| Maker | Tall Tales Company |
| Duration | 60 min |
| Part of | Cirque Mania |
| Program lines |
So(ul)cietySocietal issues are addressed in this work, however complicated they may be.
Roots & IdentityMakers reveal how they deal with questions of origin, identity, colonialism, gender and historical events.
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Can we be ourselves in the eyes of others?
Three acrobats dance with their inner demons. They are at the intersection of circus and physical theater Fronts see different sides of themselves. Can we be ourselves in the eyes of others? They drag us into their personal lives. With aerial acrobatics, surreal choreographies and personal anecdotes, they explore together how one image can mean completely different things.
To free themselves from their own critical voice, they put themselves on the cutting table. Who are you, who do you think you should be and how do others view you? In addition to aerial acrobatics and acrobatic dance, they use two age-old and rare circus disciplines: 'hair-hanging', where someone is lifted by the hair, and 'Icarian Games', where an acrobat somersaults on the feet of a partner. Fronts is a personal and hallucinatory hall of mirrors
| Concept & direction | Harm van der Laan, Maartje Bonarius |
| Performers | Alfonso Escribano, Christine Lancione, Melinda Meijs |
| Light design | Maarten Verheggen |
| Dramaturgy | Luc van Esch |
| Music | Studio Boeke |
| Costume | Hanne Pierrot, Anouk van Kampen Wieling |
| Production | Nikki Kracht, Susanna Paavola |
| Facades has been made possible by | Fonds Podiumkunsten, Gemeente Rotterdam, Fonds 21, Stichting Bevordering Volkskracht, Zabawas, Van de Mandele Stichting, Elise Mathilde Fonds, Van Ommeren - de Voogt Stichting, Stichting Pieter Bast. |
Tall Tales Company tells big stories on a human scale. About the impact we have on the world, and on each other. Circus is their language. An exciting language that evokes emotions and captures the imagination. A language that everyone understands, but hardly anyone speaks. Tall Tales creates a circus of life.
Visit circus for less!
For this Cirque Mania have the following deals available:
Friday 22 March €37,50 (instead of €43,50)
Cirque Dinner Special + Systema (Framing Effekt)
Buy the Friday deal
Saturday 23 March €30,00 (instead of €37,00)
Cécile (Sinking Sideways) + CONCRETE (Knot On Hands)
Buy the Saturday day ticket
Sunday 24 March €22,50
Circaso + Facades (Tall Tales Company)
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Cirque Dinner Special
Curated by Michael Zandl
During Cirque Mania, in-house maker Michael Zandl invites you to the Cirque Dinner Special: a dinner curated by him with delicious food and surprising performances. Michael shares a colourful peek of where he’s at right now as a circus artist, while you enjoy a welcome drink, a main course and a dessert. With short performances by up-and-coming circus talent in between.
The table is set in the Korzo Club, will you join us?
Korzo Zaal