Jean-Baptiste André and Julia Christ continue hot on the heels of the intensity and complicity of their duo Pleurage et scintillement (2013) in this physically-challenging short-form impromptu piece with minimal staging for public space. The two circus artists and dancers perform a succession of movements in a duet of lovers or friends. The finely-tuned composition of these partners in balance requires a remarkable acrobatic exploration of movement and space.
BIOGRAPHY
> JULIA CHRIST (Germany)
Berlin-born acrobat Julia Christ trained at the École supérieure des arts du cirque in Brussels until 2001. She joined the Feria Musica company, then worked in tandem with dancer and choreographer Gilles Baron, alongside artist Sashiko Yoshimura (Bambula, 2009) and Jean-Baptiste André in Pleurage et Scintillement (2013). After winning the CircusNext programme with her show Soulcorner (2014), she joined Elsa Guérin for Le poil de la bête (2017) and Jani Nuutinen from Circo Aereo for the final show of the Académie Fratellini’s third-year apprentices (2018) and Chimera (2019). She is an associate artist with Sirque, the national circus centre in Nexon (France).
> JEAN-BAPTISTE ANDRÉ (France)
Born in 1979, Jean-Baptiste André trained at the National centre for circus arts in Châlons-en-Champagne (CNAC) and founded Association W in 2002. As a winner of the Villa Médicis Hors Les Murs programme, he has worked with Fabrice Melquiot, Eddy Pallaro, Robin Rhode, Vincent Lamouroux, Julia Christ, Karim Zeriahen and others. He has also worked alongside choreographers Philippe Découflé, Gilles Baron, Gilles Defacque, Christian Rizzo, Herman Diephuis, François Verret, Arnaud Meunier, Rachid Ouramdane, Perrine Valli, Yoann Bourgeois and others. He won the Arts du cirque SACD Prize in 2017, and co-wrote Deal with Dimitri Jourde (2019), then Les jambes à son cou, which has been touring since 2022.
