No circus tent, but a wooden platform, 40 feet in diameter, and in the middle, a Hungarian teeterboard. Five performers, and a simple action which triggers the whole machine: a jump on one end of the board catapults the acrobat standing on the opposite end into the air. This is the beginning of 35 minutes of thunderous high jumps, unrestrained acrobatics, unexpected lifts and wisely orchestrated juggling. With humor and energy, Collectif de la Bascule offers a 360 degree performance which defies the laws of gravity. One acrobat is catapulted into the air, then all of them, then one more. If one begins, then everything follows, but if one stops, then everything stops working. As time goes by, the rules go haywire and leaps may arise from all sides. Vertical invasion, horizontal occupation. We lift our eyes, wait expectantly, and it's back on.
Distribution
Artistic creation: Fanny Alvarez, Antoine Guillaume, Karim Messaoudi, Marius Ollagnier, Maxime Reydel
Production
Partenaires : Entre-sort de Furies – Terre de cirque / Châlons-en-Champagne – Espace Périphérique (Ville de Paris - Parc de la Villette), École Nationale de Cirque Shems’y - Salé - Maroc, La Grainerie - Balma, La Cascade - Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Nil Obstrat - Saint-Ouen l’Aumône, Cirk’Eole - Montigny les Metz. avec le soutien du Centre National des Arts du Cirque.
ON TOUR
18 JULY IN PANTIN (Mail Charles de Gaulle) - 1pm & 7.30pm
Métro ligne 5 Eglise de Pantin
19 JULY IN BAGNEUX (Esplanade Nelson Mandela) - 3.30pm
metro Porte d'Orleans - bus 188 direction Rosenberg - arrêt Martyrs de Chateaubriant
20 JULY IN LES LILAS (Parc Lucie Aubrac) - 7.30pm
Metro Mairie des Lilas
21 JULY IN BERCY VILLAGE (UGC forecourt) - 5pm
Métro ligne 14 arrêt Cour Saint Emilion
22 JULY IN L’ÎLE SAINT DENIS PARK - 4pm
RER C Epinay sur seine + 12 min de marche
23 JULY IN VILLEPINTE (SAUSSET PARK) - 3pm & 5pm
RER C Villepinte
35 MIN
ALL AUDIENCES
Free
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Tuesday 18 July - 01pm00
Mail Charles de Gaulle - Pantin
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Tuesday 18 July - 07pm30
Mail Charles de Gaulle - Pantin
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Wednesday 19 July - 03pm30
Esplanade Nelson Mandela - Bagneux
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Thursday 20 July - 07pm30
Le Moulin Jaune
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Friday 21 July - 05pm00
Lycée Jacques Decour
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Saturday 22 July - 04pm00
Parc de L'Île St Denis
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Sunday 23 July - 03pm00
Parc départemental du Sausset
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Sunday 23 July - 05pm00
Parc départemental du Sausset