The 4th edition of La Nuit du Cirque takes place over an extended weekend, from Friday November 17 to Sunday November 19, 2023. This international event features some 214 circus events in no fewer than 10 countries. In Paris and the Île-de-France region, the program for this Nuit du Cirque 2023 already looks promising.
If you like acrobatics, acts combining strength, flexibility, agility, theater, magic and big tops... You've come to the right place! The theme of this fourth Nuit du Cirque is À corps et à cri. For 3 days, 144 cultural establishments join forces to showcase the circus arts. Companies, schools, structures... the world of live performance bends over backwards to welcome you with shows, demonstrations,workshops and more.
From intrepid acrobats to hilarious clowns and virtuoso jugglers, each act transports you into an extraordinary universe where the impossible becomes reality. La Nuit du Cirque is a celebration of circus art that promises an unforgettable experience under the big top, for young and old alike.
The full program for Circus Night 2023 is available online, along with all the practical information relating to each event.
Figures Libre d'Artcena #1 and #2
Videos on line.
Un petit poisson un petit oiseau
Compagnie le Klou's residency production, which tells the story of an encounter between an aerial artist and a clown who's afraid of heights.
Modern circus show presented by Compagnie les 7 doigts de la main. Train passengers transform their compartment into a playground for confidences. Passagers subtly combines theatricality, acrobatics and circus disciplines.
Introductory circus arts workshop
Workshops open to all, no pre-requisites.
INO
7 people don't weigh much in this world. But what if we stacked them up? INO is us, dressed in layers of social convention like everyone else. But all those layers get in the way. So we realize that carrying someone is lighter than carrying social pressure...
Presentation of work by Cirque Nomade
Accompanied by Cirque Nomade teachers, students from the "Advanced Level" group and the "Petite Troupe" will present several circus numbers (acrobatics, aerial, juggling; solo, duo, group...) for all audiences.
Esquive by Gaëtan Levêque
Six acrobats play with rebounds to the rhythm of intoxicating music and become the most leaping flying fools, neatly breaking the boundaries between heaven and earth.
Robert n'a pas de paillettes
With Robert n'a pas de paillettes, Arthur Sidoroff, accompanied by musician Thomas Caillou, invites us on a suspended journey. An intimate relationship with the apparatus that reflects the artist's desire to embody a raw humanity, to present himself on the wire "without filter", "without glitter".
Juventud
Five jugglers use juggling as a poetic instrument and revolutionary gesture. Celebrating speed and change, Juventud draws on circus physicality in a game of multiple cohabitations, friction and contrasts: an ode to freedom.
An afternoon under the big top
Introductory circus workshops (ages 5-8 and 8-12), flying trapeze demonstration... by teachers from the Ecole Nationale des Arts du Cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois.
Dates and Opening Time
From November 17th, 2023 to November 19th, 2023
Official website
lanuitducirque.com
