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Luzia by Cirque du Soleil is the first performance to be directed by a Canadian female director. (Laurence Labat/Costumes: Giovanna Buzzi/2016 Cirque du Soleil)

Brigitte Poupart is the first Canadian woman to direct a Cirque du Soleil show—and that's just one of her many accomplishments as a director.

We talk to her about the theatre industry's glass ceiling, and what it takes to direct nearly 200 people on any given night.