It’s about
In her contemporary circus solo Diana Salles reveals the beauty and depths of self-discovery. DELUSIONAL "I KILLED A MAN" is a journey through memories of the transition by a talented aerialist. Diana Salles explores liberating, but also agonising feelings of having murdered her former self. An experience that many trans women share when they finally leave behind the gender they were wrongly assigned. It is the physical and emotional strength it takes to recognise one’s own truth that carries her and the audience through breathtaking flights of fancy.
Worth seeing because
The young Brazilian artist graduated from the renowned circus school Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque in Brussels in 2018. With her first full-length piece, she brings a personal and intimate story to the stage that is (still) rarely addressed in circus. Diana Salles has been honoured with several awards, including the bronze award at the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris and the International Bursary Award at the Fringe Amsterdam Festival.
Performance, co-author Diana Salles | Artistic Direction Firenza Guidi | Costume-design Alexander Michael Arnold | Soundcreation Lukas Thielecke | Co-production ZirkusOn creation alliance / Germany
Fondazione Cirko Vertigo / Italy | Support Theater Ballhaus Prinzenallee Berlin, Kulturzentrum TOLLHAUS Karlsruhe, Chamäleon Berlin, Q Space Berlin, Café Müller Theatre Torino, Polas Berlin | Funding Zirkus ON Creative Alliance des Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V.
