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Circolo

Contemporary version L'Histoire du Soldat premieres at Festival Circolo - Unique costumes, acrobatics and live music by Kamerata Zuid in collaboration with Inez Wolters

by one of our members
20 October 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, MUSIC, PRESS, PODIUM ART

L'Histoire du Soldat, Stravinsky's famous work, has been performed in many performances. But never before as in this new production by Tilburg-based orchestra Kamerata Zuid i.c.w. performer Inez Wolters. Dressed in extravagant costumes, she interprets the various characters in this musical tale. Together with live music by Kamerata Zuid and input from circus performer Júlia Campistany, this...

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Identity and diversity in circus: not hype but fascinating innovation #festivalcircolo

by Wijbrand Schaap
19 October 202219 October 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

Nick van der Heyden, queer circus performer, garnered approving laughter from a room full of circus students in Tilburg. He just explained that he had found a new lease of life by doing his performances as an acrobat from now on as a drag queen. 'They thought something of that here at school. There, the new circus was mainly a matter of making it as simple as possible...

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Jesse Huygh balances high level with cystic fibrosis #festivalcircolo

by Wijbrand Schaap
18 October 2022
9 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, SPECIALS

When, at the end of his performance, he stands on top of a five-metre high pole, struggling to keep his balance, the audience holds its breath. As does Jesse himself, but he does not do so voluntarily. We watched him struggle for a performance with oxygen hoses and blood meters, pausing regularly to get air again. What if...

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10e editie Festival Circolo; podium voor acrobaten in drag, artiesten uit Marokko en Syrië en circus voor baby’s

by one of our members
17 October 2022
4 min read
Circolo, CIRCUS, PRESS

Van 21 tot en met 30 oktober neemt het aantal open monden, gesperde ogen en samengeknepen billen in hartje Tilburg drastisch toe. Het grootste circusfestival van Nederland strijkt dan neer in Spoorpark Tilburg voor tien dagen eigentijds circus van topkwaliteit. De 10e editie van Festival Circolo presenteert een toegankelijk en universeel programma waar de verhalen van circusartiesten die reageren op actuele…

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Four performances in Tilburg of acrobat with cystic fibrosis

by one of our members
10 October 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, PRESS

Festival Circolo presents a special performance at four special locations in Tilburg in the run-up to the largest festival for contemporary circus in the Netherlands. 'Circus is my way of dreaming and giving hope. To live fully, whatever the conditions'. Jesse Huygh is a circus performer and suffers from cystic fibrosis, or cystic fibrosis, a genetic lung disease. Despite his illness,...

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Biting brothers, Moroccan all-rounders, juggling rock stars and more at Holland's biggest circus festival - Festival Circolo 2022: a ten-day celebration of circus

by one of our members
11 August 2022
4 min read
Circolo, CIRCUS, PRESS

Van 21 tot en met 30 oktober neemt het aantal open monden, gesperde ogen en samengeknepen billen in hartje Tilburg drastisch toe. Het grootste circusfestival van Nederland, Festival Circolo, strijkt dan neer in Spoorpark Tilburg voor tien dagen eigentijds circus van topkwaliteit. Vandaag maakt het festival haar programma bekend voor de 10e editie. Een line-up gevuld met grensverleggers, waaghalzen en…

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NOMINATIONS BNG BANK CIRCUS AWARD 2022

by one of our members
14 July 202214 July 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, PRESS

On 10 July 2022, the four nominees for this prize were announced for the BNG Bank Circus Prize 2022. From 32 graduation acts from the two Dutch higher vocational circus schools, the jury selected four that have a chance of winning the €5,000 prize. The nominees are; - Fenja Barteldres (Codarts) with her cyr wheel act 'Cyrrealism' - Harvey Cobb (Codarts) with his object manipulation act 'Something about Pink'...

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Festival Circolo pushes boundaries between art and tricks - BNG prize for handstand talent Nolan

by Wijbrand Schaap
1 November 202130 March 2022
3 min read
Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

The difference between tricks and art is the transformation. From a two-dimensional canvas into a form with three dimensions, from moving air into emotional music, on a stage from man into woman or vice versa and from a handstand into a liquid abstraction. Transformation where you are live, so it can be done very well in the circus, I experienced last...

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Festival Circolo: relaxed and sunny festival celebrates circus innovation without glitz

by Wijbrand Schaap
26 October 202129 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

Een kampvuur, oerhamburgers en flammkuchen met spek en room, maar ook koffie met havermelk en opvallend veel losse knotjes in het Tilburgse Leijpark. Witte wijn, kombucha en speciaalbier. Er zijn mensen die van zulke combinaties pukkeltjes krijgen, maar het voelde opvallend goed, afgelopen maandag tijdens Festival Circolo. Het als superduurzaam beschouwde hipstervolk mengt moeiteloos met de bourgondische Brabander, zo in…

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De duizelingwekkende leegte staat letterlijk centraal in L’absolu tijdens festival Circolo

by Jasmijn Huisman
9 October 20219 October 2021
3 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

Voor wie van acrobatiek én existentiële levensvragen houdt, is L’absolu van Boris Gibé een walhalla. Het bijzondere spektakel is te bewonderen tijdens Festival Circolo in Tilburg. In een lege silo op een hoogte van 12 meter confronteert acrobaat (en metafysicus) Gibé het publiek met grote levensvragen. Met zijn act laat hij zien dat circus en kunst hand in hand kunnen…

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Lucho Smit's unique take on circus innovation: 'Everything already exists, we just make different connections' #festivalcircolo

by Wijbrand Schaap
8 October 20218 October 2021
3 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

'I often wonder why I keep doing what I do. I do circus, but I don't just want to tell stories, I want to act, I want to live up to my beliefs and my values. And by acting, I don't mean eating organic food, sorting my waste and donating to Greenpeace, no ; I really want to contribute to all those issues I...

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New at Festival Circolo: The stage is at least as exciting when you can only hear it.

by Wijbrand Schaap
6 October 202130 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODCAST, SPECIALS

During Tilburg circus festival Circolo, you can experience it, if you want to, and certainly if you can't help it: audio description. Especially for the blind and visually impaired, the festival offers the services of Komt Het Zien, a company specialising in live description of what is on stage in front of you. Founder Arlette Hanson, is one such...

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Festival Circolo gets ready for 16-day circus festival in Tilburg

by one of our members
20 September 202130 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Circolo, PRESS, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

Festival Circolo takes place from 22 to 31 October in Tilburg. With the festival centre in the Leijpark and various satellite locations in the city, it will be one big circus party in Tilburg for ten days. Although, ten days... This year, Festival Circolo has secretly added six days. Because Les Choses de Rien's show L'Absolu - in a towering...

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Circolo 2020 goes ahead after all - Festival Circolo: THE ALTERNATIVE at Poppodium 013 & Koepelhal Tilburg

by one of our members
9 October 202030 March 2022
2 min read
For members only, Circolo, PRESS, SPECIALS

In total, Festival Circolo: The Alternative presents 11 performances including four (world) premieres. Tickets are on sale from Friday 9 October via the Festival Circolo website.