CM_30
a circus experience with light-,
colour- and object manipulation
premiere: October 2021
concept/performance: Kolja Huneck
artistic advice: Benjamin Richter, Andrea Salustri
music/composition: Rutger Zuydervelt - Machinefabriek
About CM_30
CM_30 is minimalistic circus, a contemplative walk through the world of colours
The solo piece by the circus artist Kolja Huneck invites the audience to intensely perceive a fleeting universe. Together with the visitors, a synaesthetic colour bath is created between contemporary circus and installation art. Poetic juggling is the painting tool in an airy room that is acoustically filled by the compositions created by Rutger Zuydervelt.
With CM_30 Kolja Huneck questions the traditional expectations towards circus and juggling and lets the boundary between audience and artist dissolve. Can a circus performance relax the public and facilitate falling asleep?
The title CM_30 symbolises the size of the props, various discs and lamps, each 30cm in diameter.
performance dates
2024
17th & 18th of February 2024, PACT Zollverein, Essen
2023
29th & 30th of September 2023, Move! - Krefelder Tage für modernen Tanz, Krefeld
29th of July 2023, Mittelfest, Cividale del Friuli, Italy
24th of June 2023, Blue Ballon Zirkusfestival Nordhausen, Germany
20th of June, Terminal Festival, Udine, Italy
8th of June, Prague Quadrennial of Performance, Bravo Theater, Czech Republic
18th of May 2023, MittelYoung Festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
13th of May 2023, Cirque Mania, Schuur Haarlem - The Netherlands
2022
11th of November 2022, Nuit du Cirque/Zeit für Zirkus Hamburg
4th - 6th of November 2022, Lichtwoche München
22nd of October 2022, Darmstadt
7th & 8th of October 2022, Rodeo Festival Munich
28th & 29th of April 2022, Festival Perspectives Saarbrücken
2021
28th of November 2021, This is not a circus, Amsterdam
30th & 31st of October 2021, Theater op de Markt, Neerpelt
26th & 27th of October 2021, Festival Circolo, Tilburg
10th of October 2021, Vitrine PERPLX, Kortrijk
18th & 19th of August 2021, Contempo Festival, Kaunas
video documentary about the creation process
practical info
number of performers: 1
duration of performance: 50 minutes
audience capacity: 20-100 (depending on view/seating of the audience)
age of audience: 8+
minimum space: 7x5x4 meters
CM_30 was supported by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich and selected for the European funding programme circusnext.
Further information, videos and photo impressions, performance schedule, technical requirements
on demand via info@kolja.art and 0049/1729422203
funding/support
funding/co-production
- Landeshauptstadt München, Kulturreferat
- PERPLX Kortrijk
- Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof Neerpelt
collaborators
Concept/Performance: Kolja Huneck
Artistic advice: Benjamin Richter & Andrea Salustri
Music/Composition: Rutger Zuydervelt/Machinefabriek
Costume: Amrei Simon
Stage setting: Kolja Huneck & Marcus Hüttl
Special Thanks: Luuk Brantjes, Elena Kreusch, Kim-
Jomi Fischer, Jérémie Cusenier
support/residencies
Shortlisted circusnext 2020-2021 (project cofunded by the
Creative Europe programme of the European Union)
Circunstruction Rotterdam, circus re:searched & KreativKultur Vienna, Schloss Bröllin e.V. & Ministerium f. Bildung, Wissenschaft u. Kultur Mecklenburg-Vorpommern & Landkreis Vorpommern- Greifswald, La Maison des Jonglages Paris, Espace Catastrophe - Centre International de Création des Arts du Cirque Bruxelles, Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof Neerpelt, TENT Amsterdam, Berlin Circus Festival, Tollhaus Karlsruhe, Festival PERSPECTIVES Saarbrücken, Room100 Split, Cirkorama Zagreb, Festival Circolo Tilburg, Circusstad Festival Rotterdam, Latitude 50 - Pôle des arts du cirque et de la rue, Marchin, PERPLX Kortrijk, Circuscentrum Gent - Vlaams Centrum voor Circuskunsten, Espaço fAUNA & Teatro da Didascália Joane, HochX · Theater und Live Art Munich
Katapult Berlin, Dansateliers Rotterdam, Schatzinsel Berlin