6 – 28 May

Focus Circus

Focus Circus presents a concentrated programme of contemporary circus works that examine virtuosity, hybrid artistic forms and evolving stage writing. Five pieces by international creators — including Julian Vogel’s Ceramic Circus, Katharsy’s Le Ring staged by Alice Laloy, Lili Parson Piguet’s provisional piece, a new proposition by Camille Boitel & Sève Bernard (compagnie L’Immédiat), and Marion Duval’s Retour — mix acrobatics, music, visual arts and performance. The focus also accompanies the creation Smallest Things by Marc Oosterhoff following a residency exit. The programme favours daring physicality and inventive scenography.

Esplanade Alice-Bailly 1,
1207 Genève
Photo Credit: DR
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Photo Credit: DR

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