60 degrees of separation

Camille Paycha

© Ilse Philips

about

60 degrees of separation is an invitation to let yourself be transported by the pleasure of the collective.

Everything and everyone moves around you. The drummer is on a rolling podium. The acrobats are in the air, hanging on one aerial strap only. The two acrobats are holding hands and will need yours ... Guided by the driving sound of the drums and thanks to you, being present within reach of the action, impressive tricks will come to life. Let's explore, together, the intimacy linked to circus movements and the joy of the collective.

6 degrees of separation is the name of the theory that says you are at most 6 handshakes away from every other person in the world.
60 degrees is about the angle needed to lift someone off the ground if the person has one hand in the aerial strap and one hand pulled by someone else.
60 degrees of separation is the combination of both and the name of this circus performance.

Camille Paycha sets up a collective experience around the following questions: at which point does the care of intimacy shift to the violence inherent in the extreme physical actions of a circus technique? When does a technical movement become intimate? Camille tries witht his project to shift literally and figuratively the verticality of her aerial craft to a more collaborative and transversal way of dealing with her surroundings.

"Found! '60 Degrees of Separation' is the most tender circus performance of the year"

- Els Van Steenberghe, Focus Knack

"Circus as NOT to be expected and foreseen"

- Pieter T'Jonck, pzazz

"Elegant balance art about connectedness of humanity"

- Kester Freriks, Theaterkrant

"In 60 degrees of separation, Camille Paycha unites vulnerability and strength, offering a clear new vision of what circus can be. The jury gladly accepts this outstretched hand"

- Juryrapport Het TheaterFestival

credits

by Camille Paycha with Sofie Anny Nicea Velghe and Camille Paycha live music Engel Peet help with mouvement research Ruben Mardulier dramaturgy Laura Gilles-Pick scenography Soetkin Dewulf costume Sofie Anny Nicea Velghe intern Alice Davies light design Michiel Soete distribution Pascaline Van den Hooff →boegbeeldvzw@gmail.com← produced by Boegbeeld vzw co-produced by PERPLX - Marke (BE), Miramiro – Gent (BE), Theater op de Markt – Dommelhof Neerpelt (BE) residencies De Grote Post - Oostende (BE) thanks to Gouvernement - Gent (BE) and Festival Circolo – Tilburg (NL) project supported by the Flemish government

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accessibility

The doors remain open and you can move around and change place Accessible for wheelchair. Music may be louder at times, earplugs available. Service animals are welcome. No spoken language. No total darkness, flashing lights or strobes No use of smoke machines.

technical information

Age: 10+. For black box or on location. 60 min. J: build up – show – build down. Team of 4 people. Travel from BE. 250 capacity (depending on the space). Without tribune, audience on stage (10x10m minimum). One hanging point for aerial straps. Hight: 7 meter minimum. The company brings their own benches for the audience.

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