Back in the 1970s in Montreal, Carmen Ruest was taking and giving dance classes during the winter and dancing on stilts as a street performer in the summer. During this time, she became proficient in various circus arts including acrobatics, trapeze and tight rope - and honed her skills as a stiltwalker. In the early 1980s, she met Gilles Ste-Croix and became his stiltwalking partner. Ste-Croix, teamed up with Ruest and others to create the Club des Talons Hauts (High Heels Club), which later become Cirque du Soleil in 1984 under founder Guy Laliberté’s leadership. Carmen Ruest joins Larry Mantle to talk about her career at Cirque de Soleil which is celebrates its 25th Anniversary.
Guest:
Carmen Ruest, director of creation at Cirques de Soleil. Since 2006, Carmen took on the position of director of creation for Saltimbanco.