A bevy of choices for circus fans
John Mahoney
Photograph by: John Mahoney
By Kathryn Greenaway
THE MONTREAL GAZETTE
June 29, 2012
MONTREAL - The circus is coming to town.
\The Montréal Complètement Cirque festival gathers companies large and small from here, Germany, Britain, Sweden, Finland and France, and it all begins with a parade on Wednesday.
Members of the circus community in full regalia, plus decorated vehicles of various sorts set out from the corner of St. Denis St. and Ontario St. at 6:30 p.m. and head to Place Émilie Gamelin.
Ticketed shows begin the next day with productions targeting the young, the hip and the very grown-up.
You like big spectacle? Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna is under the big top in Old Montreal throughout July. Perhaps adult cabaret tickles your fancy? La Soirée from Britain is at the Olympia, beginning July 6. Maybe musical circus tricks are your thing? France’s Les Triples Croches bring Klezmer-inspired circus shenanigans to Studio B at Édifice Guy Gagnon in Verdun, also July 6.
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Photograph by: John Mahoney
By Kathryn Greenaway
THE MONTREAL GAZETTE
June 29, 2012
MONTREAL - The circus is coming to town.
\The Montréal Complètement Cirque festival gathers companies large and small from here, Germany, Britain, Sweden, Finland and France, and it all begins with a parade on Wednesday.
Members of the circus community in full regalia, plus decorated vehicles of various sorts set out from the corner of St. Denis St. and Ontario St. at 6:30 p.m. and head to Place Émilie Gamelin.
Ticketed shows begin the next day with productions targeting the young, the hip and the very grown-up.
You like big spectacle? Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna is under the big top in Old Montreal throughout July. Perhaps adult cabaret tickles your fancy? La Soirée from Britain is at the Olympia, beginning July 6. Maybe musical circus tricks are your thing? France’s Les Triples Croches bring Klezmer-inspired circus shenanigans to Studio B at Édifice Guy Gagnon in Verdun, also July 6.
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SITC12 / for Summer in the City Magazine: (UNDATED) -- The 7 doigts de la main circus production Sequence 8 will be performing at MontrÈal ComplËtement Cirque (MCC).
(Photo: Courtesy of MontrÈal ComplËtement Cirque)
Today’s circus world has moved beyond the simple ta da! More and more contemporary circuses are intersecting with theatre, music, dance and technology to tackle clear themes, be it the forging of intense friendships, the painful destruction of relationships or the unexpected distortion of one’s reality.
Montreal’s 7 doigts de la main opens the festival at Tohu with Séquence 8, a new creation about the nature of intense friendships forged as young adults and how the actions of others help shape us as individuals.
It’s the 10th anniversary for the company, and Séquence 8 is its eight production. It features eight performers in their early-20s who have been friends for quite a spell and was created during a residence at McGill University’s Moyse Hall.
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