CIRCO IN PILLOLE FOLLE
05.11.2026 at 8.00 pm
curated by Erika Bettin
Students of the Second Year of FLIC Scuola di Circo
In partnership with Accademia dei Folli, the show is part of “POP UP! – Lo spettacolo dove meno te lo aspetti”, project funded under the public call “Circoscrizioni, che spettacolo… dal vivo! 2026”.
Spazio FLIC
International Center for Circus Arts | Via Niccolò Paganini 0/200, Torino
Free entry with an optional free offer while seats last.
Tickets can be picked up on the evening of the show, from one hour before the event.
A show suitable for audiences of all ages.
“ WHO IS CRAZIER THAN A CIRCUS ARTIST?”
Bodies that choose precarious balance over safety, that challenge falling in order to push beyond their limits, while someone – from the ground or from above – watches, laughs, gets emotional, without ever risking anything in person.
The performance is a sequence of moments that constantly pose the same question, in different ways: who is truly the crazy one? Is it the one who puts themselves on the line to the point of falling, or the one who remains comfortably on the sidelines, convinced that the only danger is what they see above their own heads?
Circus techniques, dance, voice and other nuances intersect in often dreamlike images that never truly leave reality behind: bodies, visions and characters that seem to have stepped out of a dream or a nightmare, revealing deeply human fears, obsessions and desires that will be recognisable to anyone who has ever balanced on something.”
ERIKA BETTIN
Began studying dance at age 7. In 2006, she completed a two-year contemporary dance program at Opus Ballet, Florence, and joined their youth company. She graduated as a circus performer from the professional school FLIC in 2008. In 2009/10, she danced with Enclave Dance Company under Roberto Olivan, beginning her professional career. Founder of the contemporary circus company MagdaClan, she was part of Compagnia Finzi Pasca on a world tour from 2015 to 2017. Since 2019, she has participated in various productions as an artist, and worked as a tutor and assistant director for Mani come ragni (Cowles Center – Minneapolis) and Circo InCanto (FLIC – Polimnia Vocal Ensemble – Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi”). She currently focuses on professional teaching, advocacy on neurodivergence in circus, and occasionally serves as an external artistic eye for shows.
