Das war Zeit für Zirkus 2021

Olivier Meyrou mit Matias Pilet / Leonardo Ferreira | La Fuite (Die Flucht)

14 nov / 16:00
Centre Francais Berlin, organized by Maison des Francophonies

A little circus gem for the whole family! He runs, his backpack strapped to his back. A vagabond, a fugitive of yesterday or today, struggling with the obstacles that life puts in his way. The film and theater director Olivier Meyrou has come up with this little circus format in which he reinvents the figure of the clown that once provided the glory days of silent cinema. Whether big or small, the audience laughs at what happens to this character.

The performance is part of the Festival des Francophonies in Berlin, organized by the Maison des Francophonies in CFB under the patronage of the French and Tunesian embassies.

Photo: Pierre Planchemault

DieMaiers – WIP | inbetweensideout

13 nov / 18:00
Schloss Bröllin (Neue Galerie- Foyer Deutsch- Polnisches Zentrum)

Like voyeurs, the audience experiences the characters Mr. and Mrs. Maier in their isolated world. Small rolls are baked, scales are practiced, socks are darned. Between artistic highlights, the ups and downs as well as the seemingly wasted time before and after are explored with relish.

Funded by the Fonds Darstellende Kunst with funds from the Commissioner for Culture and Media (TakeAction)

Photo: Joachim Mohr

Benjamin Richter & Guests | Taktil

13 nov / 15:30 – 18:30
LA STRADA

Benjamin Richter has been exploring the dialogue between body, object and space for over 30 years. TAKTiL is a juggled permanent performance in the style of an exhibition. Objects of the exhibition are objects as well as the movements and creative decisions of the artists, who repeatedly manipulate 50 white wooden blocks into new sculptures. The performance is not only about the final result, but also about the aesthetics of the creative process.

Photo: Andrea Salustri

El Nucleo | Inquiétude

12 nov / 19:30 | 13 nov / 19:30
Zirkus Salto

In this solo, the rocking chair becomes an accessory, a partner with which the acrobat plays, on which he stands unsteadily and seeks his balance. With sensitivity and delicacy, he invites us on a journey of intimacy and finds his roots.

Audience discussion following the screening.

The children's and youth circus Salto will also show a colorful, approximately 30-minute potpourri from its diverse ensembles in advance of the program.

Photo: A. Melaine

Kolja Huneck & Andrea Salustri |
„[Out of the Bo]x – a sensory circus laboratory“ Work in Progress

13 nov / Times and conditions can be found on the website
Tollhaus

In a new project collaboration, Kolja Huneck and Andrea Salustri invite the audience to question the role of spectators and to become part of a performance that is not one. The two artists' passion for materials and sensory experiences sets the stage for experiments and new, unique and tactile circus discoveries.

Photo: Kolja Huneck

Collectif Rafale | Sanctuary Savage

14 nov / 19:00
Tollhaus

Based on the sensory experience of a blind person, Collectif Rafale has set itself the task of producing a circus show that can be experienced equally by non-sighted and sighted people, since sight is understood as only one of many senses. Sanctuary Savage is a live performance that creates an acoustic universe with the bodies of the artists and fills the space with smells, sounds, atmospheres and vibrations. Sanctuary Savage ist eine Liveperformance, die mit den Körpern der Artist*innen ein akustisches Universum erstehen lässt und den Raum mit Gerüchen, Klängen, Atmosphären und Vibrationen füllt.

Foto: Sebastien Pignol

Abschlussgala der Zirkuspädagog:innen| Mannequin

12 nov / 19:00 | 13 nov / 19:00
LATIBUL Theater- & Zirkuspädagogisches Zentrum Köln

Move with us between the everyday madness of city life, small but fine moments of joy, between surreal intoxication and machinery, dance and high life. What will come out of it? We don't know. But we would be very happy to see you there.
Du bleibst was du bist- ein Mannequin.
Da gibt’s nichts zu lachen.“
Mascha Kaléko- Mannequin
Oder vielleicht doch?
Beweg‘ dich mit uns zwischen alltäglichem Wahnsinn des Großstadtlebens, kleinen, aber feinen Freudenmomenten, zwischen surrealem Rausch und Maschinerie, Tanz und High-Life.
What will come out of it? We don't know. But we would be very happy to see you there.

Photo: Jordy Kaes

Pepe Arts Production | Critical Spaces

13 nov / 17:00
Circus Hub Munich

With Critical Spaces, Pepe Arts Production invites the audience to participate in the exploration of different spaces. They explore physical, social, physical, mathematical, energetic, acoustic and also digital environments.

The work-in-progress will be streamed live on the Instagram Channel on 13.11. at 5 pm:

Excerpts of the performance can be seen online for the duration of the festival on YouTube

Photo: Vincent Lammert

Ruhrfestspiele Online | Sabeth Dannenberg

12 nov | 13 nov | 14 nov / ongoing
Instagram Takeover

The Ruhrfestspiele accompany with photos, videos and smaller talks, the premiere of Gaia in front of, on and backstage and provide first insights into an exciting work of the new circus, which will be presented at the Ruhrfestspiele 2022.

Sabeth's discipline is the Chinese mast. In dizzying heights, in the fall and in choreographies she goes with the audience, fighting spirit and humor on a fantastic trip to save our planet after all.

Photo: Maria Koltschin Ruhrfestspiele

Cie SCoM | TRAIT(S)

14 nov / 11:30 + 17:00
Salle des fêtes, Forbach

Inspired by the paintings of Kandinsky, Miró and Delaunay, the company SCoM has devised a show for the very young. Here, the circus becomes graphic and painting becomes acrobatic. A circus artist spins with and in the Cyr-wheel. Soaked in paint, it is now more than a circus apparatus and functions as a paintbrush. A special visual and audio experience, a hymn to artistic creation and imagination.

Photo: Sylvain Scubi