KORROL

Grensgeval in collaboration with Aifoon

 

After the successful family shows Plock! and murmur, KORROL is the final part of a triptych about art and creation.

 

In KORROL an acrobatic architect composes space with kilos of concrete. Jakob builds towers, the towers change into a city, a deserted plain, a person. But every time he tries to lay the last stone, his work appears unfinished. Jakob balances precariously on wobbly towers, jumps on his hands from stone to stone. But no matter what he tries: everything remains so stiff and still. Until he puts on the concrete: turning on leaden shoes he orchestrates a small ballet, in a duet with a massive ball he skims past his audience. He (re)builds his entire body. Even when he almost collapses under the weight, Jakob just finds the freedom for a duet between toe and little finger. In a world of travelling and tangible sound he rebuilds the world together with the audience.

Result: a vibrant new circus sound theatre where the audience is right in the middle. With drumming blocks, a petrified acrobat and dancing concrete.

 

 

Duration: 50 minutes

Age: 4

 

Credits

 

Concept and direction: Hanne Vandersteene and Mahlu Mertens

Design: Architect Lode De Smet Van Damme

Game: Jakob Lohmann

Sound concept: Stijn Dickel (Aifoon vzw)

Lighting design: Geert Vanoorlé

Dramaturgy: Mieke Versyp

Costume design: JanaRoos

Techni: Bram Waelkens

Production and tour management: Simon Monbaliu

 

With the support of

 

Aifoon vzw, C-Takt, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, Cirklabo, CirquEvolution (Fr), De Grote Post, De Vlaamse overheid,

Festival Spring (Fr), Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf (Fr), Miramiro, PERPLX, Perpodium, Rotondes Luxembourg, Sabam for Culture, Stad Gent, De Tax Shelter