CAPAS

Capas literally means “layer”, “strata” …

Through passing quarrels and games of hide-and-seek, Capas lets us in to a circus version of communal life : convivial, almost family, made from the festive warmth of meetings.

Circus arts mix with music and danse im this show full of poetry and humour.

To rock rhythms and Italian songs a giant and very central cupboard unfolds and reveals its multiple layers.

The music and the movement set the pace, alternating between energy, tenderness and self-mockery. The artists explore the varieties of rhythm and the expressive potential of a technical gesture.

Hand to hand, balance, somersaults and dancing human pyramids; the acrobatics play through all their forms as they explore the “layers” – capas- of personality, of society, at the same time as offering the spectator different layers of interpretation.

A football, a skipping rope, white sheets and the skeleton of a cupboard, all these elements take their turn to become players in the game and the acrobatics.

ORIGINAL IDEA: Compañía de Circo “eia”

DIRECTED BY: Compañía de Circo “eia” and Jordi Aspa, with Luke Wilson as external eye.

ARTISTS: Francesca Lissia, Armando Rabanera Muro, Celso Pereira Arizaga, Fabrizio Giannini, Cristiano Della Monica.

HELP WITH THE SCENIC COMPOSITION: Roberto Magro

MUSIC COMPOSITION: Cristiano Della Monica, Massimiliano Sacchi, Le Ficufresche

CHOREOGRAPHY: Michelle Man

LIGHT DESIGN: Sarah Sankey

SCENOGRAPHY: Jaume Serrat, Laboratori de Creació

COSTUME: Fanny Fredouille, Rosa Crehuet

PRODUCTION: Compañía de Circo “eia”, Carmen Álvarez Carrasco

COPRODUCED BY: CAER-Centre d’Arts Escèniques Reus , Circ que o ! Pyrénées de cirque, Flic Scuola di Circo di Torino, Konstnärsnemndem, Festival Trapezi / Reus

WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE COLLABORATION OF: L’Union Européenne, Cooperacion territorial España France Andorra, CoNCA Consell Nacional de la Cultura i de les Arts , INAEM, La Grainerie – Fabrique des Arts du Cirque – Toulouse, Carampa École de cirque de Madrid, L’Estruch Espai per al Desenvolupament de les Arts, La Central del Circ – Barcelone, Festival Pisteurs d’Etoiles – Obernai

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS: INAEM – Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de España, Institut Ramon Llull – Lengua y Cultura Catalana