<P>Another noveau cirque, this one from France, making an appearance at the Lincoln Center Festival:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Not Exactly New, Not Exactly Circus, But a Magical Mix</B><P>ALAN RIDING, NY Times<P>LORIENT, France — It is probably no coincidence that, for all the government money poured into theater, music, opera and dance in France every year, nouveau cirque, or new circus, the art form that receives the smallest subsidy, is arguably the most original. Put differently, in order to survive, new circus companies have to be good. And the challenge seems to have stirred their Gallic flair.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/05/arts/05ARTS.html?searchpv=nytToday" TARGET=_blank><B>More</B></A>

A review:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>Whimsical, Dreamy and Outright Wacky</B><P>LAWRENCE VAN GELDER, NY Times<P>"Mélanges," the title of the show put on by Cirque Plume, the little French circus playing through Saturday under the yellow big top in Damrosch Park as part of the Lincoln Center Festival 2001, is one of those designations that merit an accolade for truth in advertising.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/arts/17CIRQ.html" TARGET=_blank><B>More</B></A>