About the show

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Two jugglers on treadmills, they run and run and can't get off, while a musician urges them on.

What motivates them? What moves them? In “Runners”, Jonas Schiffauer and Alex Allison (Hippana.Maleta), alongside musician Moises Más Garcia, explore the evolution of the human walk as well as the ability to throw The two characters Alex and Jonas find themselves bound to the rules of these objects and are guided through a series of games and experiments orchestrated by the third character Moises. A vivid circus performance celebrating juggling and running and dealing with the real and perceived speed of time. A circus show combining excellent juggling, stunning objects and incredible sounds.

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Technic(s)

contemporary circus (juggling, object manipulation), live music

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About the company

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Alex Allison (IE) and Jonas Schiffauer (DE) founded the label Hippana.Maleta in 2018 and have since been researching a circus language that expresses aspects of human existence with juggling, object manipulation and body signals. Alex Allison (IE) and Jonas Schiffauer (DE) share their vision of circus, poetry and performance in Hippana.Maleta. Following Tunnel (2019), RUNNERS is the company's second production, which has been touring throughout Europe since 2021.

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Contributors

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Authorship and performers:

Jonas Schiffauer, Alex Allison, Moisés Mas García

Sound Design, composer, arrangements:

Jonas Bolliger

Dramaturgical & choreographic accompaniment:

Darragh McLoughlin, Benjamin Richter, Anna-Katharina Andrees, Lena Maria Kaiser

Zirkus ON mentors: -

Costumes:

Liora Epstein

Set design:

Jonas Schiffauer, Alex Allison, Moisés Mas García

Visual Design / video / graphics:

Alex Allison

Communication, networking:

Valentina Barone

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Funders/Sponsors

 

• NEUSTART KULTUR // Performing Arts Fund with resources from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

• NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste with resources from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

• Cultural Office of the City of Cologne

• Arts Council of Ireland-

• Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh / Junges Theater - Tour 2023/24

• Accompanied by Zirkus ON 2021/2022.