Cirque du Soleil is world renowned for the ingenuity, incredible artistry and synergy of the creators and artists. However, recently, former Cirque artists and other acrobats from the world over have made names for themselves as increasingly more creative rivals of Cirque du Soleil (CdS).
One of the most outstanding rivals of CdS is Ruslan Ganeev, who is a Moscow Circus School alum and mind-blowing performance art/music designer. He has created his own brand of choreography, costume design and circus art, and he has created entire acts, costumes and music tracks for his original shows such as Archetypes and I-Show 5 Continents. His shows feature exquisite aerialists and equilibrists who perform as various personalities in a very theatrical circus stage environment, and who are dressed in often very detailed and unusual fashions also designed by Ganeev. To see some of Ganeev's work, please follow the links posted below:
Archetypes: http://archetypes.tv/common/index.html
---"Diva" http://archetypes.tv/on_diva/video.html
---"Fury" http://archetypes.tv/on_fury/video.html
Kansas City-based performance art and aerial dance company, Quixotic Fusion, also features beautiful circus choreography and stunning visuals in some of their USA based shows, take Esoterra for example.
The company "seeks to unite artists of all media to produce new forms of expression". Some of their most amazing artists are classically trained ballerinas Francoise Voranger and Jillian St. Germaine, who like the prima ballerinas Guillem and Vishneva of my previous post, have gone on to form their own equally poignant works, and the latter have also created their own performance group, the Hybrid Movement Company.
To see more of Quixotic Fusion, please click the links below:
http://www.quixoticfusion.com/media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGMubLe5eWs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf1er0lATJI
The Hybrid Movement Company: http://vimeo.com/hybridmovementco
Les 7 doigts de la main is another circus arts performance troupe that was founded in 2002 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by 7 directors who sought to expand their creative horizons from being artists on the stage into directors, writers and choreographers. 5 of the 7 founders performed for years with Cirque du Soleil, and they have created 8 full stage productions to date.
http://7doigts.com/en/the-company
http://7doigts.com/en/shows
http://www.youtube.com/user/doigts?feature=watch
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