The amazing tightrope walkers, trapeze artists, contortionists, acrobats, fire eaters, jugglers and stilt walkers of Cirque du Soleil gather under the same big top for their renowned 1990-1991 show. The Montreal performance troupe, who wildly reinvented the notion of the circus, performed the seminal Nouvelle Expérience for 19 months, during which time they entertained more than 1.3 million audience members.