Trapèze, existence-ciel
10 and 24 July 2018 at 12h40
Théâtre de l'Adresse « Diffusion », 2 avenue de la Trillade, Avignon
Two exceptional readings before the premiere in September 2018. One evening, in an Italian circus, trapeze artist Sandy Sun fell… Two years later she was back at the highest international level…
“This way of thinking, which since your earliest years has combined writing and the play of the body, is exceptionally original. In this artistic approach that you constantly carry lies an answer to the question running through today’s circus.
Some think that circus could do without the perilous act in favour of narrative and a stronger aesthetic.
You show that a few minutes on the trapeze are a unique moment of strength and poetry, which we must learn to read and see again, and that is what your text makes possible.”
Jean-Pierre Marcos – Letter to Sandy Sun – 2018
“What do we know of the realities of circus life? What happens between the moment the acrobat leaves the ground and the moment she returns? When the artist embarks on a career? What happens between the leap and the fall? And after the fall? Sandy Sun answers these questions masterfully, with passion, talent and emotion.”
Philippe Goudard – 2018
Gold medallist at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain, winner of the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation for Vocation award, trapeze artist in the greatest circuses and cabarets of Europe, aerial teacher and choreographer at higher professional circus schools in France and Canada,
Sandy Sun now tells the story of her “bare-handed life”.
Duration: 1h15
Age 8 and up
