The Common Ground collective consists of 6 internationally successful and award-winning artists. The members met at the Academy for Circus and Performance Art in Holland, where most of them studied. The collective was founded in 2015 before the first show of the same name, ‘Common Ground’, premiered in 2019 and has been touring internationally ever since.
The content is about working as a collective, the common ground that connects us and makes it possible to move forward together. Contemporary circus as a medium visualizes this collaboration, the trust in each other, but also the risks and pitfalls of collective dynamics in a unique way.
The new creation AufIBruch (AT) continues this idea and raises the question of how a collective functions under pressure. What if external circumstances change drastically, what if the foundations are shaken?
AufIBruch (AT) is the collective's second production.
Performers: Andreas Bartl, Evertjan Mercier, Zinzi Oegema
Emma Laule, Lisa Rinne, Marius Pohlmann
Director: Aedin Walsh
Music composition: Vahakn Matossian
Set design: Clàudia Vilà
Set construction: Cirque Mechanique
Technician: Jakob Tewinkel