Dorchester’s extraordinary week-long circus residency reaches its climax on Sunday (September 19) with a flame-filled free finale show by up to 100 performers.
Aerialists will sweep across the doughnut stage filling the centre of the rings as the reds take on the blues in Air Ball - a stunning aerial ball game invented for the show by the skilled and talented acrobats from NoFit State Circus.
But this is not any circus show, and these are not any performers. While up to 30 are trained members of the company, the remainder are local people from community groups who have run away with the circus for the week for a series of workshops and rehearsals.
Freerunners, bellydancers, cheerleaders, gymnasts, dancers and around 100 schoolchildren have all worked with the company’s professional performers during the week - a total of around 300 people, of whom a quarter have been invited to join the show.
During their residency in Dorchester, Dorset as part of the Inside Out 2010 Festival, artistic director Orit Azaz, explains how the company works with performers from the local community over the course of a week - and then includes up to 80 of them in the spectacular finale show.
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