freewheeling circus
RASOTERRA
circus
RASOTERRA's artistic research takes the form of a jump, an attempt at take-off. The company represent a challenge to our feet glued to the ground.
RASOTERRA creates contemporary circus shows with the intention of sharing their research and reflections.
RASOTERRA is the result of European and international encounters, productions and artistic exchanges.
The company was founded in Brussels in 2010 from the desire to give shape to the intense physical and creative work of Damiano Fumagalli and Alice Roma. In 2012, the first show of the company premiered: PANNI SPORCHI, a collaboration with director and performance creator Firenza Guidi. In the spring of 2012, Claire Ruiz, a French acrobat from the Tandem Company, trained at ESAC (Brussels), began collaborating with the two Italian cyclists. The trio created a first number - Totem. In March 2014, RASOTERRA presented the street show "The Flying Whale", winning the audience prize at the Daidogei World Cup in Shizuoka 2015 (Japan). In July 2019, with the support of Cartons Production, RASOTERRA presented antother street perfromance "VIRUS". September 2019 saw the debut of "Granelli", the company's first production for children, a project co-produced with Cordata F.O.R. 2020 was the year of "Happiness" and 2021 followed with the debut of "BOA", two productions exploring the idea of happiness as a driving force to confront today.
Numerous collaborations enrich the company's work: "projet.PDF", an all-female collective of which Alice and Claire are co-founders and have been working constantly since 2015; Nofit State Circus with the show "Labyrinth" (Great Britain); ON- Orit Nevo Contemporary Circus (Israel); "Milo & Maya" Opera Domani (co-production of Aslico Teatro - EU project); Circo el grito with the show "The King of Swing" (Italy).
Happiness
Premiere: 2020
acrobatic street comedy duo
Duration: 40 min
With HAPPINESS, the RASOTERRA company gives us a reflection on happiness.
Chasing after happiness, one can spend one's whole life without ever reaching it. And usually, happiness is just around the corner.
How do you find the balance between being content with what you have and pursuing your dreams?
This street show brings a moment of lightness, but it also wants to make people think about how to have fun in life!
It is an attempt to make people feel happiness, to surprise themselves in happiness.
By and with Alice Gaia Roma, Damiano Fumagalli
Thanks to Juliette Hulot
Original music by Francesca Musnicki
Production: Circo RASOTERRA
BOA
a lifesaver for happiness
Premiere: 2021
contemporary circus show for all
Duration: 65min
Is it possible to take steps toward happiness? How to actually seize it?
Boa is a reflection, a series of questions, the desire to never grow up, to keep growing.
Moments of pure emotion as well as fluctuating, changing moods.
Happiness despite everything, the happiness of waiting and of the goal. Happiness not to be grasped, but to be enjoyed.
Happiness to be found for oneself and around oneself. Each to their own, bordering on that of the others.
A challenge to blur the boundaries of personal well-being with that of others.
BOA is an attempt to make people feel happiness, to surprise themselves in happiness.
Though we still struggle to define it, we need happiness...
By and with: Alice Roma and Damiano Fumagalli
Director: Juliette Hulot
Generous outside look by Chiara Stoppa
Original music composed by Francesca Musnicki
Production: Circo RASOTERRA
Co-production: Circo El Grito - Sistema 23 Association
With the support of Teatro della Tosse - Fondazione Luzzati, GE; Centro di Residenza
of Tuscany (Armunia - CapoTrave/Kilowatt); Manicomics Teatro PC; MonCirco AT; PimOff theatre MI.
The Flying Whale
Premiere: 2014
“It is normal to be, it is normal to have, it is normal to believe..."
Imagine if we stood on our heads.
What if we walked with our legs up?
"The Flying Whale" is an opportunity to break the rules.
With RASOTERRA circus only the unexpected is to be expected!
At full speed on their bicycles, the three acrobats make fun of the force of gravity, twisting the shapes of their bodies and turning them inside out. They put wings on whales and double their volume without gaining weight.
Will 'Whaleism' win you over?
What about the art of the absurd, non-conformism and use of fantasy?
By and with: Claire Ruiz, Alice Roma, Damiano Fumagalli
Outside eyes: Nicanor de Elia et Sabina Scarlat
Costume designer: Sari Brunel
Production: Circo RASOTERRA
ToteM
Premiere: 2012
Acrobatic Bicycle Trio
Duration: 10 min
suite for three bodies and one bicycle for all
There are three of them with only one bicycle. How will they do it?
They share the saddle and carry each other.
Is it the speed that makes them smile or the feeling of the wind?
The tension rises between falls and fragile balances... A living totem slips on two wheels!
The triangular complicity of the trio is enthralling and the audience is enveloped in circles of joy.
by and with Claire Ruiz, Alice Roma and Damiano Fumagalli
