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WISE FOOLS
Circus trio
WISE FOOLS
Circus trio
ABOUT US
Company Wise Fools
Wise Fools is a circus trio specialized in triple trapeze and skipping ropes originally formed by Valpuri Kaarninen, Maria Peltola and Ronja Vilponen. The trio started circus as a hobby in a Finnish youth circus Sorin Sirkus and they received their professional training in École Superieure des Arts du Cirque (ESAC) in Belgium. The trio graduated from ESAC in 2014 with an original triple trapeze number. During the three years they developed a style where two catchers swing and toss one flyer.
In January 2015 they won with their work a silver medal at the prestigious Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris. They have since worked for example with the world famous Cirque du Soleil, the German variety company GOP and various street art festivals in Korea, Spain, Belgium and Israel. In 2019 the trio was invited back to Paris to perform as guest artists at the 40th edition of the festival.
In 2017 the Wise Fools were joined by the South-African Jaimee Allen who is a 2017 graduate from ESAC. In addition to replacing one of the original Wise Fools, Jaimee is specialized in cloud swing.
In 2017 the Wise Fools started to create their first longer project Trashpeze.
CIRCUS ACTS
Triple trapeze, cloud swing, dance trapeze, skipping ropes
TRASHPEZE
Aerial street show
Trashpeze is an aerial acrobatics street circus show that is suitable for everyone, both children and adults. The show is easily visible to a lot of people because it happens in the air.
"We are constantly told to want more. Everything should be bigger, better and newer. In Trashpeze three characters find themselves stranded in the land of trash. They are thrown out, abandoned and lost, as everything we no longer want. Through a strange and humorous absurdity, Trashpeze introduces explosive and unique circus techniques on triple trapeze, cloud swing and dance trapeze."
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Title : Trashpeze
Form : Street
Length: 30 minutes
Disciplines: Triple trapeze, cloud swing, dance trapeze
Artists: 3
Target audience: Everyone, suitable for children and adults
Concept, creation & performance : Jaimee Allen, Valpuri Kaarninen, Maria Peltola
Direction/outside eye : Meri-Maija Näykki
Production : Wise Fools
With the support of: Taike, Telepart – mobility support
Residencies : Subtopia, Cirko Center, Cirkör Lab, Espace Catastrophe – Centre International de Creation
