Circumstances (BE) | Piet Van Dycke: GLORIOUS BODIES | CircusDanceFestival 2024

In the organizer's words:

What it's all about
With "Glorious Bodies", choreographer Piet Van Dycke brings a piece of living circus history to the stages of Cologne. In this contemporary performance, acrobats aged between 55 and 68 fill the stage space with their perspectives, strengths and fragility. They are all united by a career in classical partner acrobatics. The piece takes a tender look at how artists' bodies change over time and shows how they can artfully make peace with their changing abilities. "Glorious Bodies" sheds a warm light on the process of ageing and points to something we are all experiencing ourselves - right now.

Why is it worth seeing?
"Glorious Bodies" celebrates its German premiere at the CircusDanceFestival 2024 in Cologne. An installation with video portraits of each of the six artists' personal stories accompanies the piece. It can be visited on the festival grounds. Piet Van Dycke and his company Circumstances were already guests at the festival last year with the piece "Exit" and captivated the Cologne audience with sold-out performances.

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It's about
With "Glorious Bodies", choreographer Piet Van Dycke brings a piece of living circus history to the stages of Cologne. In this contemporary circus performance six acrobats aged between 55 and 68, with a background in classical partner acrobatics, show their perspectives, strength, and fragility. This piece explores with a tender gaze how artists' bodies change over time. "Glorius Bodies" expresses how circus artists can artfully make peace with their changing abilities. The piece sheds a warm light on the process of ageing and points to something we are all experiencing ourselves - right now in this moment.

Worth seeing because
"Glorius Bodies" celebrates its German premiere at the CircusDanceFestival 2024 in Cologne. An installation with video portraits of each of the six artists' personal stories accompanies the piece. It can be visited on the festival site. Piet Van Dycke and his company Circumstances were already guests at the festival last year with the piece "Exit" and captivated the Cologne audience with sold-out performances.

Concept, choreography Piet Van Dycke| Performance Winfried Deuling , Astrid Schöne, Det Rijven, Thorsten Bohle, Paul Griffioen, Johannes Fischer | Music Kris Auwers | Installation Arjan Kruidhof, Arjen Schoneveld| Dramaturgy Marie Peeters | Costume Oona Mampuys | Light design, Engineering Casper Van Overschee | Production management Sam Cunningham | Production Circumstances | Co-production PLAN, Festival Circolo, DansBrabant, Cirklabo, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, PERPLX, Perpodium | Support Flemish Government, Grensverleggers/deBuren | Special thanks Miramiro, Destelheide, Wybren Wouda

Price information:

*Reduced for students, trainees, people with disabilities and with KölnPass