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Image courtesy of Grec Festival de Barcelona.

The most ancient and timeless devices—including levers, pulleys and wheels—turn into hands for Manolo Alcántara and Joan Trilla. With these essential tools they erect a huge arch using a series of heavy boxes and pieces of many different sizes and weights. They’ll be doing all this using the fewest movements and the minimum possible force: it’s an endeavor that forms the true center of a show designed for open public spaces. It needs no text, as the aim is for audiences to enjoy it all and see the artists’ skill in moving and fitting together in a way that looks simple. It’s a show that uses silence and introspection as the creators establish an intimate relationship with the items and their weight. 

Manolo Alcántara, who is self-taught and sees himself as more craftsman than artist, creates his shows entirely through intuition, games and curiosity, and accepts the risk involved in sharing circus with the audience.

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