Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) You may not know his name, but you've undoubtedly heard of his shows. Franco Dragone was one of the key architects of Cirque Du Soleil's unique theatrical style. Between 1985 and 1998, the Italian-Belgian dramatist directed nearly all of the Canadian entertainment company's most prestigious shows. Then in 2000, he left. Founding his own eponymous theater company, Dragone went on to create a live residency show for Canadian pop singer Celine Dion, and launch death-defying aquatic spectaculars in Macau and Las Vegas. Both became runaway hits. Today, the company says close to 100 million people have seen Dragone's heart-stopping work.Franco Dragone is famous for his splashy, aquatic shows such as House of Dancing Water in Macau.The Italian-Belgian dramatist was a key architect of the Cirque du Soleil phenomenon.
In 2005, Dragone made headlines when he launched Le Rêve, in _.