Benjamin Richter Contemporary Circus Art
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Halt Mal Kurz!
A contemporary circus performance that responds to the human need to break habits and suspend judgement.
"Halt mal kurz!" is a project that reminds people what it is like to spontaneously encounter so-called "strangers" and communicate with them without fear. 4 performers manipulate 30 white cardboard blocks to create a scenography for a juggling performance that connects people. Through their juggling, their movements and their play, the performers carefully involve the passers-by in the game of carrying, throwing, stacking and arranging the blocks, thus creating a scenography that relates directly to the surrounding space, imitates buildings and architectural elements and allows them to be experienced in a new way.
Punctuated by short ball juggling interludes the stage space is repeatedly deconstructed and, with the help of the audience, rebuilt in a different place, where it attracts new people to connect with. Contact with the audience is friendly and deliberately direct, while people are given space and time to participate according to their own ideas. In this way, a playful rhythm of communication spreads through the public space., overcoming cultural and social boundaries, opening up new perspectives on the familiar, and challenging prejudices.