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IJK at New Victory through June 1
Posted May 23, 2008
Note: Compagnie 111 is the troupe who brought the wonderful if
controversial Plan B to the New Vic a few years ago. This show is
almost all juggling with some music and a bit of acrobatics. It's
quiet, rhythmic, and dark and has some interesting routines. Posted as
received.
IJK
At the New Victory
May 16 - June 1
Compagnie 111
from Toulouse, France
55 min/No Intermission
For ages 6 to adult
More About...The Show
How many different ways can a juggler juggle? What rhythms can
multiple balls create? How do they do that? IJK, a theatrical
spectacle based on the scientific concept of volume, asks these
questions. According to Aurelien Bory, one of the creators of the
show, IJK stands for: "un Instant de Jonglage en Kit" or "a moment of
juggling." However, the letters I, J and K are also the mathematical
language used to describe a vector, or the size and direction of a
partial line in 3-D space. IJK's performers play with cubes and balls
to explore all three dimensions, challenge the laws of motion and defy
gravity. Using these simple tools to create sights and sounds, IJK
cleverly explores the science of our everyday world.
More About...The Company
Aurelien Bory, Olivier Alenda, and Anne de Buck trained together at
France's famous Lido Circus School. Compagnie 111's shows are unlike
any other because of their focus on the artistic, mathematic, and
scientific aspects of acrobatics. IJK is part of a trilogy and each
part has a different theme. While IJK explores volume, Plan B
(presented at The New Vic in 2004) plays with planes, and More or Less
Infinity is all about lines.
More About...Where They're From
It makes sense that a theater company that likes science would come
from a place like Toulouse, France. A city in southwest France with
over a million residents, Toulouse is home to one of the country's
oldest and largest universities and is a main center of the European
aerospace industry. Several big satellite manufacturers have offices
and factories in Toulouse. Airbus, the company that builds about half
of the world's airplanes, is a local business. The city is also home
to the Toulouse Space Center, the research site where the Centre
National d'Etudes Spatiales (France's official space program) develops
and tests new systems and technology. Working with science has helped
Toulouse become the fastest-growing city in Europe.
For more info or to purchase tickets, see newvictory.org
See also CircusNYC.com
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