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CIRCUS WHISPERS
Behind the scenes of contemporary circus practice. Hosted by Maaike Muis
Circus Whispers is the podcast channel by TENT for circus makers and circus fans from home and abroad. Discover in various podcast series the themes, techniques and pitfalls that are driving a new generation of makers. With real-life stories from emerging and advanced circus makers from the Netherlands. Please also fill in our SURVEY and help improve Circus Whispers in 10 questions (2 minutes)! https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/XJTFSGH
More info www.tent.eu
TENT is the house for contemporary circus from the Netherlands. We support makers in various stages of their artistic development and invest in a high-quality and diverse range of circus in the Netherlands. @TENTcircus
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CIRCUS WHISPERS
Achter de schermen van de hedendaagse circuspraktijk. Host Maaike Muis
Circus Whispers is hét podcastkanaal van TENT voor circusmakers en circusfans uit binnen- en buitenland. Ontdek in diverse podcastseries de thema's, technieken en valkuilen die een nieuwe generatie makers drijft. Met praktijkverhalen van opkomende en gevorderde circusmakers uit Nederland. Vul ook onze SURVEY in en help in 10 vragen (2 minuten) mee om Circus Whispers te verbeteren! https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/XJTFSGH
Meer info www.tent.eu
TENT is het huis voor hedendaags circus van Nederlandse bodem. We ondersteunen makers in verschillende stadia van hun artistieke ontwikkeling en investeren in een kwalitatief hoogwaardig en divers circusaanbod in Nederland. @TENTcircus
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Het begon met een zin: 'wat als je de vloer zou vullen met matten' en het resulteerde in de avondvullende acrobatische voorstelling MAT, over de kunst van het vallen en de schoonheid van falen. Acrobaten landen tenslotte het liefst op hun voeten, maar aan een geslaagde truc gaan vele valuren vooraf. In deze podcast neemt voormalig circusdirecteur Maaike Muis je mee achter de schermen van MAT. Aan het woord komen onder andere regisseurs Zinzi Oegema en Hanneke Meijers, en je hoort enkele acrob...
Anyone who stands on stage dancing and laughing in Chile or Mexico paves the way for an audience to laugh. But how do you transmit this piece of culture to a new audience Itzel and Micaela of Insurgentes Company wonder aloud? Mar & Shalom from Catalonia and Italy instead found a key in the stories and labour of their ancestors and connect with audiences while knitting. This episode is all about identity. Host Maaike Muis brings together the stories of two maker duos whose identities have ...
In this episode, you find out why there are no snacks to be found in the dressing room of Michael Zandl's crew. And you'll hear why you might be hanging in Cecilia Rosso's straps. In this first open-hearted conversation, host Maaike Muis takes us through trends and new waves in circus around the topic of audiences. And what connects these two very different makers is that their research not only goes beyond their main discipline, but also that they want to evoke a physical reaction from the a...
In Circus Whispers, host Maaike Muis gives the makers the floor, but what about the other side of the table? To make sure audiences and work come together, the programmer comes into play. He sometimes sees more than 100 performances a year. And then he might just discover certain trends. As a teaser for the fourth season, we start with the programmer's perspective. What trends and waves does he see in the circus field and how can we relate that to the Makers for a Week? Host Maaike Muis sat d...
In this episode, host Maaike Muis invited circus maker and artist Benjamin Kuitenbrouwer and with Cahit Metin, director of TENT. They reflect on Benjamin's long, winding road as house maker of TENT. You hear voices, quotes and reflections from the circus field, people Ben has encountered along the way. If you are a maker yourself, you will recognise the leaps, stumbles, transformations and breakthroughs that the making process - from concept to execution - entails. Also for the dreamers, circ...
It started with a sentence: ‘what if you loaded the floor with mats’ and it resulted in the full-length acrobatic performance MAT, about the art of falling and the beauty of failure. Because acrobats prefer to land on their feet, yet many hours of falling precede a successful trick. For this episode, former circus director and podcast host Maaike Muis selected an excerpt from a conversation with one of MAT's performers, Jemma Sneddon. Unlike the previous one, this episode is again entirely in...
The do-it-yourself mentality in circus is strong. So is that of the Maker for a Week exploring what future circus could be. Host Maaike Muis sat down with Berkey and Jakob Jacobsson. What is usually in the shadows, is what they put in the spotlight, such as rope artist Jakob's light installation or Berkey's inventive Chinese pole structure. In this episode, there is much to say about the relationship between the performer and his apparatus, and about ingeniously stretching one's own limits. A...
‘Sharing is Scary is a gift, a beautiful format, a concept of impact.’ Participating circus makers talk about it fondly. For the third time, makers came together to share their working practices and methodology straight from the rehearsal studio. In this multi-day gathering, there is time for reflection and discussion. The initiator is the Belgian There There Company. Together with host Maaike Muis, they developed this episode for anyone who wants to know more about the concept and possibly p...
