2024 TPAC Circus Festival: Materia

2024-12-21 - 2024-12-22

10.09 (Wed.) 12:00 TPAC Member pre-sale
10.16 (Wed.) 12:00 Tickets can be purchased

An object-theatre odyssey. Andrea Salustri gives polystyrene shapes a life of their own. A wordless performance somewhere between juggling and choreography. – The Guardian

It’s incredible. It’s a brave and breathtaking gesture. Such accomplished and uncompromising work. – Dark Neon

Objects develop a magical life of their own. You can’t escape the thrill of the never-seen-before. – Saarbrücker Zeitung

This is a one-of-a-kind show that offers an opportunity to reach inside ourselves and find our own story. – FringeReview

Andrea Salustri makes poetry from this most unassuming of packing materials. In the melee we hear heartbeat thumps and oceanic roars. It’s thrillingly epic. Salustri creates something both meditative and magical. – The Stage

A choreography for several polystyrene shapes and one human

MATERIA explores the possibilities of one material, polystyrene, to the point it becomes alive and protagonist of the events on stage. The role of the performer shifts towards the one of the facilitator, and the focus is constantly negotiated between object, manipulator and manipulation.

A path leads and follows the material from the hesitating movement quality of a delicate encounter to the loud soundscape of a self-sufficient apparatus. Drifting between calmness and darkness, between discovery and destruction.

The piece tries not to force a narrative but rather let the audience project their own narrative on the images presented on stage. Within a set score, objects are free to perform and take initiatives

Andrea Salustri's Materia 2023 for the Sphere - new ecologies of circus art!

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/1 - MATERIA (c)Milan Szypura

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/2 - MATERIA (c)Milan Szypura

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/3 - MATERIA (c)Milan Szypura

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/4 - MATERIA (c)Darragh McLoughlin

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/5 - MATERIA (c)Susana Chicó

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/6 - MATERIA (c)Susana Chicó

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/7 - MATERIA (c)Jonas Danielevicius

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/8 - MATERIA (c)Jonas Danielevicius

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/9 - MATERIA (c)Jonas Danielevicius

Andrea Salustri

Andrea Salustri comes from Rome, where he learned contact juggling, fire manipulation, and has been working as a street artist. In 2013 he graduated cum laude in Philosophy at La Sapienza University in Rome, then decided to move to Berlin to pursue an education in contemporary dance. He first completed the Dance Intensive program at Tanzfabrik Berlin, and successively studied dance and choreography at HZT Berlin University. He is the laureate artist for circusnext 2018-2019.

Official website: https://andreasalustri.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andreasalustri.art
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreasalustri/

★★★ Previous Work: A poetic act about the nature of fire "As long as it burns" ★★★

2024馬戲節/保麗龍/劇照/Andrea 2 - (c) Eike Walkenhorst

Creation & performance: Andrea Salustri
Lighting design & technical direction: Michele Piazzi
Technical team: Michele Piazzi, Chamsedine Madec, Mattia Bonetti
Sound design: Federico Coderoni
Original Music: Ah! Kosmos, Federico Coderoni
Creative advisors: Kalle Nio, Roman Müller, Darragh McLoughlin, Alex Lempert, Benjamin Richter, Matthias Buhrow
Co-production: PERPLX
Artistic Management: Migle Morkunaite

Ticket Benefits

Member Pre-sale

More about TPAC Membership：https://tpacplayer.org/DlYyH

2024.10.9 (Wed.)12:00 PM──10.16 (Wed.)11:59 AM Member pre-sale
Taipei Performing Arts Center member ──Devotee Player 25% off, get 1 50% off coupon for every 3 tickets.
Taipei Performing Arts Center member ──Trooper Player: Single ticket 15% off, 4 or more tickets 20% off, 10 or more tickets 25% off.

2024.10.16 (Wed.) 12:00 PM Official launch of sales
Member offers：
Taipei Performing Arts Center member──Devotee Player 15% off, get 1 50% off coupon for every 3 tickets.
Taipei Performing Arts Center member──Trooper Player Single ticket 15% off, 4 or more tickets 25% off, 10 or more tickets 30% off.
Taipei Performing Arts Center member──Rookie Player 10% off.

Register as a free member on the official website before 2024.10.16 (Wed.) 12:00 PM to get 15% off.
Register as a free member of the Taipei Performing Arts Center official website before 10.16 (Wed.) 12:00 PM to receive 2 coupons for 15% off on programs hosted by Taipei Performing Arts Center during the 2024 TPAC Circus Festival. (The coupon can only be used from 10.16 (Wed.) 12:00 PM and cannot be combined with other discounts)

Ticket Packages

2024.10.16 (Wed.) 12:00 ── 11.10 (Sun.) 23:59

【 Package Discount 】
Purchase 2 tickets enjoy 12% off, 3 tickets or more enjoy 15% off.

【 Cross-industry Benefits 】
Taiwan Power Company Employees: 12% off ticket purchase.
Quanta Computer lnc. Employees: 12% off ticket purchase.
TKU Faculty and Staff: 12% off ticket purchase.

Other Discounts

2024.10.16 (Wed.) 12:00 PM ──

【 Cross-industry Benefits 】
Eslite Members: 8% off ticket purchase.
Cardholders of Taishin Bank, E. Sun Bank, and Taipei Fubon Bank: 8% off ticket purchase.

【 Group Ticket Discounts 】
20 or more tickets in a single order: 20% off.
50 or more tickets in a single order: 25% off.
100 or more tickets in a single order: 30% off.

【 Other Discounts 】
Disabled individuals and their necessary companions (limited to 1 person) enjoy 50% off (please present disability certificate at entry).
Senior citizens aged 65 and above enjoy 50% off (please present valid identification at entry).

※ The organizer reserves the right to change the program and interpret discounts

Organizer

Taipei Performing Arts Center