Lukas Berger

Circus Movements

Mário Gajo de Carvalho, Lukas Berger

Liya Awrares, Beza Abebe

An examination of bodies, movement and the stillness of landscape brought to you by the entrancing Circus Debre Berhan.

Wuqiao Circus

Lukas Berger

In Wuqiao, a small Chinese town, the inhabitants are dedicated to circus. For decades, different generations have been presenting themselves as clowns, magicians, acrobats and tamers. During the holidays of Chinese New Year, the Wuqiao Acrobatic World turns into a big playground for spectators. Surrounded by Buddhist temples and Taoist sculptures, artists create their own space of circus tradition, imagination, illusion and reality. Backstage life is melancholic. "Wuqiao Circus", a film about circus life fragments, performative existence and the love for playfulness.