hochSpannung

Our project is a self-produced, aerial acrobatic stage piece, which accompanies two artists in high-altitude flights and nosedives. In terms of the New Circus, the performance is not only spectacular but also intends to touch the audience on a deeper level. The title 'hochSpannung' is therefore inspired by the constant danger of falling, but also by the dynamic field of complex human relationships in which the protagonists move.

We want to create an artistic movement performance, whose heart is a counterweight pulley system that symbolizes the effects of one person's actions on the other. It is about exercising power and manipulation, but also about mutual support and trust, shared suffering and shared joy - precisely the stuff that keeps our world together and apart.

The goal is to create a high-quality, emotionally moving, artistically demanding and highly expressive performance. With this piece, we would like to enrich the cultural landscape and the young genre of the New Circus.

You are the target group! Interested, cosmopolitan people who want to make a difference! Since we communicate mainly physically and hardly verbally, we address large, small, young and old without language barriers. 'hochSpannung' is intended to be easily accessible to the viewer, but also to provide suggestions for deeper reflection.

Because we want to create an innovative art piece that adds value to the cultural landscape!
New Circus is an exciting, comparatively young genre, born out of traditional circus disciplines with social-critical content. With your pledge, you send a notable message to cultural policy makers that this art form is of public interest!
With the finished piece, we aim to tour and appear at a multitude of festivals - possibly even close to your city!

Help us to enrich the cultural landscape with fresh artistic heights!

In order for us to be able to continue to work, we need you!
We have already set up a subsidy with which we can cover a part of the costs incurred. With your support, we can fully engage in the production and fund the following main cost points:

• A freestanding areal structure
• Material such as ropes, carabiners, pulleys, band sling and mats
• Technology for light and sound
• Logistics (transport of the structure, travel costs of the artists)
• Rent for rehearsal halls
• Organization and public relations
• Artistic fees (support from the outside, professional dramaturgy consultancy, and final stage direction)
• 'hochSpannung's music
• Costume design

As you can see from the list, 8,000 Euros is calculated extremely tightly. This is our absolute minimum. The money with which you support us beyond the funding threshold goes 100% into the quality and love for details. In concrete terms, this means that we will invest your pledge into more intensive dramaturgy advice, higher-quality of music, costumes and technology. In so doing we can enormously increase the standard of the overall result with your support!
Let's do it!