Hugs & Handshakes is an outdoor acrobatic choreography in which everyday touches are the starting point.

How can you transform hugs, a simple pat on the shoulder, or a firm handshake into spectacular acrobatics? Everyday touches form the starting point for an acrobatic choreography, where the small gesture becomes visible in grand movements.

And the audience gets to join in. Would you like a hug or do you prefer a handshake? The boundaries between performers and audience blur ever more. Spontaneous duets arise. Or is not everything as it seems?

Credits

Direction and choreography Hanna Mampuys and Toon Van Gramberen Performance Canthe Van der Jeught, Willem Rys, Helena Sirugue