CircusTalk: In an exhilarating new creation by Melbourne’s very own One Fell Swoop Circus, “In Common” breathes life into an astonishing 8-meter sculpture crafted from steel and rope. This mesmerizing spectacle features eight acrobats who harness the company’s distinctive style of acrobatics: a blend of heartfelt, powerful, and intimate performances.
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Circus and specifically acrobatics has always been an interesting variation of theater to me. It is still a live performance and uses many of the same tools, but requires a lot more athleticism and specialized choreography.
One of the major things I noted in this article is that the set was made by a company specializing in building fire truck roll cages. This provides a great example of how all sorts of industries require similar things to what we may need on a given show, and that often if work needs to be contracted out, there is someone who does something similar, even if it is not immediately apparent. I would not have initially thought that a company building fire trucks would have anything to do with the theater, but now it does make sense that this set is similar to welded pipe construction.
While this production was held outside, I also thought about how difficult it would be to light if produced in a normal theater. It would be nearly impossible to get light on the performers' faces without shadows being cast by the tubing making up the set. One possible solution to this would be to use many small lights within the set so that you do not need to worry as much about shadows.
I immediately clicked onto this article to read, because the title seemed so intriguing and interesting. When I was younger, I would often be taken by my parents to see circus shows, and I was always fascinated in seeing all the acrobats and actors, and the things they do. When I was younger, safety wasn’t that much considered, but now reading the article, I learned that they have a lot of safety precautions, and have choreography that they follow, which is a relief to hear. Learning that all performances are open-air and free of charge is really interesting, because it feels like the actors put so much time and effort into this show, but anyone can see it free of charge seems really nice, as people can enjoy the show and also learn more about this form of art. I really wish I could be able to see this act, as it seems so cool and interesting, but if there’s a chance to see something similar here at Pittsburgh, I would definitely go check it out.
The circus has always intrigued me, from an early age, my artist mother made art reflecting the circus, she had an animation of the ‘freak show’ which was creepy, yet so cool. I have been to the big apple circus in the city is always such an awesome show. Seeing these people, who are quite literally body artists, put on a show that is such a good combination of weird and impressive is very inspirational. Also, interactive art is a strong statement, people like looking at something that has movement to it, something that tells a story. The exhibit is a bit unexpected as well, they are just massive poles that inspired Jonathan Morgan, to transform the space into a operating circus tricks area. I think the concept of transforming a space is very important right now, I think it highlights the unseen potential and especially in the state of the world we are living in it is crucial to not only view this but to take advantage as well.
I am sure many people would agree with me when I say that tensegrity is super cool. Honestly, I can barely wrap my brain around how those sculptures support themselves with tension, so trying to conceptualize the idea of what is essentially a giant tensegrity structure not only supporting itself with tension but also a group of acrobats performing on it is pretty wild. I can only imagine the amount of math that has to go into this, because in order to get the tension this perfect, there has to be some pretty precise calculations happening. I don’t know much (if anything) about acrobatics, but this performance seems like a pretty cool spectacle. The article talks about how the performers combine an assortment of acrobatic styles in this show, and that sounds pretty cool. And I mean, most of all, I really just want to watch this structure to see how it holds and/or moves with the performers and just how tense the tension is.
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