This tragicomic monologue tells the story of Mafalda Mafalda, a cabaret artist who faces failure and rejection from her audience, including booing and tomatoes. As if that wasn’t enough, she ends up involved in a police mystery. To defend herself against the police inspector’s accusations, she decides to tell the audience her version of the […]

This intervention performed by five acrobats from Kenya is a celebration of African culture. The act has references to the artists’ country of origin, explains Marion Op het Veld, the general director of the company. “The acrobatic style is typically Kenyan: the jumps and human pyramids are always executed at a very fast pace,” she […]

This activity is an introduction to circus performance geared at children and adults with no previous experience. Circus Park is divided into five introductory stations covering different circus skills, with wooden structures specially designed by the artist to facilitate learning and stimulate motor coordination, body awareness and overcoming obstacles. It will include the principles of […]

From ashes the heart uses critical humor to narrate a day in the life of a housewife oppressed by her husband. “It is a comedy about gender inequality that combines the charm of silent movies and clowning techniques. We decided to talk about women who have always been placed in a role of forced submission. […]

Physical risk, uncertainty about the outcome, expectations surrounding the presentation. Probabilities is an investigation of these issues, which are part of the very nature of the circus. In pairs or in groups of four, the artists form pyramids and human seesaws, among other acts. The bodies rest on each other and then on a bar, […]

Cia. Las Martas is comprised of six artists who execute balancing, juggling and dancing acts to a soundtrack that includes salsa, cumbia and forró. They take turns playing the saxophone, trumpet, cymbals, bass drums, clarinet and other instruments, while also performing ad-libbing comedy, in so-called gags or improvisations. Presented as an itinerant procession, the company’s […]