60 degrees of separation
Camille Paycha
"Circus as NOT to be expected and foreseen" - Pieter T'Jonck, pzazz
"Elegant balance art about connectedness of humanity"- Kester Freriks, Theaterkrant
60 degrees of separation is an invitation to let yourself be transported by the pleasure of the collective.
Everything and everyone moves around you. The drummer is on a rolling podium. The acrobats are in the air, hanging on one aerial strap only. The two acrobats are holding hands and will need yours ... Guided by the driving sound of the drums and thanks to you, being present within reach of the action, impressive tricks will come to life. Let's explore, together, the intimacy linked to circus movements and the joy of the collective.
6 degrees of separation is the name of the theory that says you are at most 6 handshakes away from every other person in the world.
60 degrees is about the angle needed to lift someone off the ground if the person has one hand in the aerial strap and one hand pulled by someone else.
60 degrees of separation is the combination of both and the name of this circus performance.
Camille Paycha sets up a collective experience around the following questions: at which point does the care of intimacy shift to the violence inherent in the extreme physical actions of a circus technique? When does a technical movement become intimate? Camille tries witht his project to shift literally and figuratively the verticality of her aerial craft to a more collaborative and transversal way of dealing with her surroundings.










By: Camille Paycha
With: Sofie Anny Nicea Velghe and Camille Paycha, live music: Engel Peet
Help with mouvement research: Ruben Mardulier
Dramaturgy: Laura Gilles-Pick
Scenography: Soetkin Dewulf
Costume: Sofie Anny Nicea Velghe
Intern: Alice Davies
Light design: Michiel Soete
Distribution: Emma Ketels (je buro)
Produced by Boegbeeld
Co-produced by: PERPLX - Marke (BE), Miramiro – Gent (BE), Theater op de Markt
– Dommelhof Neerpelt (BE)
Residencies: De Grote Post - Oostende (BE)
Thanks to: Gouvernement - Gent (BE) and Festival Circolo – Tilburg (NL)
Project supported by the Flemish government
Practical info
🔧 10m x 10m, height 7m min
🗓️ J: arrival, build-up, show, breakdown
👥 5 persons - travel from BE
Première: 4 oktober 2024 @ Kiem Festival De Grote Post, Oostende (BE)
ACCESSIBILITY
· Doors remain open and you may move and change seatsduring the performance
· Wheelchair-accessible
· Music may be louder at times. Please let us know if you want earplugs.
· Assistance animals are welcome
· No spoken language
· No full blackouts, light flashes or stroboscope
· No use of smoke machines or dry ice