"It was really hypnotic, brilliant, entertaining from start to finish." In this episode, we hear how audiences, makers and programmers experienced TENT’s Dutch circus' showcase in London. And you will also hear more about the practical hurdles and some of the cultural clashes TENT faced in producing post-Brexit. This is the third episode of a series in which podcast maker Maaike Muis takes you through TENT's 1.5-year Fast Forward trajectory and their international ambitions and collaborations...
The contrast between the directness of the Dutch and the politeness of the British was one of the many things TENT had to get used to. In three episodes, podcast maker Maaike Muis follows the international trajectory of TENT house for contemporary circus. In this second episode, she visits the R&D - research & development - of the performance MAT, a cross-cultural collaboration between TENT and UK-based producer Split Second. But how do you start a production that crosses not only nat...
Over the course of one year, podcast maker Maaike Muis made recordings of the international collaborations between TENT in Amsterdam and London's Jacksons Lane as part of TENT's Fast Forward trajectory. In three episodes, you are taken through their job-shadowing, their joint R&D and to a showcase of the Dutch circus in London. In this episode, TENT observes the work of the team at Jacksons Lane and experiences every part, from marketing, artistic and business to social engagement and com...
With her solo, Hanna presents something on stage that would not have been there without her. In this final episode of this Circus Whispers season, host Maaike Muis and trapeze artist Hanna de Vletter take us through the challenges, rewards, and deep insights into the creation process. Hanna doesn't go for the likes and puts aside her insecurities and then creating becomes real fun she discovers. One thing is clear: it takes a lot of courage to tell yourself and the world that you are going to...
For Fenja Barteldres too, the perfection and simplicity of the round Cyr Wheel was irresistible. But when she broke the wheel into pieces, the round shape turned out to be just one of 47 possibilities. In this fifth episode of Circus Whispers, host Maaike Muis takes us through the dreams and deeds of a rising star in the innovative circus landscape. Discover the role the tent plays in these dreams and what the travelling circus life looks like for newly graduated circus artist Fenja Barteldre...
His desire was to create an acrobatic performance with a non-acrobatic partner. But when you replace the partner with an object, you enter the realm of object manipulation. In the studio, Maaike Muis meets Trebor, the new 'living' partner of Maker for a Week Samuel Rhyner. In this fourth episode of Circus Whispers, we hear all about the post-apocalyptic performance in the making, his attempts to reduce his climate footprint and all the pros and cons of working with a young tree as a dance par...
Most of the time, chaos reigns in her head. Susanna tries to make coffee and spin around in the Cyr-wheel at the same time. Keeping your focus is already a challenge for many people, even more so for those with attention deficit disorder. In this third episode of Circus Whispers, we hear how circusartist Susanna Paavola translates this chaos to the stage. Armed with two cyr-wheels and anything else that might distract her, she enters a residency week at TENT. And host Maaike Muis will also be...
In this third season of the podcast series Circus Whispers, we speak to new makers moving into the circus discipline. We invited Maaike Muis to combine her circus love-and-knowledge and her podcast-making itch in a six-part series on the 'Makers for a Week'. Together, they discuss their makerhood: topics, themes and practical dilemmas that concern them. And small questions, obstacles,and surprises. We catch a glimpse of the maker's creative process and look behind the scenes at TENT. And ever...
Circus research, how do you do it? In this second episode of Circus Whispers, we hear how acrobat duo Lily&Janick kept falling out of their handstand. The mirrored floor they work on had everything to do with it. What does your brain do to you when you suddenly stand upright in a mirrored handstand? And how do you deal with the constant self-confrontation. In this episode, host Maaike Muis stands behind the glass like an Alice in Wonderland and TENT director Rosa Boon talks more about the...
Until recently, the sky was their preferred playground; now, for aerial artists Saar Rombout and Sianna Bruce, the soft crash mat beckons. Pain is intertwined with circus. But since they are both injured, this 'sensation' took on a whole new connotation. In this first episode of Circus Whispers, our host Maaike Muis is suspended in the air. There she discovers not only how much muscular strength this requires but hearsall about a circus performer's greatest fear. Tot voor kort was de lucht h...
This special cabinet, in which Jorga Lok, acrobat and circus maker, fits just perfectly, has been with her for seven years. In Circus Whispers #6, we find out all about her special relationship with the cabinet, about the origins of her love for circus and about the different women's characters from her circus research. While Jorga explains why she likes to think 'out of the box', host Maaike Muis tries to squeeze into the box… Dit bijzondere kastje, waar Jorga Lok, acrobate en circusmaker, ...
"To know someone, you have to walk a mile in their shoes." For this fifth Circus Whispers, Maria Madeira put on some very special shoes. Host Maaike Muis visited the young acrobat and tap dancer at the studio in Amsterdam. Because what do circus and tap dance have in common? With the questions "why not?" and "can we do it differently?", Maria explores different ways of breaking existing tap dance conventions. "Om iemand te kennen, moet je een mijl in zijn schoenen lopen." Voor deze vijfde Ci...
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