Cirque du soleil Corteo

The famous Corteo show is back in France to mark the 40th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil. It will be presented for the first time in Lyon-Décines in December 2024 for 8 performances at the LDLC Arena. Since its premiere in 2005, Corteo has dazzled nearly 10 million people in 150 cities in 22 countries.

The clown Mauro envisions that his own burial will take place amid a carnival atmosphere and be attended by tender angels. The show contrasts the grand with the intimate, the silly with the tragic, and the beauty of perfection with the appeal of imperfection. It also emphasizes the strength and vulnerability of the clown as well as his knowledge and generosity to represent the aspect of humanity that exists in each of us. Corteo is guided through a timeless ceremony in which fantasy teases reality with music, which is both poetic and mischievous.

Corteo, which means cortege in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth.