Preamble

Preamble is the first creative exercise for higher education first-year students at the National Circus School (NCS). This show, which is suitable for the whole family, allows young artists to showcase their circus prowess, to become familiar with working under a big top as well as entertaining the public. Directed by experienced directors, Preamble brings together two short creations that are presented alternately before the annual graduation show presentations at TOHU.

Au-delà des rivages

Created by Jérémy Vitupier

It started with a desire for somewhere else, somewhere where everything is still to be written. Everyone got together to build a boat. The problem is that nobody had ever done that before...A hassle? Not really. Clumsily but with a lot of perseverance, they embarked on a ship that doesn't yet float to build more than just a means of navigation. Sometimes, like here, we discover that a path can be made at a standstill.

Performance dates:

Friday, June 2 at 6:30 pm
Sunday June 4th at 11:30am
Saturday June 10th at 6:30 pm
Sunday June 11th at 11:30am

With :

Clara Arnold
Yves Artières
Alex Aufderklamm
Christophe Bate
Raphaëlle Bettinger
Grant Bishop
Ilse Bryan
William Cholewka
Aidan Cretarolo
Jacob Crow
Zora Eichenberger
Lucile Fleurial
Madeline Haugen
Jade Hilles
Maël Ludwig
Martina Salza
Téa Tkach
Moehana Vanaa
Serafina Walker
Kayden Woodridge

Voir l’Ennui en rose

Created by Nicolas Germaine

Above all, do not waste time doing nothing, flee the emptiness around us for fear that Boredom invites itself there. We relentlessly avoid the visit of this enemy. Fortunately, there are plenty of remedies! Too many?
Everyone has their own strategies.
…I miss being bored…
We decided to go and meet it, to take the time to listen to it, to embrace it and to tame it to see what we had to learn from it. We saw Boredom in color.
It entertained us… a lot!

Miguel de Unamuno

Performance dates :
Thursday, June 1 at 6:30 pm
Saturday June 3 at 6:30 pm
Sunday June 4 at 4pm
Friday, June 9 at 6:30 pm
Saturday June 10 at 11:30 am

With :
Nino Bartolini
Philippe Gaglione
Lisa Huennekens
Samuel Kellar-Long
Juliette Lacoste
Élodie Laurent
Justin Lowack
Mathis Machuré
Vitor Martinez Silva
Alexia Medesan
Scott Raison
Abby Richert
Florent Salvan
Colin Vuillième
Emma Wetzel

About the National Circus School

For more than 40 years, the National Circus School (NCS) has been training and developing the next generation of circus artists from Quebec and around the world. Renowned worldwide, the NCS is also dedicated to research and innovation in the field of circus arts, in addition to ensuring the conservation and enhancement of heritage, history and living memory of this age-old art. The National Circus School welcomes more than 150 students each year, representing approximately 25 nationalities. Over the past four decades, the NCS has trained more than eight hundred circus artists and teachers. Today, it is proud to have contributed to the birth of renowned companies, such as Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize, The 7 Fingers and Cirque Alphonse.