Babel, glöm challenges the limits of strength and balance to discuss the concepts of individuality and collectivity. “The performance is about living together and dealing with differences. We want to explore the tension between ‘being yourself’ and ‘staying together,’” says artist Anouck Le Roy. Babel, glöm means “Babel, forget it”, an invitation, according to Anouck, […]

Backbone deals with the different facets of strength. Physical vigor is displayed in various acrobatic acts that push the limits of the body. Dramatic lighting frames the acrobatic sequences, in which everything seems to be hanging by a thread. Risk is inherent to circus arts and palpable throughout the performance, like when an artist executes […]

Lions, vodka and a shoe size 23 is a fictional reading of the tragedy that occurred at Circo Vostok in Pernambuco state, in April of 2000. On that Sunday a boy from the audience was attacked and eaten by Bongo, one of the five lions kept by the circus. Four of the animals were killed […]

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 […]

Four individuals, waiting for something to happen, are led to subvert the order of things and everyday objects in a stream of events that is anything but routine. Using the way of life of the bees and the figure of the beekeeper allegorically, the performance approaches topics that are relevant to people today, while trying […]