Item Date Location Name Registered 9/11/2011 Montreal, QC Name Revealed 1/16/2012 Montreal, QC Press Conference 4/4/2012 Montreal, QC Premiere 4/19/2012 Montreal, QC 500th Show 9/29/2013 Mineapolis, MN 1000th Show 2/27/2015 Houston, TX New Blue & White Bigtop 9/4/2019 Winnipeg, MB 2500th Show 1/24/2020 Sacramento, CA Final Show 3/1/2020 Sacramento, CA

"There was such an openness to working from a theatrical point of view on this show," Paulus said. "And everyone was very committed to the idea of finding a core story that inspires the production. Of course, this is an acrobatic circus show. We don't have text and language. So we're dealing in very elemental storytelling techniques of gesture and physicality and image. But I think the idea was, 'Let's do something different.'" So Paulus took Laliberté's words seriously, peopling the stage with a multitude of energetic women and helping them develop completely new acts.

How did the Cirque feel about her 75 per cent female casting? "They were cool with that," Paulus replied. In fact, she could have gone higher. "But I said, 'We have to have some men in the show.' You can't just have all women. Because you need that energy. And if we're going to tell ... of a journey in a story of love, we can have the yin to the yang – we can have a young couple that's a man and woman. But the goddesses who rule the island are women. And Prospera, the central figure, the queen, the mother, is a woman." "We've paid some homage to certain characters," Paulus said. "Like Prospera and Miranda. And we have our unicyclists who are called the Ariels. So we have our little secret, hidden homages to Shakespearean characters."

On March 1, 2020... after 8 years, 3 continents, 19 countries, 47 cities, 2,548 shows, and over 5.1 million spectators - the final trip to the island of Amaluna ocurred.

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