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Meet the Casting team: Brigitte Scherrer

Senior Advisor - Casting

After several years of artistic gymnastics, Brigitte began developing a passion for the circus.

Brigitte Scherrer Cirque du Soleil Casting advisor

Brigitte has been involved in circus arts for over two decades and has played several different roles both on and off stage. Her fascination for acrobatics began during her years of artistic gymnastics, later leading to the professional training program at Montreal’s National Circus School. Having developed a new aerial discipline, she is then invited to take part in over a hundred international productions with numerous companies. After eleven years of diversified professional experience, Brigitte left the stage without straying too far, devoting herself to coaching, stage management, and her casting agency. Co-founder of Projet Davaï, she contributed to the circus arts diffusion as a cabaret shows producer and corporate events casting agent. Brigitte has been part of Cirque du Soleil’s Casting team since 2006 and is currently Senior Advisor.