has the company mentioned been effected by any pandemic?
Yes - the 2019–20 worldwide coronavirus pandemic. 4,679 employees, comprising 95 percent of their staff, would be temporarily laid off and later they terminated 3,500 employees who had previously been laid off.
Cirque du Soleil
On 19 March 2020, responding to the 2019–20 worldwide coronavirus pandemic, Cirque du Soleil announced that all 44 active shows worldwide would be suspended, and that 4,679 employees, comprising 95 percent of their staff, would be temporarily laid off, effective immediately. These actions brought the company into a state of financial collapse with a debt of over $1 billion. Although it received financial support with a $50 million injection from its shareholders and a $200 million loan from the Quebec government, on 29 June 2020, the company announced that it had filed for bankruptcy protection and was terminating 3,500 employees who had previously been laid off. CEO Daniel Lamarre stated the intention of the company was to rehire "a substantial majority" of terminated employees once coronavirus-related shutdowns were lifted and operations could resume, business conditions allowing. In connection with the filing, Cirque du Soleil entered a stalking horse bid from its shareholders with 
what are the names of the cirque du soleil shows O, La Nouba, Mystère, Saltimbanco, Alegría, Quidam, Dralion what is it whose shows you just mentioned? Cirque du Soleil (Circus of the Sun) is a Montreal-based entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. who founded this company? Guy Laliberté, Gilles Ste-Croix and when? 16 June 1984 what was the first international venture? "Le Cirque Réinventé" marked the company's first performances outside of North America when it performed in London and Paris in 1990. who is the first founder? A Canadian billionaire businessman, and poker player. He was ranked by "Forbes" as the 11th wealthiest Canadian. what can you  tell about his poker career? He started playing super high stakes online cash games and live tournaments for recreation around 2006. n April 2007, Laliberté finished fourth in the World Poker Tour in Las Vegas and won $696,220 which are some of the award he received? Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for all three levels: Quebec, Canada and international;  National Order of Quebec ;  Order of Canada,
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Cirque du Soleil [SEP] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
On 19 March 2020, responding to the 2019–20 worldwide coronavirus pandemic, Cirque du Soleil announced that all 44 active shows worldwide would be suspended, and that 4,679 employees, comprising 95 percent of their staff, would be temporarily laid off, effective immediately. These actions brought the company into a state of financial collapse with a debt of over $1 billion. Although it received financial support with a $50 million injection from its shareholders and a $200 million loan from the Quebec government, on 29 June 2020, the company announced that it had filed for bankruptcy protection and was terminating 3,500 employees who had previously been laid off.