Respire
Humor, poetry, emotion, technique, originality, virtuosity.
On tour
Indoors – All ages from 5
As night follows day and inhaling follows exhaling, this two man show spins around the stage in mesmerizing rotations. Through the ingenious use of lamp objects, the artists create an intimate and mysterious universe full of surprises, the expression of the body and technical mastery. «Respire» is a circular adventure that will take you into an acrobatic and poetic whirlwind, to the rhythm of the breath.
By: Alessandro Maida et Maxime Pythoud
Music composer : Lea Petra
Pianist : Lea Petra or Mariano Ferrandez
Administrative manager : Marilia Vono
Tour manager: Cécile Imbernon – La chouette diffusion
Contact : Cécile Imbernon
Technical rider
Stage : 10x10m
Minimum height : 5m
Set up: 1h
Take down : 30 min
Audience: 300 – 600
Credits: Dominique Schreckling
One of the characters, with his long hair and loose clothes, is constantly looking for movement. Impatient, he chirps and agitates frantically. The other, more discreet, shows a real obsession with immobility. He keeps “storing” his balls. But they are made to roll, and soon he is the one who is manipulated by them. Unlike a juggler, he is carried, thrown and rolled by his own ball. The (good) surprises follow one another and the audience, between laughter and breathlessness, seems unanimous. The ballet is running smoothly. And is far from making us dizzy.
It is beautiful. Nothing is imposed, the whole being based only on our ability to be moved and to appreciate at its true value the technical performances of the 2 acrobats.
Respire is people’s favorite. Magnificent Belgian artists, an incredible technical level.
Company
Circoncentrique [Ch]
Circoncentrique is a contemporary circus company. We like to think of our bodies as our playground.
Circus techniques, burlesque, dance, games, … all this, plus our energy, brings us into unlikely universes, and researches that don’t turn around.
Most important to us are the expressions of body and technical skills, and the
perpetual surprise and rhythm…, combined with a lot of humor.
Alessandro Maida was trained at Scuola di Circo Flic, in Torino then in Ecole Supérieure des arts du cirque de Bruxelles (ESAC). He received the Public prize at the festival “Pistes de Lancement” 2010, in Brussels. He is one of the founders of Magda Clan Cie and its shows “Era” touring since 2012.
Maxime Pythoud followed the formation of the elastic Citric in Nyon, between 1994 and 2006, before leaving for the ESAC. In 2010, he was a bronze medalist at the “Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain” in Paris. He participates in the creation of the Cirque Plume, “Tempus fugit”
