X-Circus-Ruhr: The Tempest
Foto: Hartmut Hoffmeister
Shakespeare goes skateboard. William Shakespeare’s drama "The Tempest" overflows with magic and fabulous beings. "The Tempest" will be rolling, jumping and flying in five acts through a circus in the Kurpark in Unna. The majority of the 30 to 40 members of the ensemble come directly from the street and pedestrian precincts, town hall steps and church squares.
BMX fans, skaters, rollerbladers and break dancers from the Ruhr Metropolis and its twin towns will be performing neck-breaking stunts and grinds in a circus tent. Along with students from the Travados circus school and professional acrobats associated with it, the artists (who regard themselves more as artists than sportsmen) will be taking over the inner city areas with their circus interpretations of this great classical play. Although they are not often welcome guests in inner cities, the skaters and breakdancers will be demonstrating their tricks in 10 performances to an audience who will surely appreciate them. It is undeniable that not much of Shakespeare’s tempestuous text will survive. Instead of that, "The Tempest" will be taking place on wheels in a scarcely less fascinating world of lights, music and choreographies between heaven and earth.
Events:
JUN 02, 2010: 4 & 7:30 pm / 8 - 12 € / Circus Travados / Kurpark Unna
JUN 03, 2010: 4 & 7:30 pm / 8 - 12 € / Circus Travados / Kurpark Unna
JUN 04, 2010: 4 & 7:30 pm / 8 - 12 € / Circus Travados / Kurpark Unna
JUN 05, 2010: 4 & 7:30 pm / 8 - 12 € / Circus Travados / Kurpark Unna
JUN 06, 2010: 4 & 7:30 pm / 8 - 12 € / Circus Travados / Kurpark Unna
Project:
Hartmut Hoffmeister, Melanie Talotti & Valentin Kriger, Bemposta e. V., Unna (D)
Partner:
Amanzio Crecchi, Pisa (I) / Sven-Oliver Schütt, BMX-Trainer, Wicked Woods, Wuppertal (D) / Joep Siebers, Leiter des Jugendzentrums Tavenu, Waalwijk (NL) / Stefan Steltenpohl, Leiter der Skateboardschule, Oldenburg (D) / Mario van Drünnick, Choreograph, danspodium, Zevenaar (NL) / Antje Volkmer, Leiterin des Jugendzentrums extra3, Recklinghausen (D)
More:
WWW.X-CIRCUS.EU