[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I'm editing now, and I have about 8 of the 16 from Suggest a Story thread done in first draft. I'm hoping to release it on Monday (fingers crossed and if nothing else gets in the way) under the title: Suggested Oddities.

brilliant.

i went looking for some youtubey cirque nouveau goodness and it's surprisingly hard to find, but then i remembered i had found some clips recently of les colporteurs ; they're not quite typical because it's a troupe only of funambules but the ambiance is right, so thought i'd just quote those posts. i also recommend the company cahin caha (among others) if you ever get the chance to see them.

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i went to the circus tonight, to see a new show by Les Colporteurs, a company of funambules. it is called Le fil sous la neige (the wire under the snow), and it is based on the story of the troupe's star and founder, Antoine, after he fell during a repetition and broke his spine, and his very long recovery (he was paralysed from the waist down. now, he can walk again, but not very well, and needs a cane. he will never be able to go on a wire again), with the help and support of his friends. it was breathtakingly beautiful, and heartbreaking, and also sometimes hilariously funny and staggeringly impressive. those funambules are like birds, darting around on the wires, leaping from one to the other, dancing... amazing. i honestly can't remember the last time i was so moved by a show. if ever Les Colporteurs come to your city, RUN to see them.

edit : found another even better video !
edit 2 : ...which doesn't want to embed here, i don't know why. so here is the url to watch it directly : http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/Colpo...neige_creation

here is a trailer of this show :



here is another video :



and here is a report in czech with some other images :

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

and now i've found a video which shows scenes from the first show i ever saw by the colporteurs, filao, based on italo calvino's book "the baron in the trees". there is also an interview with antoine and agathe rigot from a long time ago, before the accident.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...filao_creation