Reviews The Great Dreams of the Grand Danois "We made this performance because we want to create contemporary circus that goes back to its roots. Back to the scent of sawdust and the sound of the tent canvas flapping in the wind. We love circus as an art form, but we are also drawn to its popular
Interviews On Nordicness and Contemporary Nomadism: Interview with Jakob Jacobsson The Nordic Council is a trio of artists from Finland, Iceland, and Sweden (Merri Heikilä, Bjarni Árnason, and Jakob Jacobsson), who have been creating contemporary circus shows about Nordic identities and Nordic themes since 2017. The aesthetic and ethos of their creations – Three Men from the North and Happy Hour
Reviews UP Festival 2024: the Ethos of a European festival Thanks to Visit Brussels and our involvement in the INCAM network, from 26th to 29th March Around About Circus participated in the biannual Festival UP PROS days led by the eponymous circus creation centre in the quarter of Molenbeek. If one of the UP centre's main functions is
Interviews Joyful Juggling Frenzy: Wes Peden in Rollercoaster An interview with Wes Peden about his concept solo show [by Elena Stanciu and Valentina Barone] Early in 2024, we saw Wes Peden with Rollercoaster at SMELLS LIKE CIRCUS in Gent. On the stage of the Theaterzaal at VierNulVier, Wes Peden’s inflatable, bright blue scenography, and countless juggling objects
Interviews Entanglements, Kinship, Clown and Politics A conversation with Laura Murphy and Nicole A’Court Stuart [by Elena Stanciu and Valentina Barone] Blending clown, performance art, spoken word, autobiographical storytelling and aerial acrobatics, Laura Murphy (Contra Productions) creates work that simultaneously interrupts, disarms, provokes, and stimulates critique. In the two productions from the company - Contra
Reviews Smells Like Clown Spirit Reviews' report from SMELLS LIKE CIRCUS 2024 [coordination & editing Valentina Barone, proofreading Ruby Burgess] Every two years, SMELLS LIKE CIRCUS questions conventions, combining circus, performance, music, dance, theatre and talks. The nuances explored during the 2024 edition zoom in on the figure of the clown. All of this
Reviews The Duck Review What happens when you enter public space surrounded by the borders of a performance? The Duck Performance by Marija Baranauskaitė uses circus and performative interventions to explore the limits and negotiations that define human encounters in urban space. Ducks, of course, make an appearance. The Duck Performance is a break
Reviews What do chairs really want?¹ Our human wishes and desires dominate our relations with inanimate others that surround us. How can we rethink and design anew the world, so domination may give way to more care-based models of living together with objects? In PLI, Viktor Černický employs circus and dance to tease some possible answers.
