FRI 24 JUL SAT 25 JUL SUN 26 JUL

MOTUS MURMURI

THE IDLE HOUR 
Friday 16:30

Saturday, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, 4:30 p.m.

duration: 40 minutes

admission: free

location: playground 8

Two acrobats share the stage with a human-sized hamster wheel: the object functions both as a set piece and as a metaphor. Where one figure radiates tranquillity and seeks stillness, the other is driven by restlessness and ambition. Their clashing energies and physical interactions create a penetrating image of the inner conflict that many recognize: the struggle between the urge to perform and the desire to just be.

 

Motus murmuri is an international circus company from Valais, Switzerland. Their work moves between circus, dance and music; wordless, soft and universal.

the value of standing still and finding meaning in a world that never pauses.

Company

Motus murmuri is an international circus company from Valais, Switzerland. Their work moves between circus, dance and music; wordless, soft and universal.

Their performances blend the abstract with the absurd, inviting the audience to slow down for a moment and lose themselves in a silent, sensory world.

Credits

Concept, music composition and artistic direction: Samuel Rhyner

Artists: Samuel Rhyner and William Blenkin

Technique: Jef Delva

Dramaturgical and choreographic support: Britt Timmermans

Musical advisor: Pierrick Bacher

Choreographic advisor: Pia Meuthen

Acrobatic advisor: Luuk Brantjes

External view (occasional): Louison Chartrain

Scenography and construction: Job Schuermans

Lighting design: Eligio Membrez and Edwin van Steenbergen

Video and photography: Mastershot - Maïm Dedeene

Graphic design: Erwan Demenga

Administration: Melanie Lamon, Samuel Rhyner and Vanessa Lixon

Administrative support: Buro Piket

Production: Motus Murmuri

Project partners and support: Loterie Romande (CH), Canton Wallis (CH), Stad Monthey (CH), Fondation Ernst Göhner (CH), Miramiro (Ghent, BE), Pour-cent culturel Migros (CH), Circusstad Festival (Rotterdam, NL), De Verkadefabriek (’s-Hertogenbosch, NL), Fonds culturel de la Société Suisse des Auteurs (SSA) & ProCirque, Corodis (CH), Espace Parallèle (Saint-Maurice, CH), Quartier Culturel Malévoz (Monthey, CH), Fondation Engelberts (CH), Korzo Theater (The Hague, NL), Circus Workshop Dommelhof (Neerpelt, BE), Banque Raiffeisen de Monthey (CH),
Cirklabo (Leuven, BE), Festival cirkL (Leuven, BE), Panama Pictures (’s-Hertogenbosch, NL), Station Circus (Basel, CH)

 

More info: www.motusmurmuri.com 

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