Cirque Éloize ([siʁk elwaz]) is a contemporary circus company founded in Montreal in 1993[1] by Jeannot Painchaud,[2] Daniel Cyr, Claudette Morin,[3] and Julie Hamelin.

[4] "Éloize" means "heat lightning" in Acadian French, a dialect spoken in Acadia and the Magdalen Islands, where the group's founders are from.

[citation needed] Cirque Éloize performed in the 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony;[10] at the inauguration of the Jaeger-Lecoultre boutique at Place Vendôme in 2012;[11] and in Montreal's 375th anniversary festivities in 2017.

[14] In 2021, Cirque Éloize created and presented the opening ceremony for the 27th edition of the IHF World Men's Handball Championship in Cairo, Egypt, with local partners HiLights and Egyptian Engineering Projects.

Using songs from his band Harmonium and from his solo career, five dancers and 15 acrobats perform the show periodically in Montréal and Québec City.

Saloon is a Western with an original score written by Éloi Painchaud, including excerpts from Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash classics.

[30] 2014: Drama Desk Awards, New York City Staged by Jeannot Painchaud, iD combines circus arts with street dances such as breakdancing and hip hop.

Produced by Cirque Éloize and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, the show addresses themes of childhood, freedom, and family and combines contemporary circus arts, theatre, music, and dance in the staging.

Rain exhibits several circus disciplines: jugglery, banquine, Russian bar, clown, Cyr wheel, teeterboard, tightrope, contortion, aerial silk, and hoop.

[38] It has an original soundtrack composed by Maria Bonzanigo and Lucie Cauchon, costumes designed by Mérédith Caron, scenography by Guillaume Lord, and lighting by Martin Labrecque.

[47] Combining dance and acrobatics, the show was created in Dalhousie Station and then presented in the Magdalen Islands on the 11th and 12 August 1993 for CFIM-FM's 10th anniversary.

The first two were made as part of a collective work involving all the artists in the process, under the direction of Jeannot Painchaud and with Catherine Archambault in charge of staging and choreography.

[citation needed] In 2021, Éloize Expo produced its first interactive exhibition, Arctic: A Man Under the Ice, with visuals by diver and cinematographer Mario Cyr.

[50] In 2014, Jeannot Painchaud was the artistic director for the Paris en Scène 1889–1914 exposition, presented from June 2013 until February 2014 at the Musée de la civilisation in Québec.

[51] Paris en scène 1889–1914 earned the Prix Excellence – Groupe institutionnel 1 from the Société des musées québécois (SMQ).

[52][53] In 2021, Painchaud put forward a proposal for a church in Havre-Aubert in the Magdalen Islands to be turned into a performance venue, that was accepted by the community and is now active.

[citation needed] Artcirq, an Inuit circus performance organization based in Igloolik, Nunavut, is the first group to receive its support.