Meet the Artist

In this episode we talk with Roberto Magro about fragility in circus arts and the beauty of not knowing what's going to happen. 

Roberto is an artist, dramaturge, educator and circus director. He has his own company, Rital Brocante and he directed the Flic circus school in Turin from 2005 to 2011. He works as both an educator and director for numerous artists and companies. He was the founder of the Brocante Festival, which brings together established and new artists. In 2013 he took on the artistic direction of La Central del Circ and then, on leaving this position, he returned to his nomadic lifestyle and his work as a creator and teacher. He holds workshops in schools and arts centres in Europe and Latin America.

Interesting Links:

https://www.brocantiere.com

http://granerbcn.cat/en/residencia/roberto-magro/

"For me circus is the way to express myself to the world outside. It’s also a way to discuss, a way to create and execute the things I have in my head, a way of life. It’s something I feel deeply, it means a lot to me, it doesn’t define me as a whole person but it defines a part of me, a professional me, that I take really serious and it gives me the possibility to be a playful adult to take life more lightly." Jenni Lehtinen

For this episode we invited the two Finnish artists Sasu Peistola and Jenni Lehtinen of Agit Cirk. Sasu was in residence at the Berlin Circus Festival in 2017 and performed his finalised performance "Väkevä" in a double bill with Jenni and her show "Lyydia". 

https://www.agitcirk.com

https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/whats-on/closer-short-film

Väkevä: https://vimeo.com/299536603

Lyydia: https://vimeo.com/308774137

we invited the fascinating former circus artist Antonia Kuzmanic, now driven director of "Peculiar families" festival and ROOM 100 in Split, Croatia to have a chat with us.

Antonia was circusnext laureate, jury member of circusnext, is part of the steering committee of Circostrada Network and heads her own space in Split for residencies and more.

this talk was directly influenced by our followers on instagram and navigates through various and random topics that all magically revolve around circus, passion and the driving creative forces.

Interesting links to follow: 

Peculiar Families Festival https://peculiarfamilies.org/en/home/

Room 100 https://room100.org

Film "An apology to elephants" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2836524/

Circus Katoen company https://www.circuskatoen.com

We invited one of the masterminds of The Sphere, director of the circus productions Underman, Under and Underart and former circus artist as well as maker of "The Cloud Jump".

We depart from the topic of freedom and the space in between to go in detail about the new EU project The Sphere: The Sphere is a 3 year project to develop a community platform, which will enable every agent in its digital ecosystem to participate in the shaping of new organizational, aesthetic and economic forms, powered by blockchain.

http://salorantadevylder.com

https://www.thesphere.as

The Cloud Jump: https://www.berlin-circus-festival.de/mediaarchive.html

In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Anke und Lena vom Collectif still hungry aus Berlin. Wir sprechen über ihr Stück “Raven”, das das klischebehaftete Thema der Rabenmütter aufgreift, ihre neue Kreation und über künstlerisches Suchen und Finden. 

https://www.still-hungry.net

In this episode we talk with Catalina Aguayo, a Catalan circus artist of Olga Cirk_Analogique, pre-selected company of Circusnext 2020-21.

We talk about the construct of Gender, Gender Identity and Sexuality especially in regard to being Millennials. As Cat says so eloquently in the Episode: Gender - first a conflict, but always a question. 

https://olgacirqanalogique.com

http://circusnext.eu

Their new creation is supported within circusnext Platform, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union

In this episode we talk to Johanne Humblet, French circus artist and high wire dancer founder of Les filles du renard pale.

Johanne talks about her way of using Circus Arts as a political expression and why she thinks doing so is important. 

This episode will be held in German and French and is part of the project "Meet the Artist", funded by OFAJ project "Digital ganz nah"

https://www.lesfillesdurenardpale.com

In this episode we talk to Arno Ferrera, an Italian circus artist, dancer and mover who is artist of the renowned companie Un loup pour l'homme.

Arno shares his view on masculinity and the process of creating a show about this topic. 

This episode will be held in English and is part of the project "Meet the Artist", funded by OFAJ project "Digital ganz nah"

www.unlouppourlhomme.com

In this episode we talk to Bram Dobbelaere, a Belgian circus artist who is founder and artist of the two renowned companies Ea Eo as well as Pol & Freddy.

Bram shares with us his thoughts on a career in circus without attending a circus school and exceptional stories he experienced during his time in the circus world. 

This episode will be held in English and is part of the project "Meet the Artist", funded by OFAJ project "Digital ganz nah" 

www.cieeaeo.com

www.cirquedemocratique.be

In this episode we talk to Camille Paycha, a Belgian circus artist who was supposed to join us at this year's winter edition with her new creation "Ice skates and other cruelties" where she works with glass in an ice rink. 

Camille talks about the strength and fragility of the body itself and how she steps in the tradition of feminist performances using glass to claim their body and vulnerability back, by putting herself in uncomfortable situations of "violence". She also shares her process of creating a political, feminist performance without recreating stigma and prejudice.

Her creation is supported within circusnext Platform, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union”

www.camillepaycha.com