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TRACES 8th to 10th March The Lowry, Manchester.
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The amazing Les 7 Doigts de la Main will perform their high-energy urban acrobatics .
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This follows a hugely successful season at London’s Peacock Theatre in Spring 2009, plus an acclaimed appearance at the 2009 Royal Variety Performance.
Performed by five young French-Canadian artists who demonstrate startling acrobatic brilliance, TRACES features dazzling displays of gravity-defying skill. Whether balancing casually on each other’s heads, tumbling through hoops or leaping spectacularly up giant poles without using their hands, the cast of four men and one woman soar through the show.
More than just a series of tricks however, TRACES pioneers a new brand of circus with a striking human element. Set in a makeshift bunker, five characters hide from an impending disaster outside the door. Using creation as their only antidote to the destruction outside, the cast use every mode of expression available to them, hoping to put down a last mark and leave their traces as best they can. Video, narration and music combine to show snippets of the performers’ real lives, gradually drawing the audience into their stories, as seemingly impossible acts take on a startlingly human nature. Set to a pumping soundtrack ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to blues to hip hop, TRACES mixes raw, classic acrobatics with theatre, skateboarding, street and contemporary dance styles.
The company features a hugely accomplished group of five performers whose skills have been perfected in circus schools and companies all over the world.
Les 7 Doigts de la Main was founded in Montreal in 2002 by seven seasoned circus performers with a goal to create circus shows with a strong human element. Traces was created in 2006 and is the company’s second production. It was performed in Melbourne as part of the Commonwealth Games Cultural Festival in summer 2006 and has been nominated for two Drama Desk Awards in New York.
This show needs to be seen to be believed – see the incredible footage by visiting www.thelowry.com/traces and click on the trailer tab.
“So thrilling, it will surely make an entire generation run away and join the circus”
The Guardian
Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers)
Traces
Times Eves 8pm, Tickets £10 - £20; Superseats (first 4 rows of Stalls) £24
Mon 15 & Tue 16 March
So & So Circus
The Hot Dots
Times Eves 7.45pm, Tickets £12
The Lowry Box Office: 0843 2086005
www.thelowry.com/traces
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Source: APNA, 9th February 2010
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