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The circus comes to town in Geneva

After Lausanne, it's now the turn of Geneva to become 365 days long the dream of Circus World in 2010.For 365 days, life in the international city will be punctuated by shows, acrobatics, theatre performances and circus exhibitions. Lyria Mag gives us the programme for this highly colourful year. Over to the World Circus Geneva festival to reveal the magic of the Big Top!

Musical marquee

We'll touch classic music with the collaboration of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Ensemble Instrumental Romand and the Music Festival.

We slide into pop music, jazz, techno and rock circus with scenes of the Chat Noir, Ella Fitzgerald and the Lake Parade.

All summer long, between the Bastions Park, the Place du Rhône and squares Place du Rhône and Bourg du Four, we'll dream during free circus shows.

Let’s all go to the theatre!

We'll vibrate with world previews of the Théâtre de Poche, Théâtre les Montreurs d'images and Théâtre des Marionnettes of Geneva. We'll be bewitched at Théâtre Am Stram Gram, the Théâtre de Carouge and the Théâtre du Loup which cavorts in the forest.

The Geneva festivals will be under footlights to give dizziness to each of us, in order to perceive the circus in the magic wealth of these discoveries.

We navigate with the UNO and the Cern, to present the circus with children of the world, and science. 34 countries vibrate with us, in this demonstration of unlimited multicultural frontiers.

We'll shiver with fireworks, at the Fête de Genève or the musical movement of Nina Rota, Cesare Sterbini and Nicola Frize.

Exhibition about the circus

Several exhibitions will present the face of the circus between dreams of Grock Château de Penthes, the Kabuki Theatre of Japan and circus scenes Fundation Baur, with wild street posters, evocating the Circassian contemporary art. Every moment, Palexpo will make us vibrate to enter into these gardens of World Circus.

Circus schools will do pirouettes on a trapeze, constantly delighting the child who becomes a magician of the ball.

Passing by the archeology at the Roman Museum in Nyon will let us discover the archeological authenticity of the beginning of street theatre in antiquity.

The cinema will drive us in the sawdust with La Strada, Clowns, Freaks Cac Voltaire and the unique film "The tears of the clown" of Victor Sjöström, 1924 Bio , as well as cartoons Cinématou.

The horse, this noble fellow, will amuse us by his trot and gallop under the sound of flamenco.

In 2010, 15 Geneva municipalities will vibrate on the circus stage, letting us discover the Insects Circus in Carouge, or clownish music in Onex. All hearts of Versoix will beat in measure to delight the circus dreams.

The University Hospital of Geneva will enter thru the door of discoveries, to thrill all patients by a smile. The circus will go towards them. Almost as many ways of expression serving the same art.

Source of generosity

All the benefit of our Circassian dream will go to a humanitarian purpose, allowing children and mothers to get drinkable source water.
During 365 days, Geneva will be lightened by all fires.

January, beginning of the performances, until December 31, 2010.

To know more: www.mondeducirque.ch/fr

See the programme : www.mondeducirque.ch/fr/Programme.html

To experience this colourful event, take immediate advantage of TGV Lyria’s exclusive offer of low-cost travel.