Festival director Iwona Kornet said audiences will see three outdoor shows of “Épiphytes” by Belgium’s La Cie des Chaussons Rouges, with four artists balancing without safety gear on a steel wire mounted seven meters high on Błonia pod Zamkiem.
At the Litewski square, France’s SPPi troupe stages two “Heavy Motors” performances, a witty tale built around a not-quite-roadworthy car. Ticketed highlights include three showings of “Julietta” by Mexican artist Gabriela Muñoz, whom Kornet called a leading figure in contemporary clowning, at Teatr Stary.
French company My!Laika brings four presentations of “Winter” to Błonia pod Zamkiem, promising live music, inventive sets and striking circus feats. Themes across the program range from mortality and difficult relationships to playful street entertainment. “The program is rich — pick what you like,” Kornet said.
Saturday’s bill at pl. Litewski features “Przyjaciele Sztukmistrza,” a theatrical spectacle with live music, aerial acts, fire show elements and stories inspired by Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer’s characters, performed by artists from Argentina, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, the United States and Poland.
An integral strand is the Urban Highline Festival, where participants traverse slacklines strung high between rooftops. From Thursday to Sunday, spectators can watch highliners near the Lublin Conference Center, Krakowska Gate, the Crown Tribunal, the Trinity Tower and the Voivodeship Office.
Carnaval Sztukmistrzów, billed as Poland’s largest circus-arts festival, has drawn global performers and crowds to Lublin’s Old Town since 2008.
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Source: PAP