Elena Lydia Kreusch
artist / curator / scholar / producer
6. + 7.12.2019: KALEIDOSKOP @ Winterfest inSalzburg (AT)
IN 2019, KALEIDOSKOP, THE EXPERIMENTAL FORMAT OF THE WINTERFEST SALZBURG, IS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECT "CIRCUS RE: SEARCHED". CURATED BY ELENA LYDIA KREUSCH AND ARNE MANNOTT, THE EVENT SHOWCASES A SELECTION OF CIRCUS ARTISTS FROM AUSTRIA, GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND.
CONSCIOUSLY CROSSING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN GENRES, TWO SOLO ARTISTS AND ONE ARTISTIC DUO CREATE AN EVENING COMPOSED OF THREE SHORT PIECES, EACH EXPLORING THE PERFORMATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS ARTS.
THE AUSTRIAN DUO MAJA KAROLINA FRANKE AND RALPH ÖLLINGER USES PARTNER ACROBATICS AND PERFORMANCE ART TO EXPLORE THE ROLE OF THE AUDIENCE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN OUR INDIVIDUALIZED SOCIETY.
PROACTIVE AUDIENCE INVOLVEMENT ALSO PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE WORK OF BERLIN BASED PERFORMER DARRAGH MCLOUGHLIN: THE ARTIST MIXES JUGGLING TECHNIQUE WITH CINEMATIC STAGING PRINCIPLES AND LETS THE AUDIENCE BECOME A CO-CREATORS OF THE SHOW.
THE SWISS ARTIST PAUL-EMMANUEL CHEVALLEY, ON THE OTHER HAND, TRANSLATES JAPANESE HAIKU POEMS INTO PHYSICAL MOVEMENT SEQUENCES (CONTEMPORARY DANCE TECHNIQUE AND CLUB JUGGLING), CREATING UNDERWATER WORLDS ON STAGE.