{"id":12614,"date":"2023-02-03T16:39:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragone.com\/the-creative-collective-is-named-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T14:30:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T14:30:18","slug":"festival-mondial-du-cirque-de-demain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragone.com\/festival-mondial-du-cirque-de-demain\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, January 26 &#8211; January 29, the 42nd <i>Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain<\/i> was held at Cirque Ph\u00e9nix in Paris.\u00a0 The festival (the World Circus Festival of Tomorrow, in English) is the largest circus competition in the world, and since it\u2019s founding in 1977 has consistently brought international artists together to showcase their work and compete before an audience of peers as well as an esteemed jury.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lucas-and-program-768x1024.jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lucas-and-program-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lucas-and-program-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lucas-and-program-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lucas-and-program-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lucas-and-program.jpeg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year, the festival was dedicated to Franco Dragone, and Lucas Dragone served as the jury president.\u00a0 Speaking with Lucas earlier this week, he was struck by the incredible level of storytelling driving each act.\u00a0 He commented: so often in western theatre \u201cwe think that to be artistic we need to be melodramatic,\u201d and in so many of the performances, this notion was uniquely transcended. Troupe Kolfe, an acrobatics group from Ethiopia, delivered a high energy, joyfully authentic performance that told their story on their own terms.\u00a0 They won a gold medal as well as the audience award.\u00a0 <i>Ma-M\u00e3o Compagnie<\/i>, a Brazilian hand to hand duo delivered an \u201cextraordinary\u201d performance that told its story through comedy, acting, and singing supported by strong technical skills.\u00a0 They won a bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5B7RCvAEVOc\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"troupe kolfe\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/troupe-kolfe-q1miwnymu3gdacbocus4bcstb0wom3tkc23qf6r31s.png\" alt=\"troupe kolfe\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Grand Prix, a French flying trapeze ensemble,\u00a0<i>La Tangente du Bras Tendu,\u00a0<\/i>told an inspiring story of courage, innovation, and empathy, through their innovative act<i>\u00a0La R\u00e9sistance<\/i>. (below)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Screen Shot 2023-02-03 at 12.15.33\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-03-at-12.15.33-q1ms90jkdvw3r3rab8s5jh8pon30z13sku0mlo1kj4.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2023-02-03 at 12.15.33\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucas fondly reminisced about conversations with his father discussing the challenges faced when creating dynamic and contemporary theatrical performances using circus disciplines.\u00a0 \u201cA trapeze is a trapeze, and a Russian Swing is a Russian Swing\u2026 to make those elements speak is a challenge.. and to keep the essence of circus, the trick, the technique\u2026to maintain that balance\u201d is key.\u00a0 \u201cThat was the magic of Franco Dragone\u201d and in this edition of the festival, dedicated to Franco, it was beautiful to see so many artists deftly delivering touching, emotional performances.<\/p>\n<p>To weave physically intense disciplines into an emotionally touching performance is difficult to say the least, especially when the artist strives to create something deeper than\u00a0 basic melodrama.\u00a0 Lucas recalled Franco saying \u201cthe audience is not stupid, you don\u2019t need to over emphasize something, you just need to give them elements, enough to excite their imaginations\u2026 often the audience has a wonderful imagination, and it\u2019s the stage that is lacking.\u201d\u00a0 In the <i>42nd Festival Monday du Cirque de Demain<\/i>, the stage was not lacking.\u00a0 The audience was energetic and supportive, and all of the artists and ensembles presented wonderfully crafted acts that offered unique and rich moments of theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas remarked, \u201cI wanted to give high points to everyone, but I took my role as jury president very seriously, and we worked into the night after each performance, debating and discussing.\u201d \u00a0 \u201cI hope everyone that performed got something out of it\u201d Lucas mentioned as he remembered how inspiring it was to see the artists and audience support each other so completely.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"lucas and Arthur Cadre\" src=\"https:\/\/dragone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/lucas-and-Arthur-Cadre-q1miw8wrpuzmqaw8y1raywv5cacll8cb3l9il3vtdc.jpeg\" alt=\"lucas and Arthur Cadre\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lucas and Arthur Cadre, recipient of the Dragone Award and original cast member of <i>La Perle<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>About Dragone<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps best known for reinventing a genre of spectacle theatre that forever changed the face of live entertainment around the world (<em>A New Day<\/em>, <em>Le R\u00eave<\/em>, <em>House of Dancing Water<\/em>, <em>La Perle<\/em>, etc.), Dragone\u2019s creations play to sold-out houses and receive standing ovations each and every night.\u00a0 Creating shows of all shapes across continents, Dragone continues to humbly embrace local cultures to entertain and wow global audiences. Its vast portfolio includes permanent shows in tailor made spaces, and other signature experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragone.com\">www.dragone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/general-inquiries\/\"><strong>Media Inquiries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, January 26 &#8211; January 29, the 42nd Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain was held at Cirque Ph\u00e9nix in Paris.\u00a0 The festival (the World Circus Festival of Tomorrow, in English) is the largest circus competition in the world, and since it\u2019s founding in 1977 has consistently brought international artists together to showcase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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