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SATURDAY 6 JUNE7:00 PM – Big Hall, Pogon Jedinstvo UN LOUP POUR L’HOMME (FR): GRAND-MOTHER PROJECTPerformance Recommended age: All agesDuration: approx. 60 min GRAND-MOTHER PROJECT or “Mum, I Will Always Have Dreams” You do not simply surrender yourself into the arms of a stranger. It takes time, a gentle search for intimacy, and special care. Alexandre Fray and André Rosenfeld Sznelwar, acrobatic porters, take turns meeting women of grandmotherly age. Together with these older women, who have never or only rarely been carried, the acrobats question the very essence of a…

SUNDAY 31 May19:00 Great Hall, Pogon Jedinstvo T.O.A. (HR): CORVUS OBSCURAcircusnext finalistWork-in-progress presentation Recommended age: 10+Duration: approx. 20 minutes Admission is free; voluntary donations are always welcome. Corvus Obscura is an interdisciplinary contemporary circus project exploring the liminal space between different kinds of extremes in juxtaposition.Through trapeze, live spatial drawing, butoh, experimental music and physical theatre, the authors investigate the relationship between the visible and the invisible worlds. Authors and performers: Petra Najman, Ivan SvagušaConcept, development, performance: T.O.A.Production: T.O.A., Bučni Stripovi Supported by: circusnext, Scena Ribnjak, Circus Residency Network, Cirkus…

WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE 7:30 PM – CirkoBalkana Tent WORLD-CLASS, HOMEGROWN KOMPLET LEPIÑA: “Guvno” Klara Barišić, Maša Borović, Fenja Siebels A work in progress by a newly formed company created by two Croatian circus migrant workers, Maša and Klara, together with their colleague Fenja Siebels. The inspiration for this piece comes from a rural guvno — a traditional threshing floor, both a place of labour and social gathering, whose circular shape irresistibly recalls circus arenas. Three characters, a touch of partner acrobatics, some acrodance, and plenty of playfulness are what the artists…

FRIDAY, 5 June 19:30 CirkoBalkana Tent MY! LAIKA (FR): DOLORES Recommended age: 6+Duration: 40 minutes Teaser: In Dolores, acrobats Elske and Philine confront their most demanding—perhaps even unattainable—circus figures, repeating them relentlessly. Drawing on twenty years of experience, they expose the boundary between mastery and failure, where failure is not concealed but celebrated. Each attempt—successful or not—becomes part of the performance. Structured like a conference encounter unfolding as an informal, podcast-like conversation, the artists reveal their most intimate artistic dilemmas, searching for answers somewhere between Phenomenology of Spirit and the tale…

SUNDAY 31 May20:00 CirkoBalkana Tent PALESTINIAN CIRCUS (PS): SARAB Recommended age: 14+Duration: 55 minutes Teaser: https://youtu.be/ZJ8TwYI6KrE?si=nBA-b950_QOkL4ii “We were forced; we had no other option. Dragged towards an uncertain end, along a road filled with obstacles and checkpoints we could barely pass, our destiny unknown. Throughout the long and arduous journey, we kept dreaming of the moment we would arrive, continuing onwards into the unknown. At last, we arrive. Have we reached our destination? After crossing lands and oceans, we discover the unexpected. It was nothing but a mirage.” SARAB (“A…

SATHURDAY MAY 30 20:00 Big Hall, Pogon Jedinstvo ROOM 100 (HR): C8H11NO2 (2.0)Work-in-progress presentation Recommended age: 10+Duration: 30 minutes “C8H11NO2 (2.0)” is a new derivation of the original performance of ROOM 100 collective, which premiered in 2011 and was the laureate of the Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe (now circusnext), edition 2009-2010. Through the project “The Sphere”, ROOM 100 received support to look back on this creation and react to it with a gap of 10+ years.  Combining contortion and acro dance with interactive modeling, “C8H11NO2 (2.0)” is looking into mental…

THURSDAY 4 June & FRIDAY 5 June20:30 Secret LocationPerformance LOS GALINDOS (ESP): MDR – Death from Laughter Recommended age: 12+Duration: 60 minutes Teaser: https://vimeo.com/792147465 An improbable circus performance for both young and adult audiences. MDR is a farce that simultaneously disturbs and entertains. Melon, Mardi and Rossinyol are confronted with an unexpected conflict. Their untamed and clumsy nature, combined with an urgent need to exist, leads them into an improbable performance in which they freely explore even the most absurd actions. This experience—both hilarious and unsettling—tells the story of a…

THURSDAY 4 June7:30 PM – CirkoBalkana Circus Tent MISMO NISMO (SLO): TUGA Work in progress presentation Recommended age: 6+Duration: approx. 30 minutes Admission is free; voluntary donations are always welcome. Tuga  (Sorrow) performance that explores the gravity of the soul—not as an abstract concept, but as a state felt within the body. It is a weight that draws us towards the ground, the silence between two breaths, a space that expands between people even in moments of closeness. There is no sudden movement, yet a constant force is present, shaping…

SATHURDAY  6 June 20:00 CirkoBalkana tent INTREPIDUS SQUAD (FR): STEK Recommended age: 6 +Approximate duration: 50 minutes Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5PGysH9Krc Stek breathes the street—its noise, its smoke. Through the manipulation of a dumpster, and by blending dance, theatre, stunts, music, acrobatics, juggling and clowning, it creates a world akin to a summer storm: raw, refreshing and wild. Stek allows itself to be carried by the street—both mother and home—immersing the audience in a simple, percussive and sensitive universe that adapts to any space, indoors or outdoors. It embraces improvisation: Stek exists…

FRIDAY 29 May20:00 CirkoBalkana tent CIRKUSFERA (RS): ENTROPY Recommended age: 10 + Duration: 50 minutes Teaser: https://youtu.be/Y3DP_am1V7s “People have become so accustomed to walking in chains that they no longer believe it would be easier without them.”— Julian Beck (The Living Theatre) About the performance In a society marked by the erosion of culture and distorted values—where control and possession erase the boundaries of art and freedom of expression—Entropy deliberately dismantles them. Through a circus-based approach to the stage, the work explores the relationship between the artist and their own creation…