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BoO Cosa Vostra... ©P. Cibille
BoOCosa Vostra...
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For their second creation CirkVOST felt the urge to leave the circus tent behind and get out into the open air.
The company always been at-tracted and in-need of a strong, unique and somehow impressive scenography. As they did with their first show «Epicycle» they carried on with their research of the unique structure to fly on. An history with the Australian Com-pany Bambucco lead the collec-tive to develop the idea of a tou-ring bamboo structure to build their new show on. More than 300 sticks of Bamboo and 2000 knots later, a stunning structure appeared.
The monumental installation changes and asks questions about city architecture as we know it ; it creates an epheme-ral volume around which every viewpoint is different, as are those of the spectators
Specialising in all that is aerial, it’s only natural that the CirkVost feel at home on this light, strong and almost legendary material.
It all starts around a family pho-to, the members of a chic and stylish clan arrange to meet up.
Links between the figures are drawn out and can be glimpsed as they climb, jump and move about the structure. The movements are carried by the music, light plays out in and around the bamboo maze, re-vealing the exchanges between characters, together or apart, near or far.Out of this urban physicality the imperfections and the mi-sunderstandings of the human being come gradually to light, leading to the breakup of the clan.Within this chaos the airborne bodies change, twist, and the flying falls apart.
From deformed swinging to de-cadent Korean catching, the ae-
rial disciplines lose their traditional codes and leave place to more basic emotions. The team turns around the idealized image of all that is understood by the art of aerial acrobatics, peopled by kinds of untouchable super-heroes continually standing by one another.The group’s excesses strike a chord and leads us to reflect upon our own relationships with our families and our fellow beings..Not simple, not always satisfying but oh so animal, so human…..
BoOCosa Vostra
A one hour show for all
audiences from 7 and above
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The construction of the bamboo installation, the setting in which the show plays out and a sculp-ted work in its own right can give rise to a variety of different exchanges and public gathe-rings.
Cultural activities based upon the construction in bamboo, a festive cocktail introducing the setting and the show, visits and news ways of looking at the transformed space in which it’s built..
Around the show
An installation to be experienced
A site to inspire imagination and invention…
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Begun in autumn 2011, the production of the show has bought together different partners:
Le ministère de la Culture et de la Communication DGCA
La région Languedoc Roussillon
Le département du Gard
La communauté de communes du Pays Grand Combien
L’ADAMI
Le Volcan, scène nationale du Havre
L’Agora, centre culturel et PNAC Aquitaine
La Verrerie d’Alès en Cévennes,PNAC Languedoc Roussillon
Le Théâtre de Cusset
La Coopérative 2R2C
Le Carré Magique, PNAC Lannion Trégor
Le cirque Jules Verne, PNAC et des arts de la rue d’Amiens
PARTNERS
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The Team : At the office :
Alexandrine Bianco
On tour : 14 people
(1 musicien, 3 technicians,2 riggers and 8 aerial acrobats)
The technical staff :The technical manager :
Jan NAETSBorn in October ’76 in Wilrijk. First of all clown in Belgian clinics, then teacher for adults and child-ren in difficulty, he lets go social work to take care of merchan-dise, as a dock worker in the port of Antwerp. The Antwerp festival catches sight of him and asks him to work as tent rigger for circus companies over several summer periods.. Les Arts Sauts, passing through for the Zomerfestival, take hold of him and turn him into chief technician.. Since then, armed with an increasing number of diplomas and qualifications, he has become an outstandingly all-round technician.
The sound technician : Maxime LENEYLE
Max turns up in1988. Drumming quickly becomes a passion and he spends his school holidays prac-tising his rhythms and riffs. After a whole bunch of adventures he ends up by getting his exams and and sets out to spend 2 years at the DMA in Nantes to study show management. Before the end of his studies Max chucks it all in and sets off into the working world with the Company Malabar, fol-lowed by the Company Hanabi, until one day he comes across a circus tent and decides to make it his new home. Having been with the Company Cubitus du Manchot for the birth of the show Ballet Manchot, he needs a change of air, to get away, and sets off for new adventures with CirkVOST.
The lighting technician:Simon DELESCLUSE
Born in 82. After audio visual stu-dies specialising in engineering in 2004, a very technical approach
around video, sound and light, he comes across the entertainment side of the business while working for the independent label Jarring Effects. He learns about lighting design little by little with several different companies. He finally meets up with the company Les Lutins Refractaires in 2006 and becomes one of the chief tech-nicians during the 2009/10/11 seasons. In 2010, with 8 equally enthusiastic friends, he founds the Complexe du Crabe in Bonlieu sur Rubion in the Drome region of France. Encouraged by the multi-faceted aspect of his work he joins up regularly with the company Bélouga, the festival L’Estival de la Batie in the Loire, the Book Festi-val in Bron and goes regularly on tour with the South African group Ben Sharpa & 4DLS. He joins the Boo project in 2012 in order to par-ticipate in the lighting design and its technical follow-up.
