Creative Intensive Series - Music & Circus

Circus Factory Cork is delighted to host a Creative Intensive Series - Music & Circus, part two of the Creative Series

Circus and Creativity Workshop Details

We invite musicians and circus artists/movers to join and collaborate together on how movement & circus can Influence music and vice versa,

What happens when you mix a clown & a drummer together, or a cellist &juggler. Let's find out.

We will split up into different groups and delve into improvisations and various exercises such as giving different impulses and themes to explore all together.

We will focus on :

Mood and atmosphere: .

  • Rhythm and synchronization

  • Storytelling and emotional expression:

  • Performance support

  • Improvisational skills of musicians & circus artists .

Music enhances the performance by creating a mood, accentuating rhythm, and heightening the emotional impact for the audience, and circus can compliment music by movement &storytelling and adding a visual layer.

Hosted by Gracie May Marshall (No fit state circus-One truck pony) and Josh Sampson(rois)

 

Who is this workshop for?

Impro groups, Musicians, theatre, and clown dancers

Are there any prerequisites to attend?

Be open to collaboration & improvisation

Why You Should Attend the Circus and Creativity Workshop

  • Musicians to have the opportunity to work with circus artists & dancers, circus artists & Dancers to have the experience of working with live musicians

  • Make connections for possible collaborations in the future

  • Experience something new in your art form or delve deeper into your practice

  • Have so much fun

What Should You Bring?

Comfortable clothes to move in.

Musicians to bring their instruments

Circus Factory has a microwave, kettle and small kitchen. The Marina Market Food Hall is also just across the road.

Location: Circus Factory

Day: March 1st

Time: 1.30PM - 4.30PM ( 3 hours)

Suitable for ages: 18+

Price: €50*

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10% Students and Unwaged Discount Code at checkout: CFCONC10%

10% Discount for Practitioner Members

20% Discount for Professional Members

About Gracie Marshall

Gracie started circus at the age of 16 when she left her home in Ireland to join the National Circus Center of London youth program. After graduating and realising she wanted to specialise in hula hoops, she set in search of the best teachers: Spin Circus Academy, Melbourne for circus hoops, Beijing International Circus School, China, for handstand hoops, and Raw art summer school, Ukraine for hoop juggling. She mixes all these techniques together to  create her own little hula hoop salad performance style. Her goal is to captivate audiences by the sheer artistry of what can be done with a hula hoop.

She has worked as an ensemble member for No fit state circus (SABOTAGE) for the last 4 years as well as other contemporary circus companies such as Circus Jukebox(Ireland), Lucent Dossier experience(USA), and Hopscotch Circus (BE).  She created duo Gracie&Antonio, fusing hula hoops, movement and acrobatics, which was part of Roundabout Europe 2021 & premiered in the world-renowned Teatro Circo Price (ES).