Topic 2: From traditional circus to contemporary circus, how does the genre revive?
Ques Fb: Does the circus still make you dream?
At fifteen days of the end of the year festivities, return to a family entertainment dating back several centuries: the circus. Acrobats, clown, feline dressage numbers ... who was not amazed by such feats? Yet with 14 million viewers in France, the sector is still in crisis.
How to renew to seduce a wider audience? What are the new forms of circus? Does the traditional circus still have a future?
Guests:
- Alain Pacherie , President and Founder of the Cirque Phénix, the show "The King of the Apes", performed by the stars of the Beijing Circus, is presented until January 20 on the Lawn of Reuilly, then will tour (in partnership Europe 1)
- Stephan Gruss , juggler on the ground and on horseback, the Gruss show "Origins" is presented until March at the Porte de Passy, at the entrance of the Bois de Boulogne, before going on tour in France
- Christian Boner , former journalist at Europe 1, member of the Board of Directors of the World Circus Festival of Tomorrow