Circus / Language no Problem

Circumstances

GLORIOUS BODIES

Six elderly circus performers aged between 56 and 68 will show you what the human body is capable of, and that there is no age on that. Choreographer Piet Van Dycke explores where the power of the ageing body lies.

Successful ageing often seems to equate to being young and independent for as long as possible. But the dependence that many fear, that is precisely what these acrobats are trained to do. Indeed, you cannot float on your own without falling. GLORIOUS BODIES poignantly yet humorously breaks clichés around old age and shows the importance of (being able to) build on each other. 

Under the artistic direction of Piet van Dycke, circus and dance company Circumstances creates wordless performances. Typically, the work is always a fusion of dance and circus. From a mathematically constructed choreography, Piet then looks for the freedom and dexterity within it. This is precisely what Piet finds so interesting about circus: "What if it fails, what if you take risks? It only gets interesting when the juggling ball falls. I think it is important to get to that zero point, to realise that we are all 'just people'."