Chris Iris: V_RST_LL_NG
Friday, 15.11.24 @ 20:00
The new show of Chris and Iris combines contemporary circus with language.
Words fall and acrobats are caught.
The performance evolves around the German term „Vorstellung“ in it’s several meanings of “imagination”, “to present oneself” and simply “show”.
The duo gives insights into their training routine and live as artists. It’s a piece with a lot of honesty and humor, going into philosophical questions and stimulating the imagination of the audience. But also the artistic performance doesn’t come too short.
Movements speak, language moves.
A show that is multi-layered, approachable and always surprises.
Language: German
Wheelchair access & WC available | Handicap car park available
Duration: 60 minutes
Photo: Chris Iris
About the Company
Christopher Schlunk and Iris Pelz met at the Academy of Circus and Performance Art in Tilburg (Netherlands), where they graduated in 2011. They perform worldwide with well-known circus companies.
Cirque Éloize (Canada) | Cirkus Monti (Switzerland) | Cirkus Cirkör (Sweden) | La Soirée (Australia) | Palazzo (Germany)
Their innovative act The Microphone was awarded numerous prizes.
Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain – silver medal | Young Stage - public award, special prices | Newcomershow – 1st price Artistika - 1st price, public award | Moscow International Circus Festival – special award
With various productions they performed in well-known places.
Sydney Opera House | Roundhouse (London) | La Tohu (Montreal) | Chamäleon Theater (Berlin) | La Villette (Paris)
They are co-founders of the collective Common Ground which brought them to several contemporary circus festivals.
Theater op de Markt (Belgium) | Atoll (Germany) | Circo Circolo (Netherlands)
In 2020/21 Chris and Iris created GAP of 42, their first full evening production as a duo. The piece was shown over 100 times in 6 countries already in it’s first two years.
About the Location
TOLLHAUS sees itself as an important player in urban society and a platform for the independent scene. We are contact persons, facilitators and advocates for the free and independent arts and their protagonists. We offer platforms and scope for development as far as we can and place current cultural formats in an international context. With our varied program, we appeal to a broad audience with diverse interests across generations. Moderate admission prices are just as important to us as a fair fee arrangement with the artists. Regionally, nationally and internationally, we network with similar institutions and groups in various networks and thus enable, among other things, international in-house productions, especially in the field of new dance theater and contemporary circus.