy Moore
Two-time Emmy Award nominee Mandy Moore is a world-class director, choreographer and dancer best known for her ground-breaking work on the global television hit So You Think You Can Dance. Mandy's contemporary and jazz choreography has been performed on television, in film and on concert and theater stages around the world. Her long list of credits include: Did You Hear About The Morgans with Hugh Grant, Austin Powers with Mike Meyers, American Idol, The Drew Carey Show, Malcolm in the Middle, That '70s Show, Dancing With The Stars, So You Think You Can Dance (where she also appears as a Guest Judge), Nickelodeon’s Fresh Beat Band, Céline Dion’s Taking Chances concert tour and the Los Angeles Ballet’s innovative New WaveLA program. Mandy also directed and choreographed a crowd-pleasing theater production of The Wedding Singer and she continues to teach in Los Angeles at Edge Performing Arts Center and internationally for the JUMP dance convention, private studios and independent performers. Mandy Moore is choreographing for Cirque du Soleil for the first time on Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour.