VII Ale Circus

Ale Circus Dance Company

VII

The show presents an interactive group of people – one woman and six men. The woman rebels against following men’s rules. The story has two layers. In the first, the protagonist takes the audience on a journey through the history of the creation of the world, the rebellion of the angels and man’s banishment from paradise until we end up here and now, in our reality. The second layer is more philosophical. We accompany a lost and repressed girl on her journey to becoming a strong and independent woman with the courage to create her world according to her own rules. Music, borrowed from Kaczmarski’s “Raj” (Paradise) and Karolina Czarnecka’s repertoire, doesn’t just accompany the story, it is the tale’s literal narrator.

Creators Ale [lit. But] Circus Dance Company is a group that combines circus arts with dance and physical theatre. Ale’s shows are mainly based on theatre, in which means of expression have been extended to include circus aerobatics, acrobatics and dance. Their theatre is not only rich in form, but also encourages reflection. Because there is always a BUT. The artists are graduates of the State School of Circus Arts, winners of many prestigious contests, finalists, semi-finalists and participants of Poland’s Got Talent, artists who have gained their performing experiences on stages in Poland and abroad, people who share the passion for theatre, dance and circus arts!

Director Maciej Czarski

Choreography Consultant Weronika Pelczyńska

Cast Nicole Lewicka, Antoni Borodziuk, Maciej Czarski, Mateusz Czwojdziński, Tomasz Piotrowski, Maciej Sokołowski, Kamil Witkowski

Contact +48 510238817 Maciej Czarski ale@czarski-art.pl www.czarski-art.pl facebook.com/new.circus.productions/

30 min / no limits juggling, magic, acrobatic duo, aerial acrobatics, ground acrobatics, physical theatre, dance acrobatics, dance

“The title THE LION MAN and the retro decorations suggest that we are about to watch a lunapark show featuring a cabinet of curiosities, charlatans, tricksters, magicians from Mława, petty thieves, freaks and old boys, but what we get is a strong social performance in which the Lion Man, Clown Hunter and the Girl Clown Szmira are figures of the “other” who become the voice of the excluded.”

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