Laliberté optimistic about Cirque du Soleil’s Future

www.cirquefascination.com: It was a novel experience: interviewing Cirque du Soleil co-founder and owner Guy Laliberté, noted party animal and high-stakes poker player, in a church. The occasion was the Cirque du Soleil’s 30th-anniversary concert at St-Jean-Baptiste Church in Montreal. After settling into a pew for the show, I was offered a rare chance to chat with Laliberté. Having recently read a rather gloomy article on the fortunes of Cirque in the Wall Street Journal, I blurted out something about a funereal aspect to the concert. Laliberté took it in stride.