Extricate
Extricate is a project that shares an intimate, dark and decelerated universe through a circus performance & somatic sessions, as a reply to a world in overdrive. It is an “ode to the greatness of the small and unnoticed” that aims for audiences who want to disconnect to reconnect for a moment.
A circus performance
A circular, wordless circus performance lit up by torch lights made by Bert & Tomas with (hand) balancing, live composition, dance, foley effects & small details. The performance takes the audience on a journey that explores the hidden universes within that we often overlook.
Venue any indoor location
Duration 50 min
Audience Age 9 - 99 / 90 people
Artistic disciplines Hand balancing dance , live composition & foley
This is a non-verbal performance.
Decompression sessions
This somatic 20min. session invites participants on a meditative journey similar to the performance, but from within the participants themselves. They discover the beauty in the detail of the landscape of their hand and its shadow.
Both the somatic session & the (relaxed) performance are here to invite humans to rebel in gentle calmness and to make space to “Make it dark, So we can see, The smallest light, Roar, Across the sky”.
Creation & circus performance
Bert Berg
Composition & music performance
Suntapes (Tomas Vanderplaetse)
Dramaturgy
Margot Jansens
Choreography & Final Direction
Roseta Plasencia
Costume
Elise Goedgezelschap & Leentje Kerremans
Light design
Casper Van Overschee
Production
Lien Vanbossele
Exterior ear
Stijn Dickel (Aifoon)
Thematic expertise
BlinkOut
Tech. design
Jose I. Castellitti
Production
Toes Up vzw
Co-production
PERPLX, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof & CIRKLABO
Financial support
Flemish government, Miramiro
Other Support
Miramiro & UP - Circus & Performing
Residencies & Support
PERPLX, Cirklabo, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, Miramiro, UP - Circus & Performing Arts, Danspunt, Fil d’Arena, Aifoon, Creat, CC Diest, Blinkout, Pianofabriek, La Roseraie, De Kroon, De Linde, Quai 41 & Circusnext
Photography: Haroen Bollaert & Bart Wierinckx
