Cirque Nouveau, or contemporary circus, is a relatively new form of performing art where a story or a theme is conveyed by using the traditional circus arts. Cirque Nouveau, or contemporary circus, is a relatively new form of performing art where a story or a theme is conveyed by using the traditional circus arts. ... Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ... Circus Arts refers to a body of performing arts featured in, based upon, derived from, or inspired by circus productions. ...

History

Cirque Nouveau was established in France in 1970s^{[citation needed]}. At first it was an underground art form that quickly became popular with larger audiences. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Artform

Cirque Nouveau combines many different art forms to entertain and convey a story or theme. Such artforms include juggling, trapeze, acting, music and aerial tissu. Cirque Nouveau is typically performed indoors rather than in large outdoor tents. Music used in the performances is often composed exclusively for that performance and is often performed by live bands. Animal acts are not a part of Cirque Nouveau. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... An acrobat below a balloon Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. ... Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... Aerial tissu (also aerial tissue, aerial silk, aerial ballet in silk, aerial contortion or aerial curtain) is an acrobatic, aerial ballet which is performed while suspended from a piece of silk or other fabric (tissu is French for fabric). ...