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Took some time, but I finally made a promo for my circustheater-act Eaters. I have played the acts tenths of times. Lost count. I have played Eaters at outdoor and indoor festivals, and in theaters, churches, synagogues, schools and did even a show for TV.
On June 1st the Open Dutch Unicycle Championships are held. And the organisation was cool enough to organize a formal training day to train 10M slow, slalom, long jump and the start of sprint. It was a great day that started with a cool warming up organised by Lindsey and Elize. And some relaxed unicycling.
The Circusstad Gala was a two hour show that really knocked my socks off. It had a great series of unbelievable acts.
For liberation day (May 5) we played the music-theater show Arum dem Fayer in Venlo. Before the show I practised spins and rolls on my unicycle. After the show onstage we enjoyed a liberation-meal with part of the audience.
Glorious Bodies is a show by artists between 55 and 67 years old. It’s about getting older in the show the artist go through several phases. First they deny it and try to hide it. They try to avoid the limelight.
Acrobot is a clever act based around a programmable robot. When I mention robot you should think about a factory-robot, a machine that acts in a pre-programmed way. So it’s not (yet?) a robot with intelligence (like R2D2) or gyroscopes (like a gimbal). Acrobot starts with a high tec sales pitch.
Circ’Olé was sheer fun. It’s a lovestory with good music and some nice dans, aerial and acrobatics. Packed in a small theater everything happens right In front of you. There is a lot of audience participation and some really good showmanship. It featured flying guitars and flamingo pingpong. Awesome! Olé! More Circusstad 2024:
Shenanigans is a show by Henri and Batist about imagination and art in a world dominated by tech and screens. It’s highly interactive with the audience with balls flying all over the place. And a racecar literally racing through the audience. It’s a great show about the necessity of playing while growing up.
At the Rotterdam Circusstad festival I saw “I was told” by Kathrin Wagner. It was an interesting show about equality and feminism. It started slow and witty with a balance-act with one ring (to rule ‘m all, haha, just kidding). That transformed into juggling with 7, with a lot of interaction with the audience.
At Rotterdam Circusstad Festival (2024 edition) I saw a lot of acts and shows. Really, really loved the whole festival, including the Circusstad Gala. For me the best show is Brave Space by Aloft. The acting, co-operation and that intimate setting in the tent, all with the light, music and really great acrobatics.
June 1st is the 14th Open Dutch Championship Unicycle. A great event and for many Dutch unicyclists their first competition. I was honoured to host a workshop long jump for the 2024 edition of the NKE (as we informally know it).
Kabaal is the result of a pressure-cooker in which 42 circus-talents were mixed with a few expert-trainers and a director. We developed the show in 3 days and it was the opening-show of the big circus-festival Rotterdam Circusstad. We had an overloaded house with all seats taken and a lot of people standing.