The Greatest Show on Earth

Turn of the century circus saves contemporary performance! Satisfaction of curiosity, economization of self and an exhibit of exoticism: in a spectacular circus show fourteen international artists from the fields of choreography and performance rise to the challenges the 21st century has placed on man and connect the risks of body art with the spectacle of physical fitness.

BY AND WITH Antonia Baehr & Valérie Castan, contact Gonzo, Eisa Jocson, Hendrik Quast & Maika Knoblich, Vincent Riebeek & Florentina Holzinger, Meg Stuart, Jeremy Wade, Les Trucs (Charlotte Simon und Zink Tonsur), Márcio Kerber Canabarro, Emmilou Rößling, Vânia Rovisco, Karol Tymiński, u.a. IDEA, DRAMATURGY Anna Wagner, Eike Wittrock

Produced by Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel, in co-production with Nanterre-Amandiers Centre Dramatique National and Münchner Kammerspiele. Funded by Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Adolf und Luisa Haeuser-Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur in the scope of the Projektreihe UNLIMITED and Rudolf Augstein Stiftung. Friendly supported by Institut français, the french ministry of culture and communication / DGCA, the Tanzfabrik Berlin and Damaged Goods.

photos © Anja Beutler