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Article: Ringmistress of Cirque du Soleil. (choreographer Debra Brown)(includes related article on dancer Karl Baumann)
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 1998
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CANADIAN CHOREOGRAPHER DEBRA BROWN BRINGS ORDER AND FANTASY TO MONTREAL'S ACROBATIC SPECTACULAR, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL.
Choreographer Debra Brown can claim that more people have seen live performances of her work than have seen that of most better-known choreographers. Brown has worked on every production of the acclaimed Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil since joining the globe-trotting troupe in 1987. Although most of the performers she works with are formally trained as acrobats rather than as dancers (she prefers to call them simply "movers"), the Cirque is almost certainly one of the world's most widely seen touring theatrical productions that feature dance. As many ...