After a sell out run at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival - KNEE DEEP comes to London's Riverside Studios
FOLLOWING A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND SELL OUT RUN AT THE 2012 EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL
ASSEMBLY, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS AND MARSHALL CORDELL PRESENT
KNEE DEEP
PERFORMED BY AUSTRALIA’S HOTTEST NEW CIRCUS GROUP CASUS
RIVERSIDE STUDIOS FROM 28 MAY – 22 JUNE 2013
Internationally renowned circus
company, Casus, brings the humanity into circus through a breathtaking
and fragile display of skills with Knee
Deep. The show runs at Riverside Studios following a hit run at the
2012 Edinburgh Festival, where it was described as “awe inspiring” by The Guardian (***** star review). Knee Deep runs
for a limited time only from 28
May to 22 June, with a special press performance on the 30 May.
Through bold, quirky and captivating performance
the four members of Casus; Emma Serjeant, Jesse Scott, Natano Fa’anana
and Lachlan McAulay bring a wealth
of knowledge and experience into this innovative work, having previously
performed extensively in Australia and around the world with C!RCA, Legs on the Wall, Polytoxic, and Briefs.
Knee Deep sees bodies pushed and pulled, weighed and
tested, probing the limits of both physicality and feeling.
As
unlikely bonds are forged and acts of intimacy cohabit space with thrilling
physical feats, viewers are invited to re-imagine notions of our limitations.
Using traditional and contemporary circus techniques, Knee Deep journeys through moments of raw discovery, fleeting
relationships and unexpected bonds. Four artists reveal that delicacy does not
necessarily equate to fragility, although it is often a fine line they tread.
Emma
Serjeant commenced her circus
training at the age of 20, graduating from the National Institute of Circus Arts in 2006 after three years of
training under the internationally renowned trainer Guang Rong Lu. Emma began
her career as a freelance soloist, focusing mainly on the skill of hand
balancing. She then joined internationally renowned company C!rca, travelling extensively throughout
the world.
Jesse
Scott is a graduate of the Flying Fruit
Fly Circus where he spent 11 years training and touring under a selection
of the world’s greatest circus trainers. After graduating in 2004 he toured as
a freelance performer working with companies including Legs on the Wall, A4 Circus Ensemble, Candy Stripe Circus and The Australian Opera. He has also
performed with the Brewarrina Youth
Circus and Flipside Circus. In 2008 Jesse
became a full time ensemble member with Circa,
Australia’s leading contemporary Circus. He worked with the company for three
years touring internationally and performing at some of the world’s most
prestigious venues. Some of his highlights with Circa include: two seasons at the Barbican Theatre, La Tohu in Montreal, opening and
headlining the Montreal Circus Festival
and Dublin International Theatre Festival,
New York Skirball Centre for the
Performing Arts, Galway International
Arts Festival and The Sydney Opera
House.
Natano
Fa’anana is the sixth
member of Polytoxic Theatre Company,
the co-creator and performer of Briefs: All Male Review and
contemporary circus company, Casus.
Natano’s unconventional method
of learning circus from individuals rather than schools or institutions has
allowed him to create a unique style. His fresh approach to circus draws
inspiration from his Pacific routes and his style is now recognised widely by
the Circus community. Natano specializes in aerial acts but he is also a
trainer for Brisbane-based companies Circa,
Flipside Youth Circus and numerous community outreach arts organisations.
He has been engaged as an arts worker for Human
Ventures (formerly Speak Out), teaching circus skills, dance and music to
children in some of Queensland’s most remote Indigenous communities.
Lachlan
McAulay was also a member of Australia’s leading youth circus, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus - where he
began his life of training, touring and performing throughout Australia and the
world. In 2008 Lachlan was invited to Brisbane to create new work with Circa, Australia’s leading contemporary
circus. Lachlan then became a full-time ensemble member, travelling
to Australia and Europe, performing at the Galway
International Arts Festival, the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Oz
Regional Festival.
LISTINGS
KNEE DEEP
THE RIVERSIDE STUDIOS,
HAMMERSMITH
Performances:
28 May – 22
June 2013: Tuesday
- Friday at 7.30pm
Saturdays
at 5.30pm & 7.30pm
Sundays
at 6.00pm
Special
Schools performance June 11 at 1pm
Ticket prices: £20
(£18 concessions)
£30
Front Row Premium Seats
Address: Riverside Studios
Crisp
Road, London W6 9RL.
Box
Office: 0208 237 1111
Website: www.riversidestudios.co.uk
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