Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos over 30 Years

A Cirque Du Soleil performer during a dress rehearsal for the show "Corteo" in Valencia, Spain on June 15, 2011.

Heino Kalis—Reuters

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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

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A member of Cirque du Soleil performs in Hamburg on Jan. 9, 2013 during the premiere of the show "Corteo."

Philipp Guelland—dapd/AP

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Cirque Du Soleil performers contort their bodies during the "Kooza" press preview in Tokyo, on February 1, 2011.

Toshifumi Kitamura—AFP/Getty Images

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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

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A performance of Cirque Du Soleil's new production "Totem" is pictured at the Royal Albert Hall in London on January 4, 2010.

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A Cirque du Soleil performer during a photo rehearsal of their show 'Dralion' in Berlin on Aug. 29, 2006.

Gero Breloer—picture-alliance/dp

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Artistes perform during Cirque du Soleil's "Delirium" show in Hamburg on Sept. 18, 2007.

Christian Charisius—Reuters

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June 16, 2014 12:35 PM EDT

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.

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30 Years of Cirque du Soleil's Best Photos