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Jitter
Keeping Company [Be]
lindy hop & acrobatics
Jitter — celebrating the freedom to move, groove, and be alive. Somewhere between dance floor and circus ring, two performers chase rhythms, bend rules, and toss objects (sometimes each other), reveling in the joy of jazz and swing.
One foot in the past, one tapping firmly in the present, the duo plays with echoes of another era — when jazz was rebellion and swing floors were spaces of freedom — and asks the questions anew: Who leads? Who follows? Who decides? Perhaps the music does. Perhaps no one does.
Less a show to watch than a groove to catch, Jitter invites audiences to feel the pulse in their own bones. Blending Lindy Hop, acrobatics, object play, and wit, the performance can expand into a swing workshop or a full Lindy Hop evening. Wherever it travels, it does so eco-lightly — by train, by bicycle, and always with rhythm in tow.
The term ‘jitter bug’ was used by black dancers in the 1920s to refer to white people trying to dance the Lindy Hop at a very fast, bouncy pace. From there, the ‘jitterbug’ developed into a very distinctive dance style: a little ridiculous and flawed, just the way the company likes it.
Concept & performance : Ezra Weill & Aviva Rose-Williams outside eye : David Melendy dance coaching: Astrid Akay & Sander Costermans choreographic coach: Antoni Androulakis original music: Martin Salemi production : Keeping Company bookings & production : Chantal Heck – La chouette diffusion coproductions : UP Circus & Performing Arts, Centre Culturel du Brabant Wallon résidences & partenaires: Centre culturel Wolubilis, Miroir Vagabond, Les Baladins du Miroir, Cirque Toamême, MSA, Maison Culturelle d’Ath et la Ville d’Ath, Trapèze asbl, Maison de la Création soutiens: Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service Général de la Création Artistique – Service des Arts Forains, du Cirque et de la Rue, WBTD, SACD
The artists
Keeping Company [Be]
Keeping Company was founded by Ezra Weill in Brussels in 2024. Through circus, the company immerses itself in atmospheres of the past (cassettes, swing, etc.) with the aim of offering shows and artistic forms that stimulate connection, whether between the audience and the artists or the members of the audience. .
Ezra Weill
Circus artist, dancer, musician based in Brussels, Belgium. He graduated from the National Circus School of Montreal in 2015 in smooth rope and hat juggling. Ezra combined hat manipulation with his smooth rope work to create a unique and original show. He went on to explore different forms of circus performance performing in small cabarets and large theatres, both in solo acts and collaborating with groups, from South America to Europe. He graduated from the National Circus School (Canada) in 2015, specializing in aerial rope and hat juggling. Ezra has combined hat manipulation with his work on aerial rope to create a unique and original performance. He has since explored various circus performance avenues, from small cabarets to large circus venues, both as a solo act and in collaborations, across South America and Europe. He has since explored various circus performance avenues, from small cabarets to large circus venues, both as a solo act and in collaborations, across South America and Europe.
Fuelled by his interest in music and dance as well as exploring his circus disciplines, Ezra is always looking to see how these different art forms can co-exist on stage in his work with Zirkus Fahraway (CH), his own creations Hats 2 Heads, Boombox, Jitter and other projects.
Aviva Rose-Williams
Aviva began her circus studies as a teenager in San Francisco. She went on to train professionally in Quebec, where she specialised in Chinese mast. In 2012, she co-founded the collective ‘A Sens Unique’, which was officially based in France in 2013, and she toured the collective creations ‘Léger démêlé’, ‘Mule & InTact’ (2015-2022). In 2018, she founded ‘Split Second’, a circus-dance company, in the United States with her twin sister. They created and toured 2 shows (Mind the Gap & What it’s like). Between these projects, she worked as a stand-in for the companies ‘Collectif Sous Le Manteau’, ADM, Zirkus Farhaway and others. She has also worked as an outsider for ‘À Trois Branches’, Courant d’Aire, Organiek Mechaniek and others. She can’t wait to embark on her first creation with Keeping Company.
