Peter Breuer's Flying Circus
Ballet by Peter Breuer
Synopsis
One comes upon the term »flying circus« in many contexts. lt is used equally in ski jumping as at a model airplane show or in an acrobatic performance. Not difficult to understand: In all cases, people attempt to overcome the force of gravity with their own bodies or in a specially constructed flying obiect. But there is also the legendary British comedy troupe with their BBC comedy show »Monty Python's Flying Circus«. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, they satirized public figures in numerous parodies and persiflages, as well as typical characters of a society, for instance, the stressed manager or the frustrared housewife. Their dedication to the material was just as legendary as the cheekiness with which they spared no taboo in order to dismantle the object of their sketches.
But what does all of this have to do with the new dance evening in Rainberg? A lot! Naturally, that is the overcommq of gravity, which, as Fred Astaire said so beautifully with his bon mot »Dance is a telegram to the Earth, asking her to defy gravity«, is a basic longing when dancing. But that alone would be too little. By transforming the typically British, thus subtle and above all black humor in his choreography into dance, Peter Breuer would particularly like to make the Fantasy of the audience fly. Fly together with him!
Duration: approx. 1 hour 50 mins / one intermission
Reviews
»It’s very british and very amusing. […] Die Probebühne im Rainberg erweist sich wieder einmal als idealer Ort für Stücke, die etwas aus dem Rahmen fallen. Der Naturfelsen im Hintergrund beginnt durch ganz spezielle Beleuchtungseffekte fast zu leben und bildet den perfekten Rahmen für diesen außergewöhnlichen Tanzabend, in dem die 16 Tänzerinnen und Tänzer des Ballettensembles beweisen, dass sie nicht nur grandiose Solisten, sondern auch großartige Schauspieler mit außergewöhnlichem komischem Talent sind.«
Cast
Idea and Choreography
Prof. Peter Breuer
Scenical Conception
Tobias Hell
Prof. Peter Breuer
Costumes
Alois Dollhäubl
Dramaturgy
Tobias Hell
Choreographische Assistenz
Alexander Korobko
Musikalische Assistenz
Stephen Barczay
Spiny Norman / It's Man
Tobias Hell
Arthur Figgis / Grim Reaper
Josef Vesely
Miss Twolumps / Mrs. Brown
Kate Watson
Norman Nudge / Charlie Chaplin
Marian Meszaros
Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith / Paulette
Anastasia Bertinshaw
Ron Obvious / John Steed
Vladislav Koltsov
Rebecca Vernon-Jones / Emma Peel
Cristina Uta
Vince Snetterton-Lewis / James B.
Asher Smith
Henry Wensleydale / Austin Powers
José Flaviano de Mesquita Junior
Deirdre Putey / Miss Kensington
Flávia Samper
Petula Wilcox / Jill Masterson
Anna Yanchuk
Luigi Vercotti / Box Champion
Iure de Castro
Dr. Peaches Bartkowicz / Ballerina Popolare
Kristina Kantsel
Lassie O´Shen / Pas de deux
Eriko Abe
Ewan McTeagle / Pas de deux
Yoshito Kinoshita
Raymond Throatwabbler-Mangrove / The 13th Doctor
Herick Moreira
Rita Fairbanks / The Doctor's Companion Danubia Barbosa Pereira