By
Hippana.Maleta
Sat
6
Sep
8:00 pm
Dance Cork Firkin Crane
RUNNING IN ITSELF IS AN INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT FORM OF HUMAN LOCOMOTION. Have you ever thought about how many muscles are needed to run, how many nerve pathways between head and leg are used with every jump? What does this mean in terms of coordination that the body performs - for something that seems to happen automatically? Just watch Maradona score a goal in the world cup final or feel the exhaustion of a Marathon runner when crossing the finish line. The run has so many emotions: It has stress and it has survival, it has adrenaline, desire, fear, whether you are being chased, chasing or escaping.
Juggling is a similar phenomenon. Throwing and catching are also complex biomechanical processes. To celebrate the evolution of the human walk and throw in an increasingly immobile culture, we created RUNNERS: A circus show combining excellent juggling, stunning objects and incredible sounds.
Running machines on stage widen the perception and experience of speed, both of running and juggling. Because what happens below and what the legs do are naturally reflected in the upper part of the body. At the same time, you don't get anywhere because you're walking on the spot. This means that logic turns around, the ground beneath us moves and we can't help but respond.
The two characters Alex and Jonas find themselves bound to the rules of these objects and are guided through a series of games and experiments orchestrated by the third character Moises.
Let’s have a party and celebrate together!
HIPPANA.MALETA STARTED WITH GOOD COFFEE. Formed by using juggling, manipulation and the body as a base to construct languages in which to explore aspects of human condition. Alex Allison (IE), Jonas Schiffauer (DE) and Moisés Mas García (ES) explore and share their vision of circus, poetry and performance.
Jonas is a juggler and actor based in Cologne, while Alex is an Irish juggler/performer/creator based in Brussels, and Moisés is a producer, composer and performer, based in Alicante.
Alex and Moisés met on the streets of Galway in 2010, during their time at university. Their friendship, music and juggling fused into "Put A Spell On You" (2018) supported by the Arts Council
Alex and Jonas met in 2012 whilst attending a workshop, becoming close over years of sharing good coffee, inspirations, juggling concepts and techniques. In 2018 they created TUNNEL as Hippana.Maleta.
While creating TUNNEL Moisés joined the team to design the soundtrack for the images and movements on stage. This was the collaborative genesis that led to the common creation of RUNNERS. With contemporary ball juggling, physical comedy and live music, the trio embarked on a journey to the origins of the human condition - driven by relentless treadmills
Hippana.Maleta at its base is friendship, exploring the ups and downs, the highs and lows. Always coming back to close friends, sharing their struggles, fears and triumphs. The results are plays about how they interpret and reflect on aspects of the human condition.
RUNNERS was created to run, and to share this joy and playfulness on stage with as many spectators as possible, since 2023 Hippana.Maleta welcomes two new performers who sometimes play the roles of Alex and Jonas: Welcome to the team: Daan Mackel as "Jonas" and Pieter Visser as "Alex".
Concept + authorship:
Alex Allison Jonas Schiffauer
Performers:
Alex - Alex Allison
Jonas - Daan Mackel
Moisés - Moisés Mas García
Composer, sound arrangement + live music:
Moisés Mas García
Dramaturgical + choreographic accompaniment:
Benjamin Richter
Darragh McLoughlin
Anna-Katharina Andrees
Marie Lena Kaiser
Costumes:
Liora Epstein
Set design:
Alex Allison / Jonas Schiffauer / Moisés Mas García
