Daily ticket4900 HUF3700 HUF - student, teacher, retired
Trafo passes are accepted
Accompanying program
Roundtable discussions
26.04. 16.30 - Finance your Art (ENG)
27.04. 16.30 - Artistic process in circus (ENG)
28.04. 16.30 - Future of circus in Hungary (HU)
#contemporarycircus #showcase #professionalplatform
The MUCH MORE Showcase will feature circus acts & performance concepts on the festival's last day. During the Showcase, short, couple-minute-long contemporary circus numbers alternate in the theater hall. Among the competing projects, the winning creator or group will receive the MORE Grant creation support, which includes one-year professional support from OneTwoMany Collective, financial support for the creation of a long-format show, a residency program, and the opportunity to perform at Sziget Festival and the MUCH Festival in 2025!
Watch the emerging talents of the contemporary circus field of the region showcase their most recent, most fresh and raw works. Jugglers, aerialists, equilibrists, acrobats will share their best, their latest, their most exciting side. The acts will be announced by our two MCs: Leonetta Lakatos, former artist of Recirquel Company and Balázs Gyertyán magician and performer of Time Traveller Circus Company. Both of them are emerging stand-up artists. Enjoy these seeds and segments of new pieces, ideas unfold and vote for your favorite, for the one who should receive the ‘Less is More Grant’, the public award of the showcase.
Lakatos Leonetta (Showcase MC)
Gyertyán Balázs (Showcase MC)
Eszter Kudlák (HU): Faint gray breath
Georgina Cassels (UK/HU): Sonder
Matylda Górska (PL): TIED
Alisa Astapova (UKR): Metamorphosis
Fundacja Sztukmistrze (PL): w koloŻe (In Color)
Angie Kurz (AT): EGO
Adela Jordakova (CZ): Rope and me- from seeking fragility to discovering something else
Anna Weszelovszky (HU): The dream of a fox
Sonja Schebeck & Josh Frazer (AT/AUS): LIMBO Sonata
Curators of applications received for the Showcase Festival:
Sophie Zoletnik (OneTwoMany Collective)
Lennart Paar (OneTwoMany Collective)
Márton Csuzi (OneTwoMany Collective)
Gáspár Téri (Grotesque Gymnastics)
Ilka Bardóczy (Grotesque Gymnastics)
András Mező (Firebirds Productions)
The professional jury judging the numbers of the Showcase:
József Kardos (Sziget Festival)
Sarka Marsikova (Curqueon / Cirkopolis Festival)
Marta Kuczynska (Structmaster of Kejos / Carneval)
Milan Manic (Cirkorama / Cirko Balkana Festival)
Veronika Gallyas (Hungarian Juggling Association / Inspiral Circus Center)
The MUCH MORE Showcase is designed to support the creation of circus acts of artists who are inspired to create longer format shows, but lack funding or professional support. To overcome this, through our Open Call we invited circus artists in the Central-Eastern-European region to apply, and submit their proposals for the long format circus shows they hope to develope.
MUCH festival, MUCH More Showcase and the More mentoring program were envisioned by OneTwoMany collective. Their motivation is to support the development and the european connectedness of their local newcircus community.
OneTwoMany was formed in 2022 as a collaboration between Sophie Zoletnik, Marton Csuzi and Lennart Paar after having worked on several projects together over the previous years. Marton brings a wealth of experience from contemporary dance and parkour while Sophie and Lennart contribute with a background of new circus, partner and aerial acrobatics, as well as object manipulation. The vision of the young company is to bring together many different talents as well as connect the still mostly separate performance and movement disciplines in Hungary. Creating, promoting and enabling shows that bring together experimental ideas but are at their core entertaining, spreading a love for movement and creativity.
In running order
Eszter Kudlák (HU) - Faint gray breath
Eszter Kudlák graduated from circus school in Budapest, then studied at Recirquel Master Studio. She’s working with Grotesque Gymnastic since 2019. She’s performing mostly in Hungarian contemporary circus and dance pieces.
@kudlakeszti
Georgina Cassles (UK / HU) - Sonder
Georgina Cassels is a circus artist educated at the National Centre and is currently based in Budapest. She is a founder of One Thousand Face and Rollmeknot, organiser of the Budapest Aerial Meeting, a member of Konstrukt by Cirkus Kolectiv and a fellow current of the New Horizon’s Leadership Program EU.
