Flow Circus presents: BELLS AND SPELLS

“Aurelia Thierrée perfects the art of the steal on stage” (The Guardian)

Bells and Spells, directed by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin, follows Aurelia Thierrée’s peculiar journey as an incurable kleptomaniac who is at the mercy of the objects that she steals. A coat hanger starts to walk, chairs and a table slide and slip away, while a wall opens up to reveal a pair of dancers, and a dress suddenly takes on a life of its own.

Using ethereal imagery and unpredictable props, this enchanting piece of physical theatre blends the wonderful with the strange. Neither logic, reason nor seriousness has a voice as Aurelia Thierrée and dancer Jaime Martinez guide you through a story which combines surreal humour and a sense of magic.

The performance cracks open a door into the magical and poetical; a world full of illusion and whimsical humour, where it’s completely for the furniture to have their own will, the walls are alive and coathangers grow into dragons.

Aurélia Thierrée has worked in theatre since childhood, in her parents’ Le Cirque Imaginaire and Cirque Invisible. She has worked across many performance art forms including film, theatre, on and off stage. She has also worked in cabaret and variety.

Jaime Martinez was born in Puerto Rico, and was raised in South Carolina. In 1985 he co-founded the Parsons Dance Company. His many master classes include residencies at the Juilliard School, and he has staged numerous works including for Le Ballet du Rhin, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Carte Blanche Dance Company of Norway, Ballet National de Nancy, Pennsylvania Ballet, New York City Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, and Roland PetitBallet National de Marseille. He is a recipient of a New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award.

The visiting show is arranged in collaboration with Oulu theatre and Cirko – new circus centre.