The bamboo riggers : Stephen ROBINSON
After having been a climbing ins-tructor for several years, and with his Masters degree in mathema-tics in his pocket, Steve the Lon-doner literally fell into rigging while climbing down a mountain in the Peak District. His first job in the business involved a lot of clim-bing around up there for the show in the Millennium Dome in London. After the Dome Steve sets out to be Chief Rigger for the Genera-ting Company before working for numerous other troupes such as The Royal Shakespeare Co., Cara-col, Bambucco, etc.. When Steve isn’t climbing in the Alps or doing off-piste skiing, he puts his pre-cious experience at the service of companies all over the world to conceive and build all sorts of improbable structures. He’s one of the most experienced Europeans as regards bamboo structures.
Andrew MITCHELLFebruary 1970. Born beneath the Australian sun in the town of Mel-bourne. The beach, basketball and reading win out over his multime-dia studies at the RMIT Univer-sity of Melbourne where he none-theless manages to stick it out for almost a full year. But the lack of action takes him rapidly to Curcus OZ, where he becomes factotum. Ever since then he’s never stopped climbing to where the urge takes him in order to clean up a few buil-ding facades with Vertigo or do
the necessary to let human beings identify themselves with birds. Aerial rigging holds no secret for him, and he was taken on by “les Arts Sauts” as their first (profes-sional!) rigger. Using his immense experience with Bambucco, he takes care of the bamboo rigging for BOO and also takes part in the show as he learnt to do so well in Epicycle…
The trapeze artists :Sébastien BRUAS
He begins sudying acrobatics at the age of 7, through gymnastics, before spending several months in the Fratellini School in Paris, and also at Circus Space in London, Die Etage in Berlin and at l’Escuela Nacional de Circo of Havana. His teacher for aerial techniques is Gérard Fasoli. From1999 he colla-borates with the Teatro Del Si-lencio. He founds the Cie Lunatic (with Cécile Mont Reynaud) in 99 and Le Nadir (with Romulo Pelliza) in 2002. In 2010, at the 31st Festi-val Mondial du Cirque de Demain, he receives, along with Maxime Bourdon and Les Philebulistes (Arcane), the prizes Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey as well as the Cirque du Soleil prize for innova-tion. At the same time, Sébastien works with La grande échelle (Marie Elizabeth Cornet). He joins CirkVOST for the BOO project in August 2012.
Mélissa COLELLOAugust 1975. She’s born during the Canadian summer, so gets to know the sun before the snow. At the age of 17 she decides to take off by doing flying trapeze at the national circus school in Montreal Three short years later she’s flying with her own wings and sets off on her first voyages. The “Cana-dian Trapeze Airline” takes her on board first to Sweden for a Nordic tour with Circus Scott. She’ll do a few stopovers at Berlin, London and Tokyo before finally getting hold of an ‘open ticket’ with the flying trapeze company “les Arts Sauts”.
Sara SANDQVISTAugust 1973. Swedish by birth. Very soon, at the age of 16, she discovers France and its national school of circus arts in Chalons-en-Champagne. Despite her initial orientation towards equestrian acrobatics, she becomes contor-tionist and then flyer for trapeze
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cradle during her four years at the school. A platinum screw in each shoulder transforms her into a semi-android and allows her to continue her career in various Scandinavian, European and inter-planetary shows. She joins up with the humans of “les Arts Sauts” and along with them, for eight years, gives herself over to defying the laws of gravity.
Benoît BELLEVILLEJune 1974. Born in the 7th district of Lyon, he’s not from the Croix-Rousse by birth, but by adoption. As soon as he can he’s climbing trees and bouncing all over the place which brings his mother, (exhausted by all this energy) to send him off to a gym club. Ten years of training and competi-tion later makes going from there to the circus as easy as a double somersault. Some time spent with the Circus Archaos at the age of 17 and exams failed twice over bring the conviction that the path cho-sen is the right one. He cuts out an artistic swathe through various shows and then decides to make his own with his “Frères Kazama-roffs”. From juggling to becoming the flying object itself is just a step, achieved when he joins “les Arts sauts.
Cécile YVINECJuly 1980. Sees the light in the 14th district of the French capital. Born to highly geographically mobile parents she grows up in the Mari-time Alps near Cannes where she takes her first steps in the world of circus. That’s when she starts going to the Campelières circus
school in Mougins. Despite an ob-vious predisposition for the uni-cycle, she soon gets tired of her single wheel and turns towards acrobatics and dance, carrying out two years of preparatory class in Mougins. Then she goes through the ENACR and the CNAC and be-comes a grand professional flying acrobat (1.74m). After various aerial creations she becomes part of CirkVOST in 2008 in order to carry on getting high..
