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Common Ground

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  • Tour dates:
    06/24 + 25Aarau CHAlte Reithalle / Bühne Aarau
    07/15Bielefeld DEKultursommer 2022
    07/26Dülmen DEDülmener Sommer
    07/27Herten DESummer in the City
    07/29Dinslaken DEFestival Abfahrt 1
    07/30Herford DE
    08.04IsnyTheaterfestival Isny
    08/12Idar-Oberstein DETheatersommer
  • Genre:
    acrobatics | Circus Arts | Street theatre
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Common Ground

How common is the ground? Quite normal if you stand on your feet. But what if you are doing circus?

How common is the ground? Quite common when on your feet. But what when doing circus? When standing on your partner, your ground is two hands. If you climb a pole it’s a vertical line. When hanging from a trapeze, is the ground above then? The artists challenge each other, push their limits, take care of each other and share not only their artistic vision but also their vision of community with the audience. Common Ground is a show full of acrobatics, positive energy, excitement and humour. The artists shine in their solos but more importantly they perform as a group.

We are convinced that a group can far exceed the sum of its parts when it finds and identifies a Common Ground. We believe that recognising the value of this heterogeneity simplifies the construction of a liveable common future – one that is based on both a guarantee of individual freedom and the positive experience of companionship. In this way the concept of Common Ground offers an alternative model to compulsory collectivism on the one hand and radical individualism on the other. Common Ground is a concept that contains both the guarantee of individual freedom and the positive experience of the collective – because together we are more than just the sum of individuals.

Six artists challenge each other, push their limits, take care of each other, and share their vision of community with the audience.

Common Ground is a collective of six internationally experienced circus artists who have come together to create a show. They met at the Academy for Circus and Performance Art in Tilburg, Netherlands, and have all had successful careers as solo and duo artists as well as performing in different collectives, companies and circuses. They have always wanted to get together again to share their collective experiences and produce something new and exciting. Common Ground are Andreas Bartl, Christopher Schlunk, Evertjan Mercier, Zinzi Oegema, Iris Pelz and Lisa Rinne.

author / concept / direction

Andreas Bartl, Christopher Schlunk, Evertjan Mercier, Iris Pelz, Lisa Rinne, Zinzi Oegema

artists

Andreas Bartl
Christopher Schlunk
Evertjan Mercier
Iris Pelz
Lisa Rinne
Zinzi Oegema

outside eye

Stefan Schönefeld

acrobatic coach

Denis Dulon

set design

Karoline Hahn

music / composer + arrangement

Michael Strobel

photo

Bernadette Fink
Nicole Oestreich
Karelijne Boonen / Theater op de Markt, Provincie Limburg, Belgium

video

Dirk Weiler

stage

theatre / chpiteau / big venues / outside
best : bi frontal, ca 4 x 12 m, height min 9 m
also frontal: ca 6 x 12 x 9
flying trapeze
anchor point for chinese pole

team on tour

6 artists
1 - 2 technicians
1 manager

audience

2 x 500
2 x 1000 - depending on stage situation

age

9 - 99

produced by

Common Ground vzw + Common Ground GbR

funded by

  • Flemish Government, department Culture, Youth & Media
  • Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. with means from Ministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg

Summer Tour  NRW 2022

  • Kultusekretariat NRW Gütersloh

coproduction + artistic residence by

  • Theater op de Markt / Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof , Neerpelt BE
  • Festival Perplx, Kortrijk BE
  • Kulturzentrum Tollhaus ev. Karlsruhe DE
  • Festival Cirkl, Leuven BE

rehearsal space

  • Festival Cirkl, Leuven BE
  • CirkArtiv, Gschwend, DE
  • Kinder- und Jugendzirkus Paletti, Mannheim, DE

creation

indoor 2019
outdoor 2020

NUYE

NUYE

Cia de Circo "eia"

 
Runners

Runners

Hippana.Maleta

 
SIGMA

SIGMA

Gandini Juggling