--- description: The best collection of photos from the "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment" as the beloved act turns 30. title: Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos over 30 Years image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Fine Art](/tag/fine-art/) ## Fine Art Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 30 Years of Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2014 4:35 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2014 4:35 PM CUT The “dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment” show turned 30 this week, after three decades of incredible acrobatic acts—and astonishing photos of them.  A Cirque Du Soleil performer during a dress rehearsal for the show "Corteo" in Valencia, Spain on June 15, 2011. Heino Kalis—Reuters  Members of Cirque du Soleil perform during the dress rehearsal of "Amaluna" at Marine Industrial Park on May 28, 2014 in Boston. Paul Marotta—Getty Images  A member of Cirque du Soleil performs in Hamburg on Jan. 9, 2013 during the premiere of the show "Corteo." Philipp Guelland—dapd/AP  Performer Yao Deng Bo performs during rehearsals for the Cirque du Soleil show "Kooza" in Munich, on January 30, 2014. Ursula D¸ren—picture-alliance/dpa/AP  Irina Naumenko performs during the dress rehearsal of Cirque Du Soleil's Varekai show at The Royal Albert Hall in London, on January 3, 2010. Adrian Dennis—AFP/Getty Images  Members of Cirque du Soleil balance on a pile of wooden chairs during the 'We Reinvent the Circus' show in Santa Monica, Calif on March 1, 1988. Neal Preston—Corbis  An acrobat of Cirque du Soleil performs during the rehearsal of their production of the spectacle 'Dralion', in Mexico City on Nov. 25, 2009. Eduardo Verdugo—AP  Cirque Du Soleil performers contort their bodies during the "Kooza" press preview in Tokyo, on February 1, 2011. Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images  Cirque du Soleil performers at the "Cl's Totem" Dress Rehearsal at Citi Field on March 13, 2013 in New York City. John Lamparski—WireImage  A performance of Cirque Du Soleil's new production "Totem" is pictured at the Royal Albert Hall in London on January 4, 2010. Carl De Souza—AFP/Getty Images  A Cirque du Soleil performer during a photo rehearsal of their show 'Dralion' in Berlin on Aug. 29, 2006. Gero Breloer—picture-alliance/dp  Artistes perform during Cirque du Soleil's "Delirium" show in Hamburg on Sept. 18, 2007. Christian Charisius—Reuters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2881637/cirque-du-soleil-best-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2881637/cirque-du-soleil-best-photos/"},"headline":"30 Years of Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos","datePublished":"2014-06-16T16:35:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:16.140Z","description":"The best collection of photos from the \"dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment\" as the beloved act turns 30.","url":"https://time.com/2881637/cirque-du-soleil-best-photos/","keywords":["Fine Art","circus","theatre"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/fine-art/","name":"Fine Art"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2881637/cirque-du-soleil-best-photos/","name":"30 Years of Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos"}}]}] ```