2 jugglers find themselves bound to the rules of running machines while a musician orchestrates them through a series of games and experiments. A vivid circus performance celebrating juggling and running.
Running in itself is an incredibly efficient form of human locomotion.
Have you ever thought about how many muscles are needed to run, how many nerve pathways between head and leg are used with every jump? What this means in terms of coordination that the body performs - for something that seems to happen automatically? Just watch Maradona score a goal in the world cup final or feel the exhaustion of a Marathon runner when crossing the finish line. The run has so many emotions: It has stress and it has survival, it has adrenaline, desire, fear, whether you are being chased or chasing or escaping.
Juggling is a similar phenomenon. Throwing and catching are also complex biomechanical processes. To celebrate the evolution of the human walk and throw in an increasingly immobile culture, we created RUNNERS: A circus show combining excellent juggling, stunning objects and incredible sounds.
Genre | Contemporary circus with live music |
Premiere indoor | 2021 Cologne DE / Latibul |
Premiere outdoor | 2022 Žďár nad Sázavou CZ / Festival KoresponDance |
team on tour | 3 - 4 persons |
duration | 60 minutes |
Audience | ca 200 - 400 |
Age | 6+ |
Stage | min 10 x 8 m / height 5 m dance floor frontal Exceptions prove the rule: Please contact ask us, we check every proposed venue! |
17.11.2024 | Witten DE | Saalbau Witten / Zeit für Zirkus |
Authorship | Jonas Schiffauer Alex Allison Moisés Mas García |
Performer | Jonas Schiffauer / Daan Mackel Alex Allison / Pieter Visser Moisés Mas García |
Sound Design + composer + arrangements | Moisés Mas García |
Dramaturgical + choreographic accompaniment | Benjamin Richter Darragh McLoughlin Anna-Katharina Andrees Lena Maria Kaiser |
Costume Design | Liora Epstein |
Set design | Jonas Schiffauer Alex Allison Moisés Mas García |
Visuel Design / video / graphics | Alex Allison |
Production | Jonas Schiffauer / Hippana.Maleta |
Coproduction | T-Werk Potsdam |
funded by | NEUSTART KULTUR // Fonds Darstellende Künste mit Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien |
NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste mit Mitteln des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
Kulturamt der Stadt Köln | |
Arts Council of Ireland | |
Zirkus ON | |
Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh / Junges Theater - Tour 2023/24 | |
supported by | ION Instruments Johnson Health Tech |
Residencies | Atoll Festival - Tollhaus Karlsruhe DE Barnes Crossing, Cologne DE Katapult Berlin DE La Strada Bremen DE Latitude 50 Marchin BE Latibul Cologne DE Open Space Bochum Quartier Am Hafen Cologne DE Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen DE Schaulust Bremen DE |
Artistic directors
Jonas Schiffauer hippanatheatre@gmail.com
Alex Allison ciemaleta@gmail.com
Management
Ute Classen
info@ute-classen.de
+49 241 45048410
www.ute-classen.de