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A cirque (French: [siʁk]; from the Latin word circus) is an amphitheatre -like valley formed by glacial erosion. Alternative names for this landform are corrie (from Scottish Gaelic: coire, meaning a pot or cauldron) [1] and cwm (Welsh for 'valley'; pronounced [kʊm]). A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion.
A commedia dell'arte street play during the Carnival of Venice Commedia dell'Arte Troupe on a Wagon in a Town Square by Jan Miel (1640). Commedia dell'arte (/ k ɒ ˈ m eɪ d i ə d ɛ l ˈ ɑːr t eɪ, k ə-,-ˈ m ɛ d i ə,-ˈ ɑːr t iː / kom-AY-dee-ə del-AR-tay, kəm-, - ED-ee-ə, - AR-tee, [1] [2] Italian: [komˈmɛːdja delˈlarte]; lit.
Pyramidal peak. The Matterhorn, a classic example of a pyramidal peak. A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point. Pyramidal peaks are often examples of nunataks.
Alegría (Cirque du Soleil) Alegría. (Cirque du Soleil) Alegría is a Cirque du Soleil touring production, created in 1994 by director Franco Dragone and director of creation Gilles Ste-Croix. It takes its name from the Spanish word for "joy". Since April 1994 the show has been performed over 5000 times, and has been seen by over 14 million ...
Cirque du Soleil (French: [siʁk dy sɔlɛj], Canadian French: [sɪʁk d͡zy sɔlɛj]; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. [7] Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 June 1984 by former ...
Kurios[1] is a Cirque du Soleil touring production which premiered on April 24, 2014, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada under the full title of Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities. Created and directed by Michel Laprise, [2] it looks at a late 19th-century world inventor who invents a machine that defies the laws of time, space, and dimension.
Parade de cirque (English: Circus Sideshow) is an 1887-88 Neo-Impressionist painting by Georges Seurat. It was first exhibited at the 1888 Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants (titled Parade de cirque, cat. no. 614) in Paris, where it became one of Seurat's least admired works. Parade de cirque represents the sideshow (or parade) of ...
The Cirque de Gavarnie (French pronunciation: [siʁk də ɡavaʁni]) is a cirque in the central Pyrenees, in Southwestern France, close to the border of Spain. It is within the commune of Gavarnie, the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, and the Pyrénées National Park. Major features of the cirque are La Brèche de Roland (English: Roland's Pass ...