 It is used in Acadia and in the Magdalen Islands; islands from which the artists of the first Cirque Éloize troupe were all natives of.The thunderbolt depicts their acrobatic and spectacular side and the heat, their humanity that wishes to touch the heart and soul.Daniel Cyr, cofounder of Cirque Éloize, invented the Cyr Wheel and popularized it by obtaining a silver medal with his act at the Festival mondial du cirque de demain in 2003.