‘The Amazing Katleen’ — Circ Rodini
© Jakob Rosseel
An acrobat begins her perfect handstand act. Unfortunately, one blunder after another follows so the perfect "smile" soon disappears into frustration. Will 'The Amazing Katleen' still manage to be worthy of her name? An ode to the old circus with a contemporary twist and the necessary humor.
In addition to being a professional circus performer, Katleen Ravoet is the mother of twins with a rare genetic disorder. When a pandemic came along with that, her career seemed over ... until an opportunity to delve into the circus past presented itself. It became a search for acceptance and self-empowerment and led to the courage and strength to start this new creation.
→ Type of support: Financial co-production, residency, programming
→ Video
Credits:
→ With and by: Katleen Ravoet
→ Coaching (artistic): Bram Dobbelaere, Aurelia Brailowsky
→ Coaching (technical): Lucien Beautour, Gina Giovanni
→ Dramaturgiy + costume: Aline Breucker
→ Scenography: Davide Salodini
Partners:
→ Performance created with the support of the Flemish Government
→ Coproducers: Cirklabo, CIRC’UIT
→ Residences: Cirklabo, Mira Miro, UP, Espace CAR Ath, Cirkus Salto
Info:
→ www.circrodini.com
→ circrodini@gmail.com
→ +32 485 34 41 63
‘Exit’ — Piet Van Dycke
In a large, impressive installation with a rotating wall and floating doors, four individuals move through space. They arrive and leave, meet and leave, appear and disappear.
Choreographer Piet Van Dycke has invited four circus artists for this performance, each specialized in a different discipline (bascule, straps, trapeze and acrodance). Again, the theme applies here: four individual disciplines in one collective language. Games will be played with the entrances and exits of the venue. Different (escape) routes will be selected and used during the performance.
Characteristic of Van Dycke's work is the fusion of dance and circus, resulting in wordless circus/dance performances, for young and old.
→ Concept and choreography: Piet Van Dycke
→ Performers: Luuk Brantjes, Will Blenkin, Christopher Mc Auley, Samuel Rhyner
→ Website
→ Video (work in progress):
→ Booking Belgium: Thassos: Ruth Bresseleers info@thassos.be, www.thassos.be
→ International bookings & Netherlands: Buro Piket: sandra@buropiket.nl, www.buropiket.nl
→ Type of support: Financial co-production, residency, programming