Prague Hosts Week-Long New Circus Festival “Cirkopolis”

The Cirkopolis contemporary circus festival opens in Prague on Sunday with Tout Rien by the Belgian company Cie Modo Grosso at Palác Akropolis. The biennial event brings together Czech artists with leading French and Belgian performers and runs across several Prague venues until February 14. Performances will take place across several Prague venues, including Palác Akropolis, ARŠE+, La Fabrika, Jatka78, DOX and CIRQUEON, a local hub for contemporary circus training and production. International Program Highlights The opening performance, “Tout Rien” by Belgian artist Alexis Rouvre, explores time and movement through object manipulation. Chains, nets and stones replace traditional juggling props. The work focuses on rhythm, balance and perception rather than spectacle. The production will also appear in Hradec Králové and Ostrava outside the Prague run. French performer Rémi Luchez brings “L’Homme Canon,” a minimalist duet created with Lola Calvet. The piece draws on the image of a human cannonball. The staging avoids technical effects. The focus stays on risk, trust and physical interaction between two performers. Another project, “In Difference,” comes from Jef Everaert and Marica Marinoni, both recognised by the European circus platform circusnext. The performance centres on the Cyr wheel, used here as a shared performance space. The work... The post Prague Hosts Week-Long New Circus Festival “Cirkopolis” appeared first on Prague Morning .