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Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte announced on May 24 he intends to try to buy back the world's most famous circus troupe, which is struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic.    

Laliberte, a former stilt-walker-turned-millionaire who co-founded the troupe in 1984, sold his last remaining stake in Cirque in February.

(CNN)A Cirque du Soleil performer died Saturday night after he fell during a performance in Tampa, Florida.

An experienced Cirque du Soleil performer has died after plunging onto a stage during an aerial straps routine at a weekend show in Tampa, Florida, the company said on March 18.

Daisy Lea became famous from her performances in “Cirque du Soleil” at Canada. But what really boosted her fame was her Playboy shots in 2015.

She has studied interior design at UCLA but she is following a carrier in modeling.

Here she is at her best!

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A Turkish court in the northwestern border province of Edirne has passed an interim injunction ordering the seizure of 23 trucks belonging to the world-renowned Quebecois performance group Cirque Du Soleil after the circus' organizing firm decided to cancel an agreement with Turkish counterparts for a 40-series-show despite receiving advance payments. 

'Cuisine and Confessions,' a project by Canadian troupe Seven Fingers of the Hand, come to Istanbul in December for six shows The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) will host "Les 7 Doigts de la Main" (Seven Fingers of the Hand) with their project "Cuisine and Confessions" in which the company takes acrobatics and dance into the kitchen. 

American private equity firm TPG and China's Fosun on April 20 bought Canadian entertainment juggernaut Cirque du Soleil for an undisclosed sum as the carnival looks to expand in Asia.

The circus troupe's founder Guy Laliberte retains a small stake of the Montreal-based company he started in 1984 and will continue providing "strategic and creative input."