Work-in-Progress: Mermaids
Absurd Gazon
| Duration: | 40 minutes |
| Age: | From 12 years |
Past dates:
- 25. July 19:00
Work-in-Progress: Mermaids
Mermaids is a piece born from the desire to bring to the stage the expression of a feminine identity,
marked by sweetness, pink, old toys, and the transition from childhood to adulthood, where fragility
meets its relationship with beauty and the female body.
Everything unfolds through the fusion of aerial language and object theater, in a universe inspired
by visual artist David LaChapelle, characterized by contrasts between pastel colors, broken toys,
female bodies, and an oniric world where the body and circus language serve as the primary
expressive vehicle.
This takes the audience on a metaphor-filled journey, resembling a dream that
navigates between the lights and shadows of the passage from childhood to adulthood.
Credits:
Josefina Rozic: Author, performer and project manager
Andrea Schulte: External consultant for movement and body language (FOCON program)
Christian Coumin and Gina Vila Bruch: Artistic consultants (FOCON program)
Chiara Marchese: External consultant for dramaturgy and object theater
Gabriela Bianchi: Lighting designer
Many thanks to: Lucha Emilia, Fred Deb, Camille Judic, Kathia Perich.l
Josefina Rozic
Josefina is a Chilean-Croatian artist who was born in Chile in 1996. She started training on the vertical rope and dancing at the age of 16. She later studied at the Argentinian circus and dance school “Circ de les Arts”. She then trained at the FLIC circus school in Italy (2015-2017) and at the Academy of Circus Arts and Performing Arts (ACAPA) (2021), where she specialized in vertical rope and straps.
She discovered her interest in acting during quarterly courses at Teatro Oracles and Los Escultores del Aire, after which she studied acting in Barcelona. She later took part in professional training in experimental theater at the Teatre Laboratori school (2022). Mit ihrem Projekt “Las sirenas existen” (Mermaids exist) nahm sie am Programm FOCON am Esacto Lido in Toulouse teil (2023/2024).
She has developed her work as the author of short pieces at festivals in Chile and Europe, such
as the “Festival Amalgama” 2020, “Festival Utopia” 2020, and “Escena Circo” 2020, among
others. She has also worked as a performer with companies such as “Theater Tol” 2021 and
“Circo Patagonia” 2020. Since 2023, she has been working on the creation of “Las sirenas si
existen, ” presenting short excerpts at CC Can Clariana 2022, CC La Lleialtat Santsenca 2022,
La Volière 2022-2023, La Central del Circ 2022, Ateneo Popular Nou Barris, and Esacto Lido
2023/2024.
Audience information
Hat collection: The work in progress is based on hat collection. This means that there will be a collection after the show and you decide your ticket price (cash or twint).
Free choice of seats: please arrive 10 minutes in advance.
Wheelchair accessibility: The Zirkusquartier is wheelchair accessible. You can find more information here.
Age: Please note the age information.