Circus Katoen
As heavy as it goes
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'As Heavy as it goes' had its première at Festival PerplX 2017. With this show, Circus Katoen is a laureate of CircusNext 2015/2016, which is a European platform for young talent.
In As heavy as it goes Circus Katoen explores different aspects of physical labour. With the weight of 18 heavy bags as starting material they are looking to re-define their circus practice. As heavy as it goes is a composition of organizing and disorganizing, carrying and dropping and giving attention on finding playfulness when pushing their physical limits.
Weight has always been a key element in Circus Katoen’s practice, especially working with the equilibrium of their two bodies. With this performance they want to grotesquely elaborate on this element by using the bags as a challenge.
By and with: Willem Balduyck en Sophie van der Vuurst de Vries
Artistic Coach: Geert Belpaeme
Physical support: Kitt Johnson
Artistic support: Sebastian Kahn
Light design: Kris Van Oudenhove
Staging: Rinus Samyn and Kris Van Oudenhove
Circus Katoen
2020
2018
10/01/20 CC De Meent, Beersel (BE)
17/01/20 CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-berg (BE)
18/01/20 CC Belgica, Dendermonde (BE)
27/06/20 PerplX, Marke (BE) - cancelled - COVID19
10/07/20 Deventer op Stelten, Deventer (NL) cancelled - COVID19
11/07/20 Deventer op Stelten, Deventer (NL) cancelled - COVID19
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2019
18/01/18 Smells like Circus, Gent (BE)
15/02/18 Cirkopolis, Praag (CZ)
16/02/18 Cirkopolis, Praag (CZ)
20/03/18 Spring Festival, Rouen (FR)
23/03/18 Spring Festival, Granville (FR)
09/08/18 De Donderdagen, Ninove (BE)
11/08/18 Theater op de markt, Hasselt (BE)
12/08/18 Theater op de markt, Hasselt (BE)
03/10/18 Room 100, Splitt (HR)
13/10/18 Rencontre des Jonglages, Parijs (FR)
16/10/18 Festival Circolo, Tilburg (NL)
17/10/18 Festival Circolo,Tilburg (NL)
30/10/18 Dance Blast, Abergavenny (UK)
01/11/18 CC De Schakel, Waregem (BE)
23/11/18 De Spil, Roeselare (BE)
30/11/18 Ter Vesten, Beveren (BE)
2017
06/05/17: Try-out @ Rotterdam Circusstad, Rotterdam (NL)
07/05/17: Try-out @ Rotterdam Circusstad, Rotterdam (NL)
01/07/17 PREMIERE @ PerplX festival, Kortrijk-Marke (BE)
02/07/17 PerplX festival, Kortrijk-Marke (BE)
17/07/17 MiramirO, Gent (BE)
18/07/17 MiramirO, Gent (BE)
15/10/17 Bristol (UK)
17/11/17 Circusdriedaagse Maastheater, Rotterdam (NL)
17/01/19 CC Geel, Geel (BE)
19/01/19 CC Palethe, Overpelt (BE)
26/01/19 C-mine, Genk (BE)
20/03/19 Bora Bora, Aarhus (DK)
21/03/19 Bora Bora, Aarhus (DK)
26/03/19 CCAF, Kopenhagen (DK)
14/12/19 CC De Woeker, Oudenaarde (BE)
2016
02/06/16: WIP CircusNext @ Theatre de la Cité, Paris (FR)
04/06/16:
WIP CircusNext @ Theatre de la Cité, Paris (FR)
07/09/16:
WIP CircusNext @ Vooruit, Gent (BE)
26/11/15 Work in Progress CircusNext Dommelhof, Neerpelt (BE)