Runners

A circus show combining excellent juggling, stunning objects and incredible sounds.

show

2 jugglers find themselves bound to the rules of running machines while a musician orchestrates them through a series of games and experiments. A vivid circus performance celebrating juggling and running.
Running in itself is an incredibly efficient form of human locomotion.

Have you ever thought about how many muscles are needed to run, how many nerve pathways between head and leg are used with every jump? What this means in terms of coordination that the body performs - for something that seems to happen automatically? Just watch Maradona score a goal in the world cup final or feel the exhaustion of a Marathon runner when crossing the finish line. The run has so many emotions: It has stress and it has survival, it has adrenaline, desire, fear, whether you are being chased or chasing or escaping.​

Juggling is a similar phenomenon. Throwing and catching are also complex biomechanical processes. To celebrate the evolution of the human walk and throw in an increasingly immobile culture, we created RUNNERS: A circus show combining excellent juggling, stunning objects and incredible sounds.

infos

GenreContemporary circus with live music
Premiere indoor2021 Cologne DE / Latibul
Premiere outdoor2022 Žďár nad Sázavou CZ / Festival KoresponDance
team on tour3 - 4 persons
duration60 minutes
Audienceca 200 - 400
Age6+
Stagemin 10 x 8 m / height 5 m
dance floor
frontal
Exceptions prove the rule: Please contact ask us, we check every proposed venue!

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team

AuthorshipJonas Schiffauer
Alex Allison
Moisés Mas García
PerformerJonas Schiffauer / Daan Mackel
Alex Allison / Pieter Visser
Moisés Mas García
Sound Design + composer + arrangementsMoisés Mas García
Dramaturgical + choreographic accompanimentBenjamin Richter
Darragh McLoughlin
Anna-Katharina Andrees
Lena Maria Kaiser
Costume DesignLiora Epstein
Set designJonas Schiffauer
Alex Allison
Moisés Mas García
Visuel Design / video / graphicsAlex Allison

sponsors

ProductionJonas Schiffauer / Hippana.Maleta
CoproductionT-Werk Potsdam
funded byNEUSTART KULTUR // Fonds Darstellende Künste mit Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien
NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste mit Mitteln des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Kulturamt der Stadt Köln
Arts Council of Ireland
Zirkus ON
Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh / Junges Theater - Tour 2023/24
supported byION Instruments
Johnson Health Tech
ResidenciesAtoll Festival - Tollhaus Karlsruhe DE
Barnes Crossing, Cologne DE
Katapult Berlin DE
La Strada Bremen DE
Latitude 50 Marchin BE
Latibul Cologne DE
Open Space Bochum
Quartier Am Hafen Cologne DE
Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen DE
Schaulust Bremen DE

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Contact

Artistic directors

Jonas Schiffauer hippanatheatre@gmail.com
Alex Allison ciemaleta@gmail.com

Management

Ute Classen
info@ute-classen.de
+49 241 45048410
www.ute-classen.de