The great small things
Very often some small format performances and little pretensions can hit the spectator sore spot rather than big productions with tens of artists and figurants this is Escarlata Circus case. Jordi Aspa and Bet Miralta have the peculiar ability of creating moments of deep intimacy from initially daily situations that, sifted through the sieve of their stage alchemy, become surprising and unknown territories. Since they became a company 20 years ago, Aspa and Miralta lead a glance ironically loving towards the circus: we just have to remember Pell de Gallina (2000) and Llenties i Marabú (2005). Rather than closed proposals, these versatile artists open to the spectators many stimuli that spin them in a universe located between the dream and the game. With Escarlata Circus there is no possible distance: communication is immediate because it seems that everything happens by chance and, without realizing it, their unexpected event is also ours. Devoris causa is Catalonian-French co production characterized by the circle: ring, stands and scenic space, and also an argumentative circle that starts over again. When we go out from the enclosure we will remember how we have got in because others will start the same long voyage as we have done. Also the food circle, the cyclical relationship with the beings (vegetables inevitably alive) that we sacrifice to survive. This is the idea, served with resources evoke the Jean-Baptiste Thierrèe gooses and the Chaplin barber from Great Dictator, simple evocative brushstrokes done from the personal scenic language and the construction of characters by Jordi Aspa and Bet Miralta, characters in a great communion with the turkey Fridu, the genuine star of the show.
DEVORIS CAUSA. Idea and Script: Escarlata Circus. Direction: Jordi Aspa. Interpretation: Jordi Aspa, Bet Miralta and the turkey Fridu. Temporada Alta Festival, Auditori de la Mercè, 27th November.
JORDI JANÉ
Circus review
Diari Avui
Sunday 30 november 2008
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Escarlata Circus
bet@escarlata.com aspa@escarlata.com
carrer Major, 25
08461 St. Esteve de Palautordera (Barcelona) Spain
Tel. +34 938 451 990