People Watching

Daring, dazzling and different; People Watching, the new circus sensation from Canada, creates circus and dance sequences that joyfully capture the collective experience of ordinary life. Finding beauty and vibrancy in simple shared lives, their new performance embraces all the twisted and most laughable aspects of human behaviour. Play Dead is a whimsical celebration of daily existence, curiously reminiscent of the last dance at a particularly good party: full of life and energy yet still with a hankering for connection and intimacy. 

This performance falls under the Me in the mirror theme and you can get theme discounts. For more information, check out this page

People Watching is a collective comprising six multidisciplinary artists currently based in Montreal. Founded in the tumultuous spring of 2020, they were initially moved to investigate ways in which intimacy could be shared with an audience during a time of profound seclusion. The inquisitive nature of this creative process led them to fuse their organic acrobatic research with elements of physical theatre and nuanced choreographic work. By providing the awe-inspiring qualities of contemporary circus with a scaffolding of depth and context, People Watching began to establish a body of work that is intimate and inherently human. Using live performance, film, and photography as a vehicle for their artistic endeavours, they have found local and international recognition, which in turn has fostered collaborations with a multitude of established creatives and companies

Credits

Concept, Direction and Choreography: Brin Schoellkopf, Natasha Patterson, Jérémi Lévesque, Sabine Van Rensburg, Jarrod Takle, Ruben Ingwersen,  
Set Design: Emily Tucker 
Carpenter: Alastair Davies 
Lighting Design: Emile Lafortune 
Music and Sound Design: Colin Gagne, Francisco Cruz, Olivier Landry-Gagnon, Stefan Bouchard 
Costume Assistance: Camille TB 
Styling Consultant: Row Särkelä 
Rigging: Azana Pilar 
Dramaturgic Consultants: Peter James, Isabelle Chasse, Gypsy Snider 
Support: Les 7 Doigts de la Main, White Wall Studio, Phantom Theater