Lemon Press Collective
The Trace of the Snail

 

About the show

 

Can you remember a moment when your heart was as soft as floating feathers?

 

Breathe in, breathe out. Get ready for The Trace of the Snail. With a mix of hand balancing, juggling and spoken word, the debut show by Lemon Press Collective, which premiered in September 2023, brings to the stage the small, the fragile, the soft, and the weak. Too often we hide those qualities behind a facade of strength – but what would happen if we let down our guard and gave room to vulnerability?

 

With fluidity, detail, and honesty the contemporary circus piece has one mission: To remind us of all the beauty in softness.

 

“We want to open all the windows wide and let the wind in, even though we might get blown over. And not least of all, we want to share this experience.” (Lemon Press Collective)

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Disciplines: Hand balancing, juggling and spoken word

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About the company

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A shared poetic circus language, a love for shapes and nonchalance and a wish to talk about political topics on stage – that is what first made the ball juggler Mika and the hand ballancer Aurélie connect artistically during their studies in Codarts Circus, Rotterdam. To take their collaboration further after their graduation in 2022, they founded the Lemon Press Collective.

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Team

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Concept/idea, artistic direction, dramaturgy, choreography, costumes, performers: Mika Schnapper and Aurélie Tercier

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Music: Mawu’Nyo

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Light design: Lina Brockob

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Outside eyes: Dramaturgy: Leon Rogissart, Movement: Clémentine Télesfort, Lisard Tranis, and Julia Färber

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Mentors: Farina Berndt and Yolande Sommer

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Funders/sponsors

 

Funded by: Projektförderung des Senators für Kultur im Land Bremen, Waldemar Koch Stiftung

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Accompanied by the creation alliance Zirkus ON.

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Co-produced by PERPLX (BE). 

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Supported by: JoKES die Circusschule Bremen (DE), LA STRADA Bremen (DE), Lezarticirque (CH), Cirklabo (BE), Lattitude 50 (BE), Station Circus (CH)

 

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Premiere year: 2023

Duration: 60 min.

Language on stage: English, German or French

Age recommendation: from 13 years old

Max. public capacity: -

Type of venue: indoor, semi-frontal, frontal, black box, tent, dance floor required

Stage dimensions: min.: 9x6 m / ideal: 8x5 m

Height: min. 4 m / ideal: 6 m

Rigging: yes (2 rigging points, baring weight 2,5kg/point. Possibility to attach a horizontal thin rope across the stage)

Team on tour: 3 people​