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Duncan J.\u00a0Fisher is from Leeds, England, where he attended Leeds Grammar School. A gymnast from 7 years of age,\u00a0he was\u00a0State\u00a0Champion and a member of the Junior British team\u00a0before deciding to become a professional acrobatic performer. After performing in theatres throughout the UK and Europe, he was signed to perform with a circus company in the United States and Canada, where he now lives.\u00a0At the age of\u00a0only\u00a024, Duncan made a major turn to his career when he decided to leave\u00a0his performer role to focus on show management.\u00a0He managed the operations for several different circus companies until 2001 when he created Powerplay\u00a0Productions\u00a0a company specializing in producing and directing major outdoor events,\u00a0concerts\u00a0and festivals. Amongst others, he produced the Inventing Flight Festival to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the invention of flight and in 2003 the highlight of his event career came when he was hired by the White House to produce the event for the Independence Day speech of President George W. Bush.\u00a0In 2004, Duncan joined the Montreal based equestrian spectacular \u201cCavalia\u201d as Operations Director and after\u00a010 years with the company he had been\u00a0promoted\u00a0first\u00a0to Tour Director and then Vice President of Operations and Executive Producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duncan\u2019s next challenge was in the corporate event world and as Vice President of Operations for\u00a0C2 Montreal, he produced 2 editions of their\u00a0world-renowned\u00a0business conference,\u00a0winning the\u00a0BizBash\u00a0Magazine award for Convention of the Year in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018,\u00a0Cirque du Soleil hired Duncan as Vice President of Touring Show Operations\u00a0and\u00a0now after being promoted to the\u00a0Chief Show\u00a0Operations Officer\u00a0he\u00a0currently\u00a0oversees the entire worldwide portfolio of\u00a0Cirque du Soleil\u2019s\u00a0shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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