Cue the acrobatics! Brigitte Poupart is the first Canadian woman to direct Cirque du Soleil show
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Brigitte Poupart is the first Canadian woman to direct a Cirque du Soleil show—and that's just one of her many accomplishments as a director.
We talk to her about the theatre industry's glass ceiling, and what it takes to direct nearly 200 people on any given night.