Circus Chnopf - UFE

Air is everything or nothing. It is the source of our life—invisible, often unnoticed, and yet essential. A single breath is enough to bring us into the world. But what happens when there is no air? When we have to find ways to create it in order to survive?

Circus Chnopf explores these questions through imagery, music, encounters, acrobatics, and dance. In our search for freedom and community, we swing our way through the poetic space between the ground and the air.

For UFE, we’ve explored the themes of the environment, crises, and the longing for lightness, and we’re taking you on a journey through challenges and poetic moments. The performance invites you to rediscover air as both a living space and a metaphor, and to experience how, much like on a swing, individual bodies can come together to create a shared breath.

(approx. 60 minutes, ages 5 and up)

Director: Tim Plegge
Artistic Director: Annika Hemmerling
Dramaturgy: Karin Dietrich
Assistant Director: Victoria Leymarie
Musical Director: Hannes Junker
Set Design: Nik Huber, Max Ihle
Costumes: Judith Adam

Ensemble: Ada Aebi, Amir Paiwandi, Aurelia Pohli, Demian Bucci, Isaline Hugonnet, Jarmila Wey, Marla Neidhart, Matteo Elia Vizzielli, Raoul Cosandey, Sanahé Deruelle

Co-Managing Directors
, Konrad Utzinger, Polina Petushkova