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cirque

(sûrk)

1. A steep bowl-shaped hollow occurring at the upper end of a mountain valley, especially one forming the head of a glacier or stream. Also called cwm.

2. A ring; a circle.

[French, from Latin circus, circle; see circle.]

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cirque

(sɜːk)

1. (Physical Geography) Also called: corrie or cwm a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier

2. (Archaeology) archaeol an obsolete term for circle¹¹

3. poetic a circle, circlet, or ring

[C17: from French, from Latin circus ring, circle, circus]

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cirque

(sɜrk)

n.

1. a bowl-shaped, steep-walled mountain basin carved by glaciation, often containing a small round lake.

2. circle; ring.

[1595–1605; < French < Latin circus; see circus]

cirque

A mountain hollow eroded by snow and ice. It may contain snow or a lake.

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cirque - a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake

corrie, cwm

basin - a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"

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circo glaciale

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Teresa Merilainen, of Cirque du Soleil, said: "The show is a classic Cirque du Soleil masterpiece, known to be one the most emotionally impact ful shows in Cirques's repertoire.

CIRQUE du Soleil is to return to Liverpool with its masterpiece show Quidam.

It follows Cirque's visit to the waterfront venue earlier this year with its Delirium show.

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Washington, DC, February 28, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Seth Kahan interviewed Pat Norris of Cirque Du Soleil, a globally recognized leader of innovation with over 5,000 employees from over 50 countries who perform 20+ shows in over 270 cities around the world.

The uniqueness of the operation is clear as Norris explains, “The artist who come to us often have no idea what it is like to be part of an organization like ours, because there is no other organization like Cirque!” Norris also emphasizes the key role of all parties working together, “Even though we have a lot of really smart and creative people, your success here lives and dies on relationship building.”

They chose to highlight the exemplary practices of Cirque Du Soleil and I had the pleasure of conducting the interview with Pat Norris, an absolute gem.

Seth Kahan Interviews Cirque Du Soleil's Top HR Executive Pat Norris in the Summer 2012 Edition of HR Certification Institute's Certified

En France, dans les annees 1970-80, l'institutionnalisation du cirque est correlative de son renouvellement sous la forme du nouveau cirque (1) (Guy 2000).

Si en France, l'institutionnalisation du cirque est venue renforcer les oppositions artistiques, economiques et ethiques entre "tenants" du cirque traditionnel et "pretendants" du nouveau cirque et orienter la structuration de l'espace de formation, il n'en est pas toujours de meme dans d'autres pays.

Les evolutions successives du cirque en France ainsi que le cas du cirque quebecois nous permettent d'avancer que l'institutionnalisation du cirque et ses effets semblent prendre des formes differenciees selon les modalites plus ou moins interventionnistes de l'Etat dans le domaine culturel.

De l'institutionnalisation d'une forme culturelle a la structuration de l'espace de formation professionnelle: le cas du cirque en France

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