“The Sea is Calm!” is a circus performance by the French art troupe Be Clown. With the theme of the sea and the fairy tale world, the show will draw the audience into a timeless story, escaping from everyday life. “The Sea is Calm!” is a colorful, imaginative experience, in a poetic space with beautiful performances by clowns and live music. The lives of the crew of 9 clowns and circus performers along with 2 musicians will be vividly recreated on stage.
Running for about an hour, “Calm Sea!” is a circus for everyone, without any introduction, taking place on a 7.5m high imaginary sailboat, where the sailors stand guard or the captain, and tourists look out to the vast world. However, the large white sail of the boat is not enough to push the boat out to sea, making the whole group feel immobile.
Throughout the show, different circus genres such as pole dancing, aerial trapeze, juggling, acrobatics will be performed, accompanied by various musical instruments (organ, clarinet, violin & alto, bass clarinet, trumpet, guitar, flute and percussion).
Be Clown Arts Group specializes in creating and performing humorous and poetic circus shows for all ages, combining clowning, circus, drama and music. Be Clown's shows are especially aimed at people with difficulties in life. The group also organizes workshops, art festivals and art training for everyone.
Be Clown was started by clowns Soline and Charly after a year of cycling around Europe. They met many other artists, created and performed humanitarian circus shows for the community. They continue to tour around the world.
For the Asia project, Be Clown troupe consists of 13 artists. They wish to perform clown-circus-drama performances for all ages in orphanages, schools, villages, hospitals, theaters and at street festivals in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. This journey started in December 2017 at Thac Ba Lake and is expected to end in Hanoi in May 2018.
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