From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia World Circus (circus)
World Circus (circus)
World Circus (or Monde du Cirque Zirkuswelt is a Swiss
Cirque, Zirkuswelt)
itinerant event centered on the circus arts, created in
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1984 by Youri Messen-Jaschin. It presents all aspects of
the circus, from its archeological creation to the most
contemporary forms.
Swiss Railway ICN clown ornament for Geneva 2010
• World Circus Lausanne 87
• Article Lausanne Tourism office about Lausanne 1987
• Article Saudi Gazette Clown around 1987
Swiss Railway ICN clown ornament for Geneva 2010 • World circus Geneva 2010
• Blogspot World Circus press
• Article Belfast Telegraph about Geneva 2010
Presentation • Article de Terrific Terroir about Geneva 2010
The duration of each event lasts between nine to twelve • Swiss Post stamp World Circus Geneva 2010[1]
months in each town. It receives thousands of spectators
and proposes shows of acrobats, jugglers, tightrope walk-
ers, fakirs, clowns musicians, animal tamers magicians,
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contemporary dancers, opera, the magic of the light,
winging, circus parades, mimes, from cosmic spectacle
Books
to informatics, science and physic of the circus. Bringing • 1987 : Yakari, World Circus N°. 153
more than thousand artists from Switzerland and the • Yakari, Tout le monde du cirque à Lausanne N°.
whole world, with almost as much means of expression, 153 ([2]);
it encompasses a town in the beauty of discovery for a • 1989 : Le cirque à l’Affiche Editions Gilles Attinger -
whole year. Hauterive | Switzerland | ISBN 2-88256-037-0
The main task of « World Circus » is to open a new • 1991 : Lausanne palace History and chronicles (75 years of
way in the creative art and urbanism. This event offers, a prestigious hotel) Presses Centrales Lausanne SA,
among others, a wider interest for the public’s curiosity Lausanne/Switzerland ([3]);
for the contemporary creation and new technologies. It • Literatur - Unterhaltung ([4]) (1985 - 1989);
is motivated by the irreversible development of a visual • 2010 : Le Cirque piste de lecture ([5]) Editor Municipal
thought more and more present in different domains of Library Geneva 2010
scientifically knowledge, industrial production and visu- • 2010 : Le Chapiteau imaginaire ([6])(Editor Library
al creation, as well the practical, industrial and cultural Carouge);
innovations of communication. • 2010 : A Horizontal Chinese scroll from the Yuan Dynasty
The benefit of the event is entirely dedicated to a hu- (1279-1368) ([7])(Editor : Guy&Myriam Ullens
manitarian project. Foundation Geneva) (ISBN 978-2-8399-0724);
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Poster Award World Circus • 2010 World Circus Geneva 2010, poster award from
the Swiss Poster Award ([9])
• 1987 World Circus Lausanne 87, poster award from
the Federal Department of the Interior Bern
Switzerland ([8])
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