Alegría (Cirque du Soleil)
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This article is about the Cirque du Soleil production. For other uses, see Alegria (disambiguation).
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".
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Alegría | |
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Company | Cirque du Soleil |
Genre | Contemporary circus |
Show type | Touring arena show |
Date of premiere | 21 April 1994 (Montreal) |
Location | Montreal |
Creative team | |
Director | Franco Dragone |
Director of creation | Gilles Ste-Croix |
Composer | René Dupéré |
Costume designer | Dominique Lemieux |
Set designer | Michel Crête |
Choreographer | Debra Brown |
Lighting designer | Luc Lafortune |
Sound designer | Guy Desrochers |
Company founder and CEO | Guy Laliberté |
Make-up designer | Nathalie Gagné |
Other information | |
Preceded by | Mystère (1993) |
Succeeded by | Quidam (1996) |
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Since April 1994 the show has been performed over 5000 times, and has been seen by over 14 million spectators in more than 250 cities around the world.[citation needed]