A event held at Circomedia on Thursday 12th October. The event starts at 19:30.
An opportunity to catch some of the best up-and-coming South West based artists as they share new ideas and work in progress with you the audience for the very first time.
Mariona Vazquez / La Mery (She/Her) - “Mi Carga”
La Mery is a recently graduated multidisciplinary circus artist from La Rogelio Rivel (Barcelona, Spain). This piece is devised on the concepts of self-destruction and frustration. Through being abused by a trapeze and finding your way out by climbing the ropes on your own. An intense, beautifully painful, piece to showcase a reality that most people live in.
Instagram: @mery1kenovi
Ben Cornish (He/Him) - “Roll. Bounce. Throw”
My name is Ben Cornish. I graduated with a Theatre degree from Dartington College of Arts in 1987. Whilst on that course I learned to juggle. Since then juggling has been the one constant in my life. In lockdown times I wrote a book about it called ‘Juggling…and the art of practice’
In 2019 I became a student again on the Circus Directing MA. Shortly before I cam on the course I almost died. This experience has a profound impact on my juggling.
My piece ‘Roll Toss Bounce’ is an exploration of the techniques I learnt in the aftermath of this health crisis.
Instagram: @ben_the_juggler
Jake England-Johns (They/She/He) - "The Swing of the Axe"
There’s a peace from the gender noise to be found in the swing of the axe. A catharsis. A sense to be made of the people left behind.
I chopped a lot of wood whilst Mum was sick. I used my Step Dad’s axe. It’s my axe now. I wonder how much my nail extensions will get in the way? I wonder what they’d think if they saw me cutting logs these days...
Award winning physical theatre and circus performer Jake England-Johns offers a personal dance with loss, lineage and gender through the swinging of their step fathers axe.
Instagram: @seriousmischief
Poppy Emer Greenford (She/Her) - “Juggling at the Edge of the World”
‘Juggling at the Edge of the World’ celebrates the un-heroic; being reckless with the fine china, bubbles as choreographers, and the relentlessness of the womb. Bringing audiences into a world where rules are tested and most likely overturned. A game of discovery within the cracks and crevices. Puzzling together a judicious collection of fragments and everyday moments, through an eco-feminist lens. For artist, Poppy Emer Greenford, this research enquired the edges of her practice by working with non-circus-specific apparatus in a physical storytelling context.
Instagram @barefoot.in the.bluebells
Jen (she/her) and LK (she/her) - “Don't Drop Me”
“Don’t drop me” sounds simple enough but whose job is it to catch and who is supposed to fall? When balancing on the edge of risk the only option is to muddle through and find what trust looks like. A piece to subvert expectations and find nuance in the spectacle.
Jen and LK are swinging trapeze partners who couldn’t be more different but they’re finding ways to make it work.
Instagrams: @aaaaalrightythen @leikaysha
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This event will be BSL interpreted - further information will be sent closer to the event.
For the venue's access information: www.bristolcircuscity.com/custom-venues/circomedia
Date: Thursday 12th October
Doors: 7:00 PM
Show start: 7:30 PM
Show length: TBC
Age Recommendation: 16+
Content Warning: TBC
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“VOLT is a great opportunity to realise ideas in a physical space, test them out with an engaged and intrigued audience and discuss ways of progressing the boundaries of our artforms” – Chez Dunford (Previous VOLT Artist)
What we love about VOLT:
A chance to see new circus acts, short pieces and excerpts from new creations by artists from across the south west. A warm atmosphere and a real mix of artists and audiences watching new work and helping to shape it. Come to Volt if you'd like to see inside how circus is made, experience new professional work in development and chat about performance over a drink.
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For group bookings over 10 please contact: [email protected]
Tags:
Multiple Disciplines
Image credit: A Nos Fantomes by Jonathan Rowley #bristolcircuscity
Entry requirements:
Mariona Vazquez / La Mery (She/Her) - “Mi Carga”
La Mery is a recently graduated multidisciplinary circus artist from La Rogelio Rivel (Barcelona, Spain). This piece is devised on the concepts of self-destruction and frustration. Through being abused by a trapeze and finding your way out by climbing the ropes on your own. An intense, beautifully painful, piece to showcase a reality that most people live in.
Instagram: @mery1kenovi
Ben Cornish (He/Him) - “Roll. Bounce. Throw”
My name is Ben Cornish. I graduated with a Theatre degree from Dartington College of Arts in 1987. Whilst on that course I learned to juggle. Since then juggling has been the one constant in my life. In lockdown times I wrote a book about it called ‘Juggling…and the art of practice’
In 2019 I became a student again on the Circus Directing MA. Shortly before I cam on the course I almost died. This experience has a profound impact on my juggling.
My piece ‘Roll Toss Bounce’ is an exploration of the techniques I learnt in the aftermath of this health crisis.
Instagram: @ben_the_juggler
Jake England-Johns (They/She/He) - "The Swing of the Axe"
There’s a peace from the gender noise to be found in the swing of the axe. A catharsis. A sense to be made of the people left behind.
I chopped a lot of wood whilst Mum was sick. I used my Step Dad’s axe. It’s my axe now. I wonder how much my nail extensions will get in the way? I wonder what they’d think if they saw me cutting logs these days...
Award winning physical theatre and circus performer Jake England-Johns offers a personal dance with loss, lineage and gender through the swinging of their step fathers axe.
Instagram: @seriousmischief
Poppy Emer Greenford (She/Her) - “Juggling at the Edge of the World”
‘Juggling at the Edge of the World’ celebrates the un-heroic; being reckless with the fine china, bubbles as choreographers, and the relentlessness of the womb. Bringing audiences into a world where rules are tested and most likely overturned. A game of discovery within the cracks and crevices. Puzzling together a judicious collection of fragments and everyday moments, through an eco-feminist lens. For artist, Poppy Emer Greenford, this research enquired the edges of her practice by working with non-circus-specific apparatus in a physical storytelling context.
Instagram @barefoot.in the.bluebells
Jen (she/her) and LK (she/her) - “Don't Drop Me”
“Don’t drop me” sounds simple enough but whose job is it to catch and who is supposed to fall? When balancing on the edge of risk the only option is to muddle through and find what trust looks like. A piece to subvert expectations and find nuance in the spectacle.
Jen and LK are swinging trapeze partners who couldn’t be more different but they’re finding ways to make it work.
Instagrams: @aaaaalrightythen @leikaysha
----------
This event will be BSL interpreted - further information will be sent closer to the event.
For the venue's access information: www.bristolcircuscity.com/custom-venues/circomedia
Date: Thursday 12th October
Doors: 7:00 PM
Show start: 7:30 PM
Show length: TBC
Age Recommendation: 16+
Content Warning: TBC
----------
“VOLT is a great opportunity to realise ideas in a physical space, test them out with an engaged and intrigued audience and discuss ways of progressing the boundaries of our artforms” – Chez Dunford (Previous VOLT Artist)
What we love about VOLT:
A chance to see new circus acts, short pieces and excerpts from new creations by artists from across the south west. A warm atmosphere and a real mix of artists and audiences watching new work and helping to shape it. Come to Volt if you'd like to see inside how circus is made, experience new professional work in development and chat about performance over a drink.
----------
For group bookings over 10 please contact: [email protected]
Tags:
Multiple Disciplines
Image credit: A Nos Fantomes by Jonathan Rowley #bristolcircuscity
Entry requirements:
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