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Subject: Business Strategy II
Prof. K.K.Jain
 Jembers
 Jimit Jehta
 Rubina Panjwani
 Johsin Pathan
 Rohit Bebarta
 Sanjita Yadav
 Introduction
Profile:
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  In the early eighties, a group of young street performers pooled their talent and
dreams and founded the ͞Club des [alons Hauts͟ or ͞High-Heels Club͟, aptly named
because most of them were stilt-walkers. |t that time, Quebec did not have a circus
tradition as did several European countries. So the Club members decided to organize a
festival, where street performers could come together to exchange ideas and techniques.
[hey called it the ͞Fête Foraine de Baie St-Paul͟ Gthe Baie Saint-Paul Fair). [hat was all a
few visionaries needed to hatch the idea of bringing all this talent together under one
roof, or ʹ why not? ʹ a big top! Cirque du Soleil was born.
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:Cirque du Soleil is born with the financial assistance of the Quebec government,
as part of the celebrations surrounding the 450th anniversary of Jacques Cartier͛s
arrival in Canada.
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:|fter performing in Jontreal, Sherbrooke and Quebec City, Cirque du Soleil
leaves its home province for the first time to take its show to neighbouring Ontario. It
performs in Ottawa, [oronto and Niagara Falls.
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: Status of Cirque changes from non-profit to a for profit entity.
 Jid 1991: Cirque convinced Fuji [elevision Network to sponsor Cirque͛s tour of |sia.
Fuji gave US $40 Jillion
 Œ  Entered into a year long agreement with Jirage, a Las Vegas hotel perform
Nouvelle Experience. [his was Cirque͛ s first engagement of the kind.
 Œ  Steve Wynn owner f Jirage, built a permanent facility for Cirque at the cost US
$20 million at its new resort
 [imeline contd͙.
 Œ  Cirque established its first European headquarters at |msterdam.
 Œ  By this time its sales had increased form $30 million in 1994 to
$110 million in 1996.
 Œ  Walt Disney constructed a permanent theater near Orlando,
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 Cirque͛s new production ͚O͛ debuted at Bellagio. It was
performed around an Olympic-sized 1.5 million gallon Swimming pool
  Cirque entered into an agreement with the Beatles stars to create
a production to be staged at Jirage. [his production was called love
and it recreated the life of Beatles before they became famous.
 [he oldest active touring show of Cirque du Soleil, 
 
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converted from a Big [op show to an |rena show. [his will allow the
show to visit new places where it could not go before.
 Recent Developments
  Œ[he Estate of Jichael Jackson and
Cirque du Soleil announced the official
international launch of Jichael Jackson [HE
IJJOR[|L World [ourΡ written and directed by
Jamie King.
 ÈŒ Cirque Du Soleil entered into
partnership with James Cameron and |ndrew
|damson in association with Reel FX
Entertainment to develop and produce immersive
3D projects.
 INNOV|[IVE S[R|[EèIES

 Journey from 73 employees to 3000!!

 Employees do multi tasking and
continuous innovation is the key..
 Retaining the Jission and Values-
not only on paper but in spirits!!
 It was a circus which was quite
distinct from others in the business.
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entertainment within the entertainment
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who visited the theater and opera.
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circus arts.
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every show.