SOLEIL SOLEIL SOLEIL ("Sun" in French) is a synchrotron facility near Paris, France. It performed its first acceleration of electrons on May 14, 2006. The name "SOLEIL" is a backronym for "Source optimisée de lumière d’énergie intermédiaire du LURE" (LURE optimised intermediary energy light source), LURE meaning "Laboratoire pour l'utilisation du rayonnement électromagnétique". The facility is run by a civil corporation held by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), two French national research agencies. It is located in Saint-Aubin in the Essonne département, a south-western suburb of Paris, near
Ovo (Cirque du Soleil) Ovo (Cirque du Soleil) Ovo is a touring circus production by Cirque du Soleil that premiered in Montréal, Canada, in 2009. "Ovo"'s creator and director, Deborah Colker, took inspiration from the world of insects. The idea for "Ovo" was not to be about the acts, nor dancing, nor insects, but about movement. The movement of life permeates the entire show with creatures flying, leaping, bounding, and crawling. Composer Berna Ceppas brought additional life to "Ovo" with a score inspired by the music of Brazil. "ovo" means "egg" in Portuguese and represents the underlying thread through the show. Graphically, inside the