Is Cirque du Soleil bankrupt? Can I watch Cirque du Soleil again?

The famous Cirque du Soleil is a national treasure of Canada. It has been paying attention to the China market for a long time, and began to enter the China market in 2000. The tour has made many audiences know about this circus. China enterprises even increased the number of circuses, but recently affected by the epidemic, circuses were affected.

Can you see the circus of the future? Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, Cirque du Soleil Canada, known as the "national treasure of Canada", announced temporary layoffs twice this week, with the total number of layoffs reaching 95%.

The statement stressed that the current layoffs are temporary and will provide insurance for the laid-off employees, who will be included in the employee support plan. Key employees will be on standby at any time to maintain basic operations. Once the operation is back on track, they will be re-recruited.

According to previous reports, in April of 20 15, Fosun International, a China enterprise, and TPG, a world-renowned private equity fund, jointly acquired a majority stake in Cirque du Soleil for 1500 million US dollars, and one of Fosun's funds held a minority stake. Cirque du Soleil is still headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

It is reported that Cirque du Soleil's permanent performance venues include Las Vegas, Florida and new york in the United States, as well as Mexico, Japan and Macau, with tours in China, Shanghai and Beijing. After the acquisition of Cirque du Soleil, Fosun expanded its business in China, and the group has been stationed in Hangzhou to perform. On June 24th, 65438 10 this year, Cirque du Soleil suspended its performance in China to cooperate with China in fighting the epidemic.

Cirque du Soleil and Cirque du Soleil China entered China not too late. In 2007, Cirque du Soleil came to Shanghai and performed in China for the first time. Since then, Cirque du Soleil has officially started the tour of Chinese mainland.

On June 20 14, Hangzhou Xintiandi Group signed a contract with Cirque du Soleil to make Hangzhou Xintiandi Complex the first resident performance venue of Cirque du Soleil in Chinese mainland, and it is expected to officially open at the end of 20 16. However, it finally took five years for the resident performance to debut. August 20 19, Cirque du Soleil's resident performance "Wonderland of X" was finally "late". According to official website information of Hangzhou Xintiandi Group, the performance cost nearly 654.38+0.5 billion yuan, of which the biggest investment was theater hardware.

The resident show "Fantasy of X" settled in Hangzhou. Once I went to Las Vegas to watch a resident show of Cirque du Soleil, and I struggled for a long time between the "KA" show and the "O" show. This is a must-see list for all world tourists.

However, from August, 20 19, you only need to go to Hangzhou to see Cirque du Soleil's first and only permanent performance in Asia, X Dreamland. After Las Vegas, Orlando and Cancun, Mexico, Hangzhou became the fourth city in the world to own Cirque du Soleil.

Compared with Cirque du Soleil's dozens of tours around the world, the number of permanent performances is very small. However, these eight resident performances have created the biggest economic benefits for Cirque du Soleil. Compared with touring performances that can travel all over the world, resident performances mean higher cost, more complicated technology, bigger production, higher popularity and attraction.

Stills of "X Wonderland"

Today, Cirque du Soleil's latest resident show "Fantasy of X" settled in Hangzhou. The whole project is said to cost 65.438+0.5 billion yuan, including the construction of the resident theater.

Tailor-made cinema is the key element of "immersive" experience. Hangzhou Xintiandi Group cooperated with Cirque du Soleil to make this permanent performance. They used industrial relics to transform an old factory building into a theater space with all kinds of high-tech stage techniques.

The entire theater can accommodate nearly 65,438+0,500 spectators. In addition to the 360-degree rotation of the audience, the multi-dimensional change of the stage performance area is also a major feature of the performance. The main stage of a giant panoramic screen with a width of about 100 meters is sometimes in front of you and sometimes beside you, with various multimedia technologies, creating a sense of immersion in time and space.