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Work-in-Progress: Mano Vos – Artist in Focus

Continuing to spin the wheel quickly became unbearable. I felt like I was losing myself in inertia, leaving awareness and control behind. So I focused on the weight, on my chosen essence of this practice. On the weight we give and the weight we receive, and their balance: the counterweight.

In fact, a first interaction between an object and our body is nothing more than a touch – the placement of a certain load. In my case, the weight has an impact on the entire body-apparatus system. To emphasize this, I started carrying my bike. Handling a 17 kg object is not without risk, so full awareness of each movement is essential. To achieve this, I work with breathing and the repetition of movements. These two aspects allow me to persevere for long periods of time despite the increasing exhaustion that my practice entails.

Double Bill

Artist in Focus: Alma Gruber & Mano Vos
Fri Sept 5 8:45 – 9:30 pm

The Artist in Focus format offers a platform to circus artists at the beginning of their career. The selected artists do a 1-2 week residency and show a work-in-progress as part of the festival program. There are two artists in focus at this year’s ZirQus festival : Mano Vos and Alma Gruber.

Company

Mano Vos

Mano Vos was born near the Jura in 1999. He completed his training at Zarti’cirque in Switzerland, then at the circus high school in Châtellerault in France, where he discovered the Cyr wheel. He continued his training first at the FLIC in Italy, then at the Centre National des Arts du Cirque in France, where he performed in “Brûler d’envies” under the direction of Martin Palisse and David Gauchard. He is currently working on a solo piece, is a musician for Cassandre Schopfer and Nina Sugnaux and plays in the noise garage band Flip Astley.

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