Cirque du Soleil is an international circus entertainment company that has created, produced, distributed and performed shows for approximately 180 million live spectators, in 450 cities in 90 countries on five continents. Founded in Montreal in 1984 by ex-fire eater Guy Laliberté at the age of 23, Cirque du Soleil today has more than 5.000 employees who animate 24 shows around the world. With Crystal, Cirque du Soleil explores entirely new creative territory for the first time in the company's nearly 40-year history. This unique production pushes the boundaries of circus arts by combining breathtaking skating and acrobatic feats that defy imagination. Acrobats and skaters perform on ice and in the air, seamlessly combining synchronized skating, freestyle figures and extreme skating together with traditional circus disciplines such as swinging trapeze, aerial straps and hand-to-hand.
Farah Al Qasimi's Toy World exhibition presents for the first time a new series of black and white photographs where the present we live in is nothing other than the prototype of future history.
The Casablanca Art School: Platforms and Patterns for a Postcolonial Avant-Garde 1962–1987
In the euphoric climate following Morocco's independence in 1956, the staff and students of the Casablanca Art School (CAS) created an artistic revolution that integrated abstract art with African and Amazigh traditions.
The poetry of Charlie Chaplin and his masterpiece The Kid with the soundtrack performed live by the Armenian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Timothy Brock.
This exhibition offers new perspectives on the research and artistic exploration of carpets and also presents the carpet as a model for understanding art and art histories in a broader sense.