Montréal Complètement Cirque: 7 doigts de la main put a human face on contemporary circus
Eric Bates (left) performs a cigar box juggling routine during presentation of a portion of Les 7 doigts de la main circus troupe’s Sequence 8 show in May.
Photograph by: John Mahoney
By Kathryn Greenaway, THE GAZETTE
July 6, 2012
The Montréal Complètement Cirque festival opened at Tohu Thursday, with a blast of energy from 7 doigts de la main’s new work Séquence 8.
7 doigts is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season and Séquence 8 is a perfect example of what sets the troupe apart from other contemporary circuses.
The crazy circus skills are there, but so are the fluid transitions from this routine to that discipline — the generous use of post-modern choreography to keep the audience engaged while the young artists regroup for the next breakneck circus challenge.
But above all else Séquence 8 is a very human, intimate show about eight young artists so deeply connected they appear to breath with one lung. And that has always been 7 doigts goal — to put a human face on contemporary circus.
Séquence 8, staged by Shana Carroll and Sébastien Soldevila, gave each performer a standout moment. Eric Bates’ cigar-box routine rocked; Alexandra Royer was lyrical perfection in both her Russian bar and aerial hoop routines; Ugo Dario and Maxim Laurin were the picture of athletic bravado in their breakneck Korean plank number and Colin Davis paced his master-of-ceremonies duties with equal measures of cool and mischief.
There were mishaps, as there often are on opening night at the circus, but that’s the nature of the beast. It’s what keeps the audience on edge, breathless, thrilled
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