New offbeat circus combines acrobats, break dancing, basketball
‘Traces,’ a new circus from Quebec that combines acrobatics, basketball, music and dance, comes to Segerstrom Center next week
Combining acrobatics, dance, music, song, skateboarding and basketball, "Traces" is the product of an unorthodox Quebecois group, “les 7 doigts de la main” (seven fingers of the hand). “Traces” comes to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts from Feb. 29 through March 4.
TEXT BY PAUL HODGINS, PHOTO BY MICHAEL MESEKE
TEXT BY PAUL HODGINS, PHOTO BY MICHAEL MESEKE
By PAUL HODGINS / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Cirque de Soleil, the Quebec-based circus that took Southern California by storm a generation ago, opened the door to a colorful realm of new entertainment forms. Suddenly, mainstream audiences embraced offbeat culture: The Blue Man Group's mute, crazy antics and Stomp's noisy percussion celebrations are just two examples of the world the Cirque helped open up.
"Traces" is the latest example of the trend. Combining acrobatics, dance, music, song, skateboarding and basketball, it's the product of another unorthodox Quebecois group, "les 7 doigts de la main" (seven fingers of the hand). "Traces" comes to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts from Feb. 28 through March 4.
The Register talked to Shana Carroll, who cofounded "7 doigts" in 2002 and directed "Traces."
The Orange County Register: Besides not being in a tent, what differentiates a show like yours from a Cirque du Soleil production?
Shana Carroll: It's circus on a human scale. We want to make sure that the seven performers are easy to relate to. We want the audience to feel that each performer could be someone they know. The costumes are very minimal. Throughout the show they reveal bits of personal data, telling the story of their lives. Little by little, you get to know them.
Register: What else makes your show unique?
The Orange County Register: Besides not being in a tent, what differentiates a show like yours from a Cirque du Soleil production?
Shana Carroll: It's circus on a human scale. We want to make sure that the seven performers are easy to relate to. We want the audience to feel that each performer could be someone they know. The costumes are very minimal. Throughout the show they reveal bits of personal data, telling the story of their lives. Little by little, you get to know them.
Register: What else makes your show unique?
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