SURREALE

SURREALE
19.04.2026 at 6.00 pm

Spazio FLIC
International Center for Circus Arts | Via Niccolò Paganini 0/200, Turin

Free admission with optional voluntary donation, subject to availability.
Tickets can be collected on the evening of the performance, starting one hour before the event.

Presentation of Work in Progress projects:
– Giaccua | Filippo Seziani
– Corps à cordes | Katell Boudrandi-Saj
– Utopiæ | Angel Villa
– Gina & Francoise | Patrick McMaster and Selma Hellmann

GIACCUA
Filippo Seziani
In a place that it does not recognize and that does not seem to recognize it, a figure moves through an unstable reality, suspended between the familiar and the unfamiliar. It is easy to live like a ghost, to remain on the margins, to observe without being seen, to find in silence a form of protection. Fragments of childhood and ambiguous presences emerge like restless signals. What should be reassuring cracks, giving way to a constant tension that runs through the body even before the mind. In the attempt to adapt, a form of armor takes shape, ultimately leading to isolation. Identity fractures and recomposes itself in a fragile way, while an open question remains: does a safe place truly exist, or is it merely a necessary construction for survival?

Concept: Filippo Seziani 
Authors, performers: Filippo Seziani, Mark Kevin Barltrop 
External eye: Flavio D’Andrea, Sara Zacchetti, Giovanni Consoli
With the support of: Residenza Surreale – FLIC Scuola di Circo/RSGT, Residenza HOME 2025/ Dance Gallery Perugia, Centro di Residenza dell’Emilia-Romagna “L’arboreto-Teatro Dimora | La Corte Ospitale”

CORPS À CORDES
Katell Boudrandi-Saj
She is there, in front of us. And suddenly she begins to dance, as if her body remembered a waltz that her memory had erased.
The hemp ropes, worn by time, sketch an aesthetic of shipwreck. The sound of the wind, a silent accomplice, slips through the fibers, makes the ropes vibrate, and rocks us with an uncertain melody, suspended between memory and present time. We imagine the hands that held the ropes before us, the bodies that clung to them, the stories they might tell if they could.
In this landscape of taut ropes, the body in turn becomes a wreck balanced in space, searching for support, for a counterweight.

Authores, performer: Katell Boudrandi-Saj
External eye of aerial research: Camille Judic, Caro Wutke
External eye on participatory circus: Vincent Bruynninckx
Set design, masks and costumes: Aline Claus
Sound design: Cloé Defossez
Co-production and residencies: Residenza Surreale – FLIC Scuola di Circo/RSGT, UP Circus & Performing Arts; MAD Festival

UTOIÆ
Angel Villa
A stage, a story to tell. But what better story to reach the audience than the story of themselves? Mother Nature welcomes the human being, teaching them to live in harmony with the world. Yet the spark of curiosity guides humankind toward an untouched island floating in the air, a jewel of peace and beauty. There, with unaware hands, they begin to leave their mark: a trail of waste that suffocates life. The island, once a paradise for birds, transforms into a cemetery of plastic, a silent lament against human greed. Mother Nature, heartbroken, watches helplessly as the nature around her fades away— a sorrowful echo of our impact on the world. A poetic warning, a cry of alarm, a denunciation of the fragility of natural balance and the urgent need for radical change.

Performers: Angel Villa, Teresa Natoli, Diego Lama
Production: Creazione collettiva
Light design and set design: Diego Lama
Choreography:Angel Villa, Teresa Natoli
Tutor:Massimiliano Cividati
Costumes:Agostino Porchietto, Chiara Giordano _andwhatif
Whit the support of: Residenza Surreale – FLIC Ccuola di Circo/RSGT, Fondazione Cecilia Girardi

GINA & FRANÇOISE
Patrick McMaster and Selma Hellmann
In a not that distant future, in which our world as we know it today is on the brink of collapse, we consider two women, G and F. Their timid rebellion against the fact of imminent doom consists of doing what they do best after years of ambitious practice: living.
A collection of their stories, which originate in the love to absurdity, tragedy, and a great zest for life, is presented here today. It is a first glimpse into the beginnings of what will later on be developed into a full-length indoor show, explored in this first joint residency as part of the Surreale Project.

Artistic conception, direction and performance: Selma Hellmann, Patrick McMaster
Whit the support the: Residenza Surreale – FLIC Scuola di Circo/RSGT