The 13th edition of the International Circus and Living Arts Festival ‘On the Tightrope’ will take place from November 15 to 25 and will display 12 shows designed by fifteen companies from different autonomous communities, such as Catalonia, Galicia, Aragón, Valencian Community, Basque Country, Andalusia and Cantabria; and from other countries such as Argentina, France, Italy, Belgium and Ireland.
This initiative, designed and organized by Café de las Artes Teatro and recognized in the call for grants from the Santander Creativa Foundation (FSC), will offer 19 functions of those dozen proposals in stages such as Café las Artes, Centro Botín, Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP), El Palacio de Festivales, the Central Library of Cantabria and the civic centers of Tabacalera, Juan de Santander and Cazoña. Outside the capital, the festival will reach other places such as the Patio de Cristal of Castro Urdiales, the Sarón Market and the La Penilla sports court.
Beyond the proposals for the general public, there have been programmed two functions aimed at students from various educational centers of the region and two workshops for intergenerational audiences. An artistic residency of one’s own creation will also be developed at Café de las Artes.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
‘On the tightrope’ was born in 2012 as a small circus cycle but “thanks to the effort, work and the sum of collaborations it has become, without a doubt, a recognized international festival that, in addition to offering circus shows in halls and unconventional spaces in the region, proposes artist residencies, mediation actions with the community, workshops, meetings and spaces for reflection together with professionals in the sector,” highlighted the artistic director of the proposal, Cristian Londoño.
Now, it faces its 13th edition with objectives such as “open it more to the city, make it more visible and more accessible”. In addition, “living arts” have been incorporated into the festival, which encompasses those proposals where the spectator has an active role, participates and interacts with the artists.
PROGRAMMING
“We have designed a program so that spectators feel the idea of belonging, to continue contributing to feeding the taste for the performing arts and for the public to be active and committed,” said Londoño, adding that this initiative “decentralizes the cultural offer bringing scenic proposals to rural areas through its revitalization program Circonexiones”.
Among the most notable proposals of the program – available at https://enlacuerdafloja.com/ -, the event will open its program on Friday, November 15 at 6:00 p.m. in the Plaza de la Biblioteca Central de Cantabria with the company Rampante and its ‘Rococó’ show of wheels, masks and objects for all audiences. One hour later, at 7:00 p.m. at Tabacalera, the Gromic company will exhibit ‘Gromic, the magic of simplicity’a piece of clown and magic for all audiences. This is one of the three charity functions that the festival has scheduled and whose proceeds will go to the Amara Cantabria association of parents of children with cancer.
CIRCUS NIGHT
One of the key events of this edition will arrive on Sunday the 17th at 7:00 p.m. at the Festival Palace with the ‘Circus Night’ gala hosted by Wilbur, a renowned comedian and former gymnast with almost a million followers on social networks, “who has won the hearts of young and old with his appearances on the Spanish Television Gran Prix program.”
On Saturday the 23rd at the Juan de Santander de Cueto civic center, another of the “most special” proposals of the editiona free juggling workshop adapted for older people with reduced mobility, who will participate with their grandchildren. The games will be related to the ‘Claudette’ show that the Maleta Company & Balancetoi company will offer that same morning.
Another of the notable companies participating in this edition is the Italian Oltrenottewho will carry out a creation residency at Café de las Artes from Monday the 18th to prepare for the national premiere of his piece ‘Adeus’. And in addition, ‘On the Tightrope’ will feature the artist Clara Poch and her modern circus company Mumusic Circus, which will exhibit ‘Lady Panda’, voted best house show at the Zirkòlika 2023 awards.
Trocos Lucos, Zen del Sur, Ariadna Gilabert, Dani Fernández, Paula Quintas company, Joan Català, the niMú company, the Patrícia Pardo company and Alodeyá will also perform, as reported by the FSC in a press release.
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