A story of two friends who lift each other up. Different heights, different roles. A tall base, a short flyer. But have they really chosen their roles ?
Unraveling the gendered norms that have decided for them until now, the duo questions power dynamics within their habits.
What if we switched roles ? A short base, a tall flyer.
N.Ormes is an hour long hand to hand journey, following a duo trying to reach a form of equality that may be impossible.
The stage becomes an arena in which archetypes fall one by one, leaving space to find powerful friendship and equity filled with fluidity.
Duo presentation :
The duo, “Agathe & Adrien” graduated from the Circus School of Quebec in 2018. They work at the edge of circus, dance, and theater/performing arts. This multidisciplinarity allows them to develop a unique circus vocabulary. As emerging artists Agathe and Adrien started their career working for well established circus companies in Quebec, but needing to express their social and environmental values through a committed circus, they turned towards independent circus creations presented in Quebec including Branché, Piece of Mind, Interact and now, N.Ormes. Tired of the obsolete and toxic patterns of male/female relationships present in the circus world today; they combine the codes of circus, contemporary dance and performance art to create a rich, complex acrobatic language, as a part of a feminist approach to redefining standards.
