GLORIOUS BODIES – Circumstances

GLORIOUS BODIES is a physical, moving, and hopeful circus and dance performance about the resilience of the body, about seeing and being seen, and about the boundary between classical and contemporary circus. Six acrobats between 58 and 70 years old are on stage together. Their bodies carry a lifetime of circus history with them. Starting from partner acrobatics and movement, they investigate what it means to grow older in a world that often focuses on youth and perfection. With strength, vulnerability, and humor, the performance breaks through persistent clichés. GLORIOUS BODIES shows what the human body is capable of – and that there is no age limit to that. CREDITS CONCEPT/CHOREOGRAPHY Piet Van Dycke PERFORMERS Winfried Deuling, Astrid Schöne, Det Rijven, Thorsten Bohle, Paul Griffoen & Johannes Fischer MUSIC Kris Auwers DRAMATURGY Marie Peeters INSTALLATION Arjan Kruidhof LIGHTING DESIGN Casper Van Overschee COACHING LIGHTING DESIGN Edwin van Steenbergen COSTUMES Oona Mampuys PRODUCTION Circumstances vzw CO-PRODUCTION PLAN, Festival Circolo, DansBrabant, Cirklabo, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, PERPLX, Perpodium & Sabam for Culture WITH SUPPORT FROM the Vlaamse Overheid & Grensverleggers/deBuren WITH THANKS TO Miramiro, Destelheide & Wybren Wouda