Traces
The project Traces explores the imprints that people leave in their environment, investigating the phenomenon of the power and need of the human species to exert control over the non-human. The aim is to create a shared “ecosystem” between the performer, space, and matter, in which the importance of each decision and gesture is reflected. Using clay, the human body, and aerial rope, scenes of conflict, destruction, care, and harmony are evoked, questioning the individual’s awareness of the consequences of their own actions.
The work is part of a doctoral artistic project in stage design at the Faculty of Technical Sciences at the University of Novi Sad and is one of the finalists of the circusnext edition 2023-2024.
Author and performer: Hristina Šormaz
Artistic collaborators: Deneš Debrei, Frederi Vernier, Rodrigo Malvar, Cata Aguayo
Light designer and technician: Domagoj Šoić
Sound designer: Miodrag Gladović
Producer: Antonia Kuzmanić
Production: Cirkusfera, ROOM 100
Administration: La Dérive
Financial support: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, CircusNext
Supported by: Terra, Teatro do Frio, Erva Daninha, Teatro da Didascalia, Les Noctambules, Stanica – Service for Contemporary Dance, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Circus Residency Network, Cirkorama, Circus Collective, Turbul’, Subscena, Berlin Circus Festival
Calendar:
25.05.2024, 19:00 – Bitef Theater, O5 CIRKUS, Belgrade
12.08.2024, 16:00 – Berlin Circus Festival, Berlin
13.10.2024, 14:00 – Subscena, Pogon Jedinstvo, Zagreb
20.11.2024, 19:00 – Night of the Circus, Dom INA Refinery, Sisak
27.12.2024, 20:30 – Circumnavigando Festival, Genoa
04.04.2025 – Brut d’Arènes Festival, Les Noctambules, Nanterre
Photographer: PanRay Photography


