Daniel Cyr, a Canadian from Montreal, developed and introduced the wheel in 2003 at the Festival du Cirque de Demain in Paris. He has received wide praise for his work training performers and developing routines for Cirque du Soleil's Nomade and Rain shows in the years since then.
「環」是一項非常晚近而新穎的雜技，由加拿大蒙特婁的雜技師 Daniel Cyr 於 2003 年巴黎的「明日雜技節」中首次演出，此後他為「太陽馬戲團」的新劇目〈浪遊星月夜〉及〈雨〉訓練演員並設計表演，大獲好評。