M u l eby the À Sens Unique collective

The discipline.

Icarian games is a ridiculous discipline in which the porter/base lies on their backs, bottoms raised on a little pillow, all limbs outstretched towards the ceiling. The flyer then sits, buttocks on the feet, their feet in the porter’s hands. This basic position (which looks somewhat like an overly contemporary IKEA chair and is known as “throne” in acroyoga), is the starting point for all the Icarian technique. By bending legs and arms and pushing in unison, one can do flips, turns, spins, and many more things.

Icarian games, by definition, puts the base on their backs, a position that hinders their movement through space. We are excited by finding ways to defy this tra-ditionally static discipline by making it mobile, and dy-namically at that!

The show.

“Mule” explores the relationship between two women with too little space between them. Affection between them grows thin as the weight of their relationship be-comes physical, one always stacked on the other; respect between friends only lasts so long when the other be-comes your chair.

No matter how closely in tandem they move, their per-spectives never quite match. Uncommonly strenuous dis-cord ensues. One thing’s for sure: they will breach all reasonable boundaries, entangle themselves beyond reprieve, and along the way find absurdity, joy, defeat, exhaustion, and a few potato crisps.

Creation in winter 2016/2017.

50 minutes in stage lighting (theaters, outdoors at night, circus tents, warehouses...)

For audiences ages 5 and up

Mule

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Created and performed by : Hélène Leveau & Aviva

Rose-Williams

Outside eye : Hugues Delforge

Lighting design : Clémentine Pradier

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The collective.Our collective, À Sens Unique, was created in 2012 by 6 students during the Quebec circus school’s professional program. Original-ly wanting to produce a cabaret before graduation sent us on our separate ways, we got to work. However, we quickly realized that we had bigger goals. We began playing around with the idea of creating a group act. The act soon became a show, and before we knew it, we had graduated and were packing our bags for Europe.

In 2013, we officially established the company in France. We spent a year touring various smaller shows and solo acts (Cactus Circus, Sans Prendre de Gants, International sisters, the Cabaret show…) and in 2014, we finished our first official full-length creation, “Léger démêlé” (Slight entanglement). This show has now been performed in 5 coun-tries, and over 50 times.

The collective is now preparing its second creation, “Mule”.

Artists.

Hélène Leveau.Helene started circus when she was 6 years old. She attended the circus highschool Châtellerault national school. When she was 17, she was accepted to the Quebec circus school, where she majored in slack rope and co-founded À Sens Unique. After graduation, she toured her solo slack rope act in multiple festivals (Circa, Luna Ca-bellera, Roulotte enchantée, Austria’s juggling festival...). She is now touring “Léger démêlé” and creating “Mule”.

Aviva Rose-Williams.Aviva started circus when she was 10 years old with Splash circus and continued her training at SF circus center. In 2010, she was accepted to the Quebec circus school, where she majored in Chinese pole and co-founded À Sens Unique. Ater graduation, she toured her pole act in multiple fesivals (Turbo 418, Fun Fatale, Chicago Contemporary, Circus Maximus etc...)She is now touring “Léger démêlé” and creating “Mule”.

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Creation calendar.

6 - 16 Nov. - La Mue (Cairon, France)17 - 25 Nov. - Centre culturel Wolubilis (Brussels, Belgium)7 - 22 Jan. - Kinetic Arts Center (Oakland, California, U.S.A.)26 Jan. - 5 Feb. - Espace Catastrophe (Brussels, Belgium)13 - 25 Feb. - La Cité du Cirque (Le Mans, France)26 Feb. - 4 March - Théâtre de l’Enfumeraie (Allonnes, France)23 Oct. - 7 Nov. - Carré Magique - pôle national (Lannion, France)

Partners & Supporters.SPEDIDAM, Région des Pays de la Loire, Ville du Mans, PALC Pôle Ré-gional Cirque Le Mans, L’atelier Lefeuvre & André, Château de Monthelon, Pol & Freddie, Théâtre de l’Enfumeraie, Karine Saporta – La Mue, Centre culturel Wolubilis, Kinetic Arts Center, Alex Machefel, K-E Création, Espace Catastrophe – Centre International de Création des Arts du Cirque [BE], Cité du cirque Marcel Marceau, Carré magique Pôle national des arts du cirque en Bretagne, Crédit Agricole, M. Renard.

Contact.

Collectif À Sens Unique6 Bd Winston Churchill 72100 Le MansFrance

Technique: Clementine Pradiertechnique.collectifasensunique@gmail.com

Tour Manager: L’envoleurGuillaume Cornulenvoleur@gmail.com+33 (0) 610 80 16 73

www.asensunique.com