Street shows

THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN

For the past few years, acrobats, tightrope walkers and trapeze artists have shared the street scene of the Coupe Icare along with the bands, musicians and other street artists…

This year, the circussion theme is woven right into the fabric of the festival!

The artists will greet you in the streets or under the circus marquee of the south launch with a colourful, poetic, hysterical... in any case engaging programme.

Cie Etincelle

Marching bands and street shows :
• Co. Pipalouga: traditional rhythm from Provence that makes you want to dance and spin.
Srdjan Azirovic Orkestar: straight out of Serbia this band of 9 Balkan musicians will set the Coupe Icare on fire. Don't miss it on Friday!
La Batucada Ziguiridoum: this batucada of Brazilian samba includes a number of local artists from the Plateau des Petites Roches.
La Swing Car de Mister Hole: music in movement by electric car. Warning to all drivers; you're bound to run into a car full of crazy flyers in their swingcar!
Palakutak: a quartet that has weight! Samba reggae and Brazilian rhythms will uncap your wigs like nobody's business.

Cie Celestroï

Aerial circus acts:
• Co. Etincelle: the show «Trajectoires aléatoires» (“Chance trajectories”) mixes paragliding, sailplane, trapeze and sawhorse! Warning: this show has punch. Don't miss it Saturday night at the south launch.
• Co. La main s’affaire (Busy hand): special acrobatic number with 2 artists who do a spellbounding and hilarious dance through the air.
• Benoit Charpe: unicycle and trampoline, a spectacle that defies the laws of gravity.
• Co. Célestroï: Back again with a new creation «Prophecies»: men on stilts with electrifying illuminations and original music played on things you would never call instruments. As much a pleasure to the eyes as to the ears!
• Co. Du fil à retordre (Having a hard time): in « T’emmêles pas » («None of your business»), juggling act mixed with acrobatic stunts of a duo that tries to learn each other’s tricks and get along with each other at the same time. Laughter guaranteed!
• Les épouvantails (Scarecrows): a workshop of stilts especially designed for the school children of St Hilaire.
• The Bonimentor association animates and presentes workshops on circus stunts and practices for this circussion edition of the Festival in St Hilaire du Touvet. 

Benoit Charpe
Cie du fil à retordre
Cie la main s'affaire
Srdjan Azirovic

Art and Craft installations:
The Companhia das Velas (Rio de Janeiro) seduced the public in 2010 with the poetic little lanterns. In 2011 they'll be back with lamplights specially created for the Coupe Icare and installed along the way to the south launch and under the circus marquee.
Phelma School of Engineering: for the second year in a row, students from the Phelma School of Engineering (Phyics-Electronics-Materials) will present their latest creation: a luminous windsock! See it at the South Launch.
• A wind farm made of Lycra will be presented by Pierrot et les Lucioles of the Hadra association. Near the Barish marquee.
• Also, go see the sculpture exhibition of the ACDA sculpture studio on the theme « The children of Icare » in the church of St Hilaire.

Programming arranged by Christian Pignoly
info@artdansdesir.com - www.artdansdesir.com
- tel 04.76.24.07.54

Should the program of street shows be subjected to last minute changes, please accept our apologies in advance.

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900 VOLUNTEERS FOR THE COUPE ICARE !

900 volunteers for the Coupe Icare !
Assisting the Coupe Icare.org association, there are 30 partnering associations making for over 900 volunteers who participate in the elaboration of this event! A thousand thanks to all of them for their generous time, energy, enthusiasm and smiles.

 

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