Jean PELLEGRINIMay 79. Born at Metz, in Moselle. At the age of two he leaves Moselle for La Marne and grows up in Cha-lons en Champagne. A carefree childhood, he practices handball and judo, giving himself over to studying electronics and isn’t at all interested by the national scho-ol of circus arts down the road. He gets into show business as a lighting designer and will work as much for theatre (la salle rive gauche) as for companies (la boite noire) or festivals (jonglissimo). In 1999 he gets a chance to be cat-cher on a swinging cradle, which leads him to change jobs and go over to the other side of the lights. A passage at the CNAC rounds off his training and teaches him about catching from every angle.
David GUILLOUARTBorn in Châlons en Champagne the 13 of April 1970 at 5h. His child-hood goes by without a hitch, but even so he toughens himself up from 12 to 19 years old with boxing. Saying goodbye to studies in ac-counting he goes to the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in order to learn how to catch his fel-low beings. On graduating he sets out with a flying trapeze number on various tours with the Circus Flic-Flac , Merano, Circo Interna-çional d’Espagne... Then, leaving the flying rig behind him, he gets an aerial cradle number together with Marie Seclet. He does a brief stopover with the Cirque du Soleil and Franco Dragone before cros-
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to work with. A envy to create a Bamboo structure for a touring flying show was there for many years.A meeting with Georges Cullivier, ex-bambucco member (bam-boost.be), gave the impulse to achieve this dream. The Structure is design by Stephen Robinson and Andrew Mitchell in collabora-tion with Cirk VOST.
The direction :Florent BERGAL
Choreographer, dancer, acrobat, manipulator of objects. After stu-dies at the Lido, circus arts centre in Toulouse in 98, he pursues his training in contemporary dance, a discipline which decidedly marks out his work within the circus world. Since 2000, he has co-founded three contemporary circus compa-nies: R de Rien, Rital Brocante, and the collective G.Bistaki. He equally performs as a dancer in the com-panies of the choreographers Ro-berto Olivan and Nadi Malengraux. He teaches acrobatics and dance in the circus schools of Toulouse, Lille, Nimes, Milan, Turin, Rotterdam, at the institut de Teatro’ at Barcelone and at the CCN in Orléans. He is choreographer and director for several companies (Le cubitus du manchot, Branlebas,Made in, Much-much Company, Cada Die Teatro, My !Laika, les biphasés, Davaï Com-pany, la Subliminati corporation and the company Oktobre). As of 2008, he co directs research at the circus arts centre in Toulouse, and draws out the pedagogic and choreographic approach of the school. Currently, he’s out sailing on the G.Bistaki …. and out projec-ting on the bamboos of CirkVOST with the precious assistance of Eva Ordoñez…
The musical creation :Nicolas FORGE
et Antonin CHAPLAINA team which has already gained its honours on the musical crea-tion of epicycle… Born in 1975 by candlelight in the thick Ardeche jungle, Antonin leaves for the city and settles in Lyon. 20 years later he co-founds and develops, as keyboard player, the group High Tone which goes on to turn out al-bums (12 in all) and tours. He gets interested in recording techniques and sound engineering as well as in production, distribution, promo-tion and graphics. In 2009, in col-laboration with Nicolas Forge, he composes the music for Epicycle for CirkVOST and sets out once more on the adventure with BOO.
Renald MUSACCHIARenald was born in the city of Nice, to a carefree childhood in the sunny south of France. Drawn to gymnastics from an early age, at 6 he joins the «Entente Gym-nique Niçoise». Quickly spotted, he continues on this path and joins the sports curriculum study of Antibes gym, a school which has nurtured many great French champions. Gymnastics having no secrets left for him, he decided to replace the ground with a horse and make his first steps in the entertainment business doing acrobatics on hor-seback. During an encounter with Clubmed he discovers the thrill of flying trapeze, and his past expe-rience in gymnastics provides him with him a rapid passport to ex-cellence. He joins the company of Les Arts Sauts for their last crea-tion, Ola Kala. He becomes part of CirkVOST in 2011, and since then flies high on the epicycle.
The musician :Nicolas FORGE
Born in 1980 in Macon. Author and composer, it’s after a journey du-ring which he writes a songbook that he forms the group « Ancien Pantins ». In December 2003 the concert at « Thou bou d’chant » allows them to bring out an album. At the same time he learns about the techniques of street theatre with « Komplex Kapharnaüm » and takes part in the shows made by this company renowned throu-ghout Europe. From 2004 on he gives himself up to composing and comes up with his own original recordings (« entre chien et loup » and « super sans plomb »compa-nies ). In 2007, he forms the duo « Luzita Electric » and then two years later joins CirkVOST.
The setting :Having work with the Australian company Bambucco, Stephen Robinson, Andrew Mitchell and Melissa Colello have find in the material pleasure and creativity
The costume design :Florinda DONGA
Specialized in the concept and fa-brication of theatre costumes, tex-tile structures and made to mea-sure garments, she has worked for different companies, national theatres, stylists and even desi-gners and architects. With BOO she can marry her passion for cos-tumes, and their integration into the astonishing theatrical archi-tectural setting provided by the bamboo structure. (florindadonga.blogspot.com)
The lighting design :Christophe SCHAEFFER
Works with numerous theatre and dance companies, and also with circus and street theatre. (Luna Collectif, Le Nadir, Marie-Elisa-beth Cornet du Cirque du Soleil) As of 1996, he is the lighting desi-gner of the Co. Teatro del silencio. He’s had a special mention for his work in the context of the Univer-sal Exhibition in Zaragoza in 2008. (lighting design of «Agua de Vol-can»). Christophe Schaeffer has the added quality of being a Doc-tor in philosophy as well as a li-ghting designer. To this day, he has published a dozen written works.
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Site Visit : artistic and technical visit compulsory
An area of 40mX40m is necessary for the get-in and installation of the bamboo structure, and also for the audience. (depending on the previewed installation site.)
It is important that the ground of the chosen site be solid enough to furnish a good resistance to the 8 anchor stakes. It should not have a gradient. ( 2 percent maximum).It must be accessible as soon as the company arrives. Security bar-riers must be provide if necessary (160 linear metres). Height of the bamboo structure: 15 meters (368 bamboos)D-6 the team arrives during the afternoon. D+3 at the latest, the team leaves.14 People on tour: possibility of bringing our caravans (see specific technical rider)Attention : in case of heavy rain the get-in or get-out will stop.In case of rain the show will stop !
Personnel requirements :
SET-UP
D-6 : 1 person who is familiar with the site-plan and installation, andcan give access to water and electricity. D-5 : Morning : 6 people (maintenance) (1 x 4-hour work period).D-3: 2 lighting technicians/electricians (2 x 4h work periods)D-2: 2 lighting technicians/electricians (3 x 4h work periods)
SHOWTIME
D: 6 people on FOH and safety. 1 person who knows the set-up for electricity supply and otherneeds.
GET-OUT
D+1 : 3 lighting technicians/electricians (2 x 4h work periods) D+2 : 4 maintenance personnel (2 x 4h work periods)
Equipment requirements :
From the arrival until the com-
pany’s departure :
- 1 pro-tent with side-
walls 3mx3m, and 1
pro-tent 3mx4m with
side-walls.
- 6 staging platforms
2mx1m
- 4 tables & 10 chairs
- 40 police barriers or
wire walls to draw
out and protect the
technical area.
- depending on the
site a sufficient num-
ber of barriers to
organise the public
access.
- off-site lighting for
and public acces and
emergency exits.
- bottles of water for
the set-up, the shows
and the get-out
- additional sound.
- ...
Technicalrequirements
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Health and safety :
When a health and safety visit is required, please
put us in touch with them beforehand in order
that we may work together in advance. The same
goes for a visit by a work inspector. Of course
the organizer of the event should above all en-
sure that the site in question is totally adequate
to accommodate an installation of this kind.
Security :To be decided according to the site lay-out..
Audience :The company does not possess a box-office or a
place to welcome the public. The company can
provide a bar area for the end of the show.
The configuration of the public will be adapted
and planned on (during the) site visit, according
to the site and to the amount of public anticipa-
ted by the venue.
Contact technical manager :
Jan Naets :
06 98 92 10 34
Electricity :All the feeds towards the structure must be P17 sockets. The main feed must be 125 A threephase + Neutral+ Earth.Depending on the site lay-out, allow enough cable to bring power to the structure.
Lighting :The company has its own lighting system and its own control.Additional request : 4 PAR CP62 and 1 6x3 kW dimmer.
Contact lighting technician :Simon Delescluse :[email protected] 33 6 59 11 72 36
Sound :The company has its own sound system and sound control. However, if the site demands and if the audience is over 1000 people, a supple-mentary sound system should be provided. This will be done outside the time given to do the set-up and get-out, and extra crew could be ask to do so.
Contact sound technician :Maxime Leneyle :[email protected] 58 73 37 59
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Contacts
Alexandrine Bianco +33(0)[email protected]
Benoit Belleville +33(0)[email protected]
Melissa Colello +33(0)[email protected]
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