Oraison

The French Rasposo Company will be performing a circus show that delves into the importance of imagination in life from 16 to 18 May at the Teatro Circo Price.

The show kicks off by setting a trap for the audience, plunging them into a sense of a worsening world, saturation and mental disarray, leading them into a distressing darkness. However, through a hypnotic break, the spectator's experience changes, entering a state of vertigo, coming across fleeting visions of incandescent moments or archaic circus imagery in order to explore the loss of consciousness and altered perception.

Questions are therefore raised about what happens if we stop opening up our imagination and allow ourselves to be affected by brutalisation, suggesting a reflection on the power of fantasy and the need to keep an open and receptive mind. With all this, delicate and even creaky scenes are created with an almost religious fervour that enhance the emotional intensity and symbolic load of this artistic production.

Founded in 1987, the Rasposo Company has become a reference on today’s circus scene due to its emphasis on circus techniques, the search for poetic sensibility in the spectator and its theatrical stage management. It was directed by Fanny Molliens in 15 creations but Marie Molliens took over full management of the group in 2012 with Morsure. In 2014, it won the SACD Circus Arts Prize.

Approximate Duration: 1 hour
Recommended Age: Over the age of 8