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Category: Videos
Videos wich we enjoyed or starred in. And videos which you sent us.
Video of the week – Star King Show Circus Troupe
I love the editing style, so different from western TV….
Video of the week – Unit 10B – Lazy Sunday
Nice video from some students at Circus Space
Touring Video
Over the last couple of months I’ve been touring with Gandini Juggling. I decided to document my travels a little, to give a feel for what it’s been like. The videos not so juggling focused but might be interesting for any circus artists, even if your not a massive juggling fan…
Photos and video all filmed on a iPhone 4S and edited in iMovie for iPad. I like Apples.
Video of the week – Pilobolus and Michael Moschen
Video of the week – Les Arts Sauts
(thanks to Adam for suggesting this one)
Video of the week – Wall of Death
Just like you we love a bit of danger.
This beautifully made video by Benedict Campbell features The Ken Fox Troupe, one of a very few families still performing “The Wall of Death” in Europe.
I wonder if anyone is performing the bicycle version anymore? If not perhaps it would be a fun project for someone to do*?!
*Lions optional
Thanks to Howie for pointing this one out!
Quixotic Fusion: Dancing with light
I’ve been interested in the use of technology in circus for some time. The performance of Quixotic Fusion at TED merges dance and elements of aerial work to produce some interesting results.
To be honest the over all performance is not to my taste but it’s great to see companies succeeding in the tricky business of blending technology with live performance.
Circus Comforts
I’ve been strangely absent recently. Hopefully this little gem will make up for it.
You can read more about Creature Comforts on Wikipedia.
Video of the Week – Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire
There was a time when the Twin Towers tight wire walk was an insider circus story, forgotten by New York and the rest of the world. Then Man on a Wire was released and the world listened, Petit back in fashion.
In this video Petit condenses his solo show to a 18min Ted talk.
*Warning* the juggling is a little painful….
Circus video game helps stroke recovery
This circus video game (set to be released for the main stream) is being used to help with stroke recovery, looks pretty interesting (despite the slightly garish aesthetic!)…
Video of the week – Duo Mouvance
In Januaury of 1989 Duo Mouvance performed at the Cirque de Demain festival in Paris and received a gold medal for their groundbreaking doubles trapeze act ‘Tango Trapeze’.
Always nice to know your history!
(As suggested by Mr. Wilson)
Alegria Brothers
What a great way to start May…
Video of the Week – Evgeni Biljauer Juggling Practice
Thanks to Jon Udry for pointing this one out to me. Anyone fancy doing a translation? Juggling starts at 16:38. Enjoy!
And if you don’t know who he is then (where have you been?!)…
Undermän
The full Undermän show (as part of CircusFest) was live streamed on the Guardian website here and you can still watch it!
I personally loved the show, so much so I gave a breif testimonial for the show. Obviously the video isn’t as good as seeing the show live but if you haven’t had a chance to catch the show yet have a gander!
April Fool.
Happy, merry, festive April Fools’ Day!
The above video is of occasional Circus Geek contributor David Eriksson with his friend Eddy from the world famous KGB Clowns, filmed in 2008. Makes me laugh every time.
I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies).
Trick CYCLE is sooo 1905
Jorian Ponomareff has the skills!
Story telling
Occasionally I hear circus artists/directors/random people who feel their opinion is important talk about ‘how to make circus more than just an act’, about how we can use circus to ‘tell stories’. As Mr. Wilson has so eliquentley commented on this before I’m inclined not to comment as I would be just wasting keystrokes.
However if you must layer on a storyline do it well. This video could help you do that:
