Rotterdam Circus Arts and Cirque du Soleil

Second year students of the bachelorprogramme Rotterdam Circus Arts performed during the première afterparties of the show Varekai of Cirque du Soleil. The students performed four times in different cities: Antwerp, London, Amsterdam and Berlin. During the première after parties the students entertain the guests with little performances on different places.

With these performances, Codarts started a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil.

The show: Varekai
Deep within a forest, at the summit of a volcano, exists an extraordinary world—a world where something else is possible. A world called Varekai.

From the sky falls a solitary young man, and the story of Varekai begins. Parachuted into the shadows of a magical forest, a kaleidoscopic world populated by fantastical creatures, this young man sets off on an adventure both absurd and extraordinary. On this day at the edge of time, in this place of all possibilities, begins an inspired incantation to life rediscovered.

The word varekai means "wherever" in the Romany language of the gypsies the universal wanderers. This production pays tribute to the nomadic soul, to the spirit and art of the circus tradition, and to the infinite passion of those whose quest takes them along the path that leads to Varekai.

See here some pictures of the première after party in Antwerp.






Photo's: Ian Gillet