The Project
The activities will connect two European Capitals of Culture: Veszprém in Hungary
and Elefsina in Greece. These historical cities offer unique squares, castle walls, mythical
spots that will create perfect backdrops for circus acrobats working in the air and ground,
connecting height and depth, history and present, young and old, amateurs and
professionals. The strong rig that will hold the weight of the acrobats is symbolic of the strong
links needed among fellow humans to be able to resist the challenges of everyday life as well
the major global challenges like the pandemic, climate change and war.
4 circus artistic oriented organizations from Hungary, Ukraine, Greece and France
gather in this artistic cooperation to collaborate for 14 months. The aims of the
collaboration are:
- 8 days of interactive performances open to the public on the streets of Veszrpém and Elefsina
- Collaboration of 50 artists amateurs and professionals
- Artistic workshops offered to audiences in public spaces
- Mass action involving hundreds of audience creating a living picture
- Multi Level learning opportunities for the project partners, the peer artists, and public audience
- Offer to the participating artists valuable experiences of “in situ” experimentation of their artistic work that will happen under the guidance of Artistic Director Albin Warrete.
MULTIPLE LEVEL OF DIALOGUE
- dialogue among citizens
- dialogue between international participants
- dialogue between amateurs and professional artists
- dialogue between the space and their habitats of the two cities
Public space belongs to each of us Public space is the symbol of necessity to find agreement A new circus is in town
