The company identified the cast member as Yann Arnaud, a Frenchman who had worked with Cirque du Soleil for 15 years. Article Continued Below“The entire Cirque du Soleil family is in shock and devastated by this tragedy,” Daniel Lamarre, president and chief executive of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, said in a statement. Several Cirque du Soleil employees jumped onto the stage and rushed over to the downed acrobat as the other performer dangled from his rope, uninjured. Cirque du Soleil, French for “Circus of the Sun,” is the largest theatrical producer in the world, according to the Chicago Tribune. Arnaud’s death was the third connected to a Cirque du Soleil show in the past five years.

Source: thestar March 19, 2018 15:22 UTC