It was hard to cancel the premiere at PERPLX due to an accident, but thanks to the big support of Theater op de Markt and PERPLX, the team could stay and work some more days in Kortrijk - and these few intensive days have given the confidence, to do the planned shows in autumn - starting at ATOLL Karlsruhe on Sept 25 / 27 / 28. The shows will be a little different then, but with Andreas and not less exciting, entertaining and fresh. Who will come to see Common Ground in September in Karlsruhe? www.commonground.show
25.6.2019 Unfortunately, Common Ground had to cancel the shows at festival PERPLX
Common Ground regrets a lot, but they have to cancel the shows at Festival Perplx on June 29 and 30 due to an injury of one of the artists. The company comunicates:
Unfortunately we have to inform you that due to an injury we will not be able to perform our premiere at Festival PerplX on 29/30 June.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience this causes to the festival and extremely grateful for the support they give us even in this situation. We want to apologize to all those who wanted to watch the show and celebrate with us. Sometimes we have to accept that life can cause unfortunate changes. Let’s hope for a fast recovery and a lot of wonderful shows in the future. The show is ready!
With LONGJOHN on the run the cowboys kidnap a tram and hijack the passengers into a cineastic scenery of western movies. A bicylcle parade becomes a buffalo herd and strange smoke signals are rising in the air. What is staged and what pure coincidence, that remains a mystery.
For the technical creators of LONGJOHN the special challenge was to get the control and amplification of the playback samples mobile and self-sufficient. Finally it worked thanks to powerful bluetooth boxes! Big fun for actors and audience!
The mobile version LONGJOHN on the run is a collaboration of Der Weisse Knopf and Servicepionieren. Actually searching for other opportunities to perform this site specific theatre play. Best: if there is a tram in your city (if not: don't worry, we will find another adventure taylormade for your place!) Please have a look at this little link with teaser:
Die mobile Version LONGJOHN auf der Flucht ist eine Zusammenarbeit von Der Weisse Knopf und den Servicepionieren. Überall dort aufzuführen, wo es eine Straßenbahn gibt ... und wenn es keine gibt, fällt LONGJOHN was anderes ein! Wie z.B. damals in Köln Ostheim ... hier ein Link mit kleinem Video
10.5.2019 Who wants to get to know about Common Ground before the premiere? Save the dates of the previews!
Exciting! Three weeks of rehearsal in a former church, research of new acrobtic materials, organizing set and other materials, discussion and talks with the outside eye and musical director - step by step the show Common Ground is growing and on May 18 the artists will present y preview of their actual work at the festival Cirkl! in Leuven -
please save the date! Not in town in May, there is another chance to see Common Ground before the premiere, please mark June 19 for a visit to Dommelhof!
The Flemish premiere then will take place on June 29 + 30 at festival PERPLX in Kortrijk. Stay informed about all dates of Common Ground, visit the company website!
Today, the Initiative Neuer Zirkus (the German association dedicated to the development of contemporary circus) has published, which project will be suported by the new funding model Zirkus ON. 23 projects applied for this first edition and one of the selected project is "Responsive Ground" by Josef Stiller, one of the artist of Klub Girko. Congratulations to Josef! What is Zirkus ON?
Zirkus ON is a German funding project created by Initiative Neuer Zirkus and several partners (Festival PERSPECTIVES, ATOLL Festival, Ehrenfeldstudios, Internationale Kulturbörse Freiburg, Pfefferberg Theater, Composé Festival und den Chamäleon Productions) dedicated to the development of contemporary circus. 3 projects will be selected who will be accompanied during creation and can present work in progress to curators and professionals. The accompaniment consists of mentoring, residency, workshops, presentations, promotion - depending on the needs of the projects. 23 projects applied for this first eidion of Zirkus ON.
10.4.2019 Die Great Journey : ready to go to Suwon Festival / Korea
A very busy season is going to start for Theater Anu : whereas preparing for touring and rehearsing the special projects, Theater is getting ready to head over to Suwon, Korea to present there The Great Journey for the first time in Asia.
For twenty years now Theater Anu have been exploring the potential of poetic theatre in public spaces. Under the direction of Bille Behr and Stefan Behr, and in collaboration with a variety of artists, the company have played in parks, squares and many non-theatrical locations such as tunnels, churches and industrial halls. Their installations and performances create unique spaces of experience and memory which invite visitors to immerse themselves in imaginary worlds, to be enchanted and transformed.
Every year, 40,000 visitors witness Theater Anu’s sensuous, unassuming productions in squares and parks and other open spaces. The company creates touring productions and also commissioned work for special events. Please find here a brochure detailing all the current touring shows of Theater Anu.
23.2.2019 Sanddorn Balance - in Spirng 2019 again on Tour with show production Afrika Afrika!
Sanddorn Balance will be touring again with the successful show production AFRIKA! AFRIKA! in spring 2019 through 33 cities all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg.
Sanddorn Balance will be touring again with the successful show production AFRIKA! AFRIKA! in spring 2019 through 33 cities all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg. Georges Momboyes who already collaborated with André Heller's first version of AFRIKA! AFRIKA! in 2005 put in scene this colourful revue with dance, acrobatics, giant puppets and rhythms which represent the modern Africa in all its facets. Sanddorn Balance here also represents drought, desert and lack of water - but also moments of hope which are so important for survival. Andreis Jacobs Rigolo interprets Sanddorn Balance with a special authentic habit.
the 6 artists - Zinzi & Evertjan, Chris & Iris and Circus UnArtiq (Lisa Rinne + Andreas Bartl) will meet in Gschwend at Cric active to start the creation porcess of the show Common Ground. Afterwards in May, there is another period od rehearsal at Cirkl in Leuven, BE, followed by a residency at Theater op de Markt in Neerpelt, BE. The date of premiere has been already fixed: It is set for June 29 and 30 at the festival Perplx, in Kortrijk, BE. Much to do in short time! Please follow us on our social media channels at instagram and facebook!
20.1.2019 SPRING at sadler's Wells during MIME Festival LONDON
Finally, after more than 20 years of creative juggling, Gandini Juggling will have arrived on the main stage production at Sadler’s Wells - with its latest production SPRING! Gandini Juggling is happy to announce 3 nights of fabulous shows of an extended version of Spring Jan 31 - Feb 2. Recommended in the Guardian as one of the Dance shows to see this week in London.
After excursions into ballet with 4x4: Ephemeral Achitectures and Bharatanatyam dance in Sigma, Gandini Juggling joins forces with Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associate, Alexander Whitley, (The Royal Ballet, BalletBoyz, Rambert, Birmingham Royal Ballet) to take object manipulation and contemporary dance into new territories.
Featuring five jugglers and four dancers, with special guest appearance from juggling wonderkid Wes Peden, Spring explores the nature of colour in a kaleidoscope of deconstructed rhythms and patterns. It’s spectacular, fun, funky, complex and performed to an original, ‘baroque meets techno’ score by leading London composer, Gabriel Prokofiev, with lighting by multi-award winning designer, Guy Hoare. London International Mime Festival (LIMF) was founded in 1977 by producer, Joseph Seelig, at the instigation of mime-clown, Nola Rae. He was joined by Helen Lannaghan as co-director in 1986. It is the Capital’s longest established international theatre season.Taking place each January, its programme spans the spectrum of contemporary visual performance including live art, physical and circus-theatre, mask, puppetry, movement and object theatre.
15.1.2019 Sanddorn Balance by Rigolo at Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain
Sanddorn Balance by Rigolo at 40th Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris (Jan 31 - Feb 3)! Don't miss Mäadir's youngest daughter Marula who will present Sanddorn Balance at this most important festival of modern circus arts.
The extraordinary success story of SANDDORN BALANCE began more than 20 years ago. In 1996, the Swiss theatre producer Mädir Eugster Rigolo created a balancing act for the stage production SANDDORN. The play is set in knee-deep sand; the only props are the withered ribs of date and coconut palm leaves, which Mädir Eugster Rigolo collected from the most beautiful beaches in the world. This was the birth of SANDDORN BALANCE – one of the most stunning acts the world has ever seen. SANDDORN BALANCE has enchanted countless audiences ever since, irrespective of culture, age or education. The performance can been seen in a variety of shows and circuses, in theatres, museums and opera houses. For many years, Mädir Eugster Rigolo was the only performer. Only a few years ago, the secret of SANDDORN BALANCE was given to some excellent artists who are now presenting exciting moments to audiences all over the world. Among these excellent artists, you will find Mädir's daughters: Lara Jacobs Rigolo, who is performing Sandorn Balance with Cirque du Soleil show Amaluna, and lately also Marula Eugster Rigolo, who performed Sanddorn Balance in Rigolo's stage Wings and now - in Jan 2019 - arrives to the stage of Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain where young artists from all over the world present their arts and acts. Probably is not just a coincidence that the 40th Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain meets the celebrations of Rigolo's 40th anniversary.
25.12.2018 Wes Peden - auch 2018 der weltbeste Jongleur!
Each December, jugglers vote for their favorite 40 jugglers of the year, and in 2018, this list is headed by Wes Peden again - for the 9th time meanwhile! Please have a look at http://juggle.wikia.com/wiki/Top_40_Jugglers and thanks to Luke Burrage for editing this list. You can see Wes' juggling art till midst of January at Helsinki winter circus and in February Wes Peden will do a tour of his solo play Zebra in Belgium, please have a look a the dates at Gandini's touring calendar.
15.12.2018 SPRING : at Sadlers' Wells during MIME Festival, London 2019
It took 25 years - but now, finally. Gandini Juggling enter the big stages of Sadler's Wells, one of London's most influental theatre venues. During the MIME festival, from Jan 31 till Fab 2, Gandini Juggling will present their latest creation SPRING which is a creation by director Sean Gandini and choreographer Alexander Whitley and joins forces of jugglings arts and contemporary dance with original music by Gabriel Prokoviev. This new large-scale show is a result of their time flirting with various neighbouring art forms, sharing a common core in their rhythms and bringing these cousins together to explore the relationships between them.
With the talents on display primal and emblematicSPRING is set to be a spectacular, transendant and colourful staging, performed to an original score. Featuring virtuosic jugglers and contemporary dancers the piece will take these tangible and visceral art forms into new territories and further establish the relationships between them. Embracing deconstructed rhythms and jubilant patterning - concepts of self referentiality will be visited and the score itself will be taken into the work using text to introduce fragments of narrative. SPRING follows on from the Gandini’s successful forays in ballet and theatre delving deeper into their obsession with juggling as pure choreography. This new large-scale show is a result of their time flirting with various neighbouring art forms, sharing a common core in their rhythms and bringing these cousins together to explore the relationships between them.
Spot The Drop are heading to France! Quite proud to present their play in the motherland of new circus for the first time - on Dec 1 and 2 at the Theatre in Haguenau.
Chairs, balls, rings, clubs, various odds and ends are packed - and also a new French was found: Rien à faire! Thanks to Kim Huynh, Niels' and Malte's partner with Gandini Juggling!
After incredibly successful touring all over Europe, cia de Circo "eia" is heading to Montréal, CA, where they will present inTarsi at CINARS, one the world's most important meeting points for theatre professionals and curators. The four acrobats of "eia" want to step forward to American and Asian markets with the support of Vincent Messager (Dolce Vita Spectacles).
Rigolo's Sanddorn Balance is wellknown worldwide for its appearances in cabaret, show, TV and gala events. but we should not forget that Sanddorn Balance was created as scene of a theatre play. More and more, Sanddorn Balance is returning back to its roots and we note a growing distribution in dance and theatre productions, invitations to concerts and exhibitions. One example is Rigolo's participation in the theatre play "Exodus" by Belgian company Théâtre d'un Jour. "Exodus" is invited now to LaMama Theatre in New York.
"Exodus" is a stirring play about migration and the hopelessness that drives people to leave their homeland. Sanddorn Balance shows in Exodus moments of a fragile beauty that changes the perception of reality and reveals the delicate nature of balance and the transience of life.
"Exodus" ist ein aufwühlendes Theaterstück über Migration und die Ausweglosigkeit, die Menschen dazu bewegt, ihre Heimat zu verlassen. Die Sanddorn Balance zeigt in "Exodus" Momente einer fragilen Schönheit, die die Wahrnehmung der Realität verändert und die zarte Natur des Gleichgewichts und der Vergänglichkeit des Lebens offenbart. A disturbing symbol for the current situation of the refugees in front of the "Fortress Europe". After almost 100 performances in Europe, "Exodus" is now invited to New York, appearances there at LaMama November 15 - 18.