Georgina’s first aerial performance was at the age of 14 and throughout her life has mastered various aerial disciplines. Her approach to aerial dance is focused on an ethereal and timeless quality of movement and within all her performances and creations, it is her priority and ambition to provide an emotionally resonant experience that provokes contemplation and introspection among those who watch.
@georgina.ilona
Matylda Górska (PL) - TIED
Matylda Górska is a contemporary circus artist, on stage since 2010. She searches for a harmonious mixture of body movement and circus technique and likes to experiment by connecting various art styles. She travels a lot, bringing her workshops and performances all over Europe.
Winner of the 1st prize (in 2016) and the 2nd prize (in 2020) in the eastern-european contest of contemporary circus "Cyrkulacje".
@matylda.gorska
Alisa Astapova (UKR) - Metamorphosis
Hi! I’m Alisa, researching how energy impacts on dance and movements in different ways. How energies can release through movements and which story they can tell in terms of it.
Born in Ukraine, was educated as a dancer & choreographer in Kyiv circus academy, than as a circus trainer in “CircArtive school” in Germany.
Currently studying as a bachelor of circus dance in Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy.
Deeply connected to the nature. Infinite seeker and inner explorer with a lust for life.
@astapovaart
Fundacja Sztukmistrze (PL) - w koloŻe /In Color
Artur Perskawiec, Krzysztof Pacholik, Marcin Borkowski, Mateusz Kownacki
The Jugglers team from Fundacja Sztukmistrze (Poland) comprises four talented jugglers: Artur, Krzysiek, Marcin, and Mateusz. United in their passion for juggling, they have been performing together since 2020. During this time, they have produced a full show titled "9.811". Additionally, with their engaging short act "Fuks," they earned third place at the Eastern European Contemporary Circus Festival "CYRKULACJE" in Lublin in 2020. They love creating visually captivating and entertaining juggling acts.
@fundacjasztukmistrz
Angie Kurz (AT) - EGO
Angie Kurz, social worker, bike travel lover and since 2020, all her passion has been flowing into the world of circus art. Received her circus and theater formation in Valencia/Spain (Espai de Circ) and in Granada/ Spain (CAU- Escuela Int. de Circo y teatro). Her favourite discipline is hair suspension and acrodance, she loves to create with content, and would like to play more with her inner clown on stage. At the moment she does it unconsciously because she is too shy to let it out. :)
@angie_kurz
Adela Jordakova (CZ) - Rope and me- from seeking fragility to discovering something else
Adela Jordakova is a physiotherapist and circus artist based in Prague. After graduating from medical faculty she started to specialize on working with performing arts artists/athletes. Adela also got very passionate about practicing circus herself, and since then, she is working on both.
Adela’s circus specialization is vertical rope, enjoys working with the rope an the floor and combine rope work with handstands.
@cirqueadel
Anna Weszelovszky (HU) - The dream of a fox
Anna Weszelovszky is an interdisciplinary creator, a wanderer between worlds. Many years ago she started her journey as a juggler and stage performer but ended up falling in love with geometry, design and costumes. She's spending most of her days in the safe company of objects, making them talk, so she doesn't have to. :)
@annaweszelovszky
Sonja Schebeck & Joshua Frazer (AT) - LIMBO Sonata
Violinist/acrobat Sonja Schebeck has a focus on creating interdisciplinary projects fusing classical music with contemporary circus and theatre, founding ‘The Freestyle Orchestra’ in 2016. She is a founding member, duo-partner and arranger for Nigel Kennedy’s ‘Orchestra of Life’ and tours with Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths.
Joshua Frazer is a performance artist (Acrobat/Base/Cyr Wheel/Unicycle) with an interest in creating diverse, innovative and original work that challenges audiences and keeps the art form of circus growing and changing. He currently tours with companies including A Movement of Humans and Ockham’s Razor.
Chloé Charody is a composer and show creator who is known internationally for her unique sound world that she enhances by combining classical music, circus and opera into a captivating genre of its own.
@sonja_schebeck_pyroviolinist
