L’Ironie d’un saut is a sort of assessment. Indeed, we all face events we don’t control. Absolutely everything can go south at any instant. Accidents are as plausible as they are unexpected. Everyone is exposed to different levels of accidents, from comical mishaps to serious injuries…
So, how does a human being bounce back, using that very trauma as a strength? This show presents our thoughts on the notion of resilience. But how do we express it with the aerial cradle?
We met in 2011 at the Centre for Circus Arts Balthazar. We started to work together, but still in our own disciplines: Inès practising the static trapeze and Antoine practising smooth rope and acrobatics. We started the aerial cradle in the second year. In 2013, we joined Académie Fratellini. Antoine then got an injury that prevented him from basing for nine months. During his convalescence, Inès continued to train in floor acrobatics and hand balancing. During the second year, we got the chance to learn from Peter Lamb, Stéphane Douard, and Sasha Doubrovski. We took part in two shows: one directed by Patrick de Valette and the other in collaboration with Pierre Meunier. We are currently in our third year. From November to December 2015, we were performing in Mourad Merzouki’s Wasteland. In March 2016, we worked with Stuart Seide, and then in May with Olivier Dubois for his show Human at work. From May to June, we worked with Phillippe Fenwick for the end-of-the-year show before completing our diplomas in August 2016.
