Antilia: Happy Hoop
At first glance, Antilia appears to be a classic circus arena where five artists perform their acts in rotation. Upon closer acquaintance, it is much more than that. It is a collective, a community that seeks to explore the relationship between the artist and the organizer, between the artwork and the audience, as they travel with a touring circus arena in Europe.
In Antilia, you can experience, among others:
HAPPY HOOP by Silvia Martini (IT)
Circusperformance that combines sophisticated hula hoop technique, handstands and clown with great involvement of audiences of all ages. It is impossible not to get caught up in Silvia’s world full of circles and acrobatic follies, backed by lyrical bases with an exotic flavour!
Silvia Martini was educated from circus schools in Madrid and Buenos Aires and is is the co-founder and performer of prize winning Compagnia Duolinda.
INFO
DURATION: 30 min.
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
Inbetween the performances, you can meet and have a chat, not only with the artists but also with many Italian cultural figures who have traveled with the company (and who have brought an espresso machine and good Italian coffee with them…).
What is it like to be a circus artist in contemporary Europe? How do we create sustainable frameworks for European performing arts that ensure artists from the east and west, north and south can showcase their work throughout Europe?
Antilia is a touring circus arena inspired by circuses of bygone times when tents did not yet cover the stages. Antilia is a desire to share, dream, and create circus in an arena that encompasses not only performances but also places and emotions. Inside Antilia, you can feel the lively and direct connection b
At first glance, Antilia appears to be a classic circus arena where five artists perform their acts in rotation. Upon closer acquaintance, it is much more than that. It is a collective, a community that seeks to explore the relationship between the artist and the organizer, between the artwork and the audience, as they travel with a touring circus arena in Europe.
In Antilia, you can experience, among others:
HAPPY HOOP by Silvia Martini (IT)
Circusperformance that combines sophisticated hula hoop technique, handstands and clown with great involvement of audiences of all ages. It is impossible not to get caught up in Silvia’s world full of circles and acrobatic follies, backed by lyrical bases with an exotic flavour!
Silvia Martini was educated from circus schools in Madrid and Buenos Aires and is is the co-founder and performer of prize winning Compagnia Duolinda.
INFO
DURATION: 30 min.
TICKET PERFORMANCE
Click the TICKET icon to the right: next to TIME + LOCATION or buy a festival-wristband and get free tickets to all ticket-performances. There are different categories of wristbands – for families or individuals.
READ MORE and buy PASSAGE FESTIVAL WRISTBAND HERE
Inbetween the performances, you can meet and have a chat, not only with the artists but also with many Italian cultural figures who have traveled with the company (and who have brought an espresso machine and good Italian coffee with them…).
What is it like to be a circus artist in contemporary Europe? How do we create sustainable frameworks for European performing arts that ensure artists from the east and west, north and south can showcase their work throughout Europe?
Antilia is a touring circus arena inspired by circuses of bygone times when tents did not yet cover the stages. Antilia is a desire to share, dream, and create circus in an arena that encompasses not only performances but also places and emotions. Inside Antilia, you can feel the lively and direct connection b
ABOUT CORDATA F.O.R.
CORDATA F.O.R. Association (IT) is a network for contemporary circus that both produces, conducts research, and works towards recognition of the value of contemporary circus art in Italy and abroad. www.cordatafor.com