Circus Whispers

Juggling and playfulness are at the heart of their research. In this third episode of Circus Whispers, we are taken into the unconventional world of object manipulation by the remarkable juggling duo Jam Shenanigans. We learn all about the verb 'to jugglify', learn where Jam Shenanigans comes from and what the scandinavian sport floorball has to do with juggling. "I can juggle anyth...

"Only once you observe it, a quantum particle decides where it will be." In this second episode of Circus Whispers, host Maaike Muis takes us through the research process of a self-taught aerial acrobat. Arend de Jonge makes the virtual and physical worlds work together and works with the idea of superposition. A fascinating journey through the thoughts of a maker who discovered in circu...

In this first episode of the second season of Circus Whispers, Maaike Muis visits partner acrobats Petra Steindl and Felix Zech. They are Maker for a week at TENT and known from the collective Familiar Faces. Now they are working together for the first time. Listen and discover their magical moments in which they practice partner acrobatics like two magnets, each on one side of a wall. In deze eer...

If you've met René, you probably want to meet Cécile too. Not persons, but autonomous identities that Sinking Sideways bring to life with the titles of their dance acrobatics performance. On the eve of their Maker for a Week residency, Sinking Sideways sat down with Nadja van der Weide to talk about their encounter, the fivesome object that guides them through each creative process and the ap...

"I should come up with a master plan. And a plan B, C and D." Soon, juggler and circus maker Liza van Brakel will enter the studio to work with a group of dancers for the first time. And that is "scary, but good scary, in a healthy way" she confides to the listeners. In this fifth Circus Whispers with host Nadja van der Weide, we learn all about the beauty of juggling, which is...

They are sometimes annoyed with each other, but having a coffee together, away from the floor, always works. Marth is a trapeze artist and Jan De Kinder illustrates. And now they form a father-daughter duo. In this fourth Circus Whispers, they tell host Nadja van der Weide what they run into and how they make it work. "There are those moments when one has a great idea, but the other doesn&apo...

In this third episode of Circus Whispers, Nadja van der Weiden welcomes a young circus maker who lives and creates from and through the lens of her subject: body morphology. Jessica Hellmuth specialises in the discipline of aerial rope and combines this with soundscape, poetry and much more. An open conversation about shame, circus and the pitfalls of being an artist. " I am hoping to embrace...

In this second episode of Circus Whispers, we are introduced to the power, playfulness and fragility of the discipline Teeterboard through the eyes of creator and performer Luuk Brantjes. From House of Circus Luuk gets a good portion of food for thought. And we get a reality check behind the scenes when Luuk tells us more about the object that is indispensable in his practice. "What happens w...

This week we sit down with House of Circus (Nick van der Heyden & Germain Charlat). They start this week with a residency at TENT house for contemporary circus and take us into the world of circus and drag. Our previous resident Paul van de Waterlaat gives them hints of inspiration and looks back on his past residency. "We would like to avoid the 3 s’s: ‘shyness, shame and seriousness’, a...