Le Petit Cirque

Le PeTiT CiRqUe is an all-youth professional circus company based in Los Angeles, California. LPC was founded in 2012 by Nathalie Yves Gaulthier, a former child actress and competitive gymnast. LPC consists of a wide array of cirque specialists, including acrobats, aerialists, contortionists, hand balancers, and foot archers, and other performing specialists, such as vocalists, dancers, hoop dancers, and martial artists. The troupe has performed in the United States, Canada, Norway, and the United Arab Emirates.

Humanitarian contributions

Nathalie Yves Gaulthier believes cirque is a tool for social change and education. A large percentage of LPC's performances are for charities, especially those that support children's causes. In the children's fundraising arena, Le PeTiT CiRqUe's performances have raised money for at-risk children, children with heart disease, hospitalized children, youth athletics, children with Treacher Collins Syndrome, and children with life-threatening diseases. LPC performances have also helped raise funds for world peace, Native American scholarships, breast cancer research, animal care, the performing arts, and homeless veterans.

Film and television appearances (2017–present)

Little Big Shots US television series
Little Big Shots Australia television series
Hallmark Channel's Home & Family Series
television show, Nashville, Tennessee
Born This Way, A&E US television series
Saving Flora independent film

Key performances (2015–present)

Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Global Summit and Birthday Celebration, Bren Center, University of California Irvine
charity fundraisers for children, Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
Dream Halloween fundraisers for Starlight Children's Foundation, Los Angeles, California
's Gala del Sol event to provide summer camp for children with heart disease, Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, California
to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
, Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills, California
Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, California

Awards

Outstanding Production, Junior Division
Outstanding Group Vocal Performance, Junior Division
Outstanding Direction
Outstanding Production, Junior Division
Outstanding Lead Actor
Outstanding Lead Actress
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Outstanding Direction

Collaboration

Le PeTiT CiRqUe is not formally affiliated with Cirque du Soleil. But LPC's performers have received instruction at their Los Angeles studio from many current and former Cirque du Soleil artists, including aerialists Uuve Jansson, Ginger Ana Griep-Ruiz, Zoe Sabattie, Lisanna Paloma, Stuart McKenzie, and Petra Sprecher; contortionist Otgo Waller; hand balancers Tatiana Gousarova and Olga Pikhienko; acrobat Galabina Kamemova; physical actor Joshua Zehner; and choreographers Alixa Sutton, Alain Gauthier, and Debra Lynne Brown. One of LPC's current aerialists, Ellowyn Stanton, will appear as a series regular in a new Cirque du Soleil-sponsored television show about a group of young performers attending a circus school.