Race Horse Company & Circo Aereo
Petit Mal (2010–2014)
Petit Mal, the first production by the Race Horse Company, is a collaboration with Circo Aereo. The show is a prime example of concrete circus: a combination of the tradition of village fools and performing art, where sweat and bruises embroider the skins of the performers.
The show has no story or plot, and not much sense to speak of. It does not tell a story, but certainly has its fair share of action.
Petit Mal’s building blocks are black humour and collisions. The traditional form, poetry and soft movement of contemporary circus are challenged through randomness, dream-like logic and the menace of violence. Petit Mal is a part of our disintegrating culture and world.
The show toured from 2010 to 2014 and was the winner of Best Performance at the 2013 International Theatre and Street Arts Festival in Valladolid, Spain.
INFORMATION
DIRECTOR MAKSIM KOMARO CIRCUS ARTISTS RAULI DAHLBERG, KALLE LEHTO, PETRI TUOMINEN, MIKKO KARHU (SUB. DAHLBERG) PLANNING MAKSIM KOMARO, RAULI DAHLBERG, KALLE LEHTO, PETRI TUOMINEN LIGHTING DESIGN JUHO RAHIJÄRVI VISUALISATION JUHO RAHIJÄRVI, MAKSIM KOMARO SOUND DESIGN TUOMAS NORVIO, MAKSIM KOMARO COSTUME DESIGN SUVI HÄNNINEN
Premiere 10.3.2010 Verkatehdas, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Production: Circo Aereo, Race Horse Company
Co-production: Cirko, Comedie de Caen, Festival Les Boréales, Les Migrateurs, Scènes de Cirque
Supported by: Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Arts Council of Finland, Finnish Circus Information Centre, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe, Juggling the Arts
PAST PERFORMANCES
Brighton Dome/ Concert hall, Brighton, UK
Turun kaupunginteatteri, Turku
Vara konserthus, Vara, Sweden
Marcus Garvey Park, New York/ Summer Stage, USA
Kulturzentrum Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany
Parco Culturale Le Serre, Grugliasco/ Sul Filo del Circo, Italy
Salle Aristide Briand , Saint-Chamond/ Festival des 7 Collines, France
Festival Teatro y artes de calle, Valladolid, Spain
amphithêátre d’o, Montpellier/ Printemps des comediens, France
La Grainerie, Balma, France
Baerum Kulturhus, Sandvika, Norway
Cirko – Uuden sirkuksen Keskus, Helsinki
Cháteau Rouge, Annemasse , France
L’Onde – Thêatre et centre d’Art , Velizy-Villacoublay, France
Scêne Nationale Saint-Nazaire, Saint-Nazaire, France
Scène Nationale 61, Alencon, France
Le Channel, Scène Nationale Calais, Calais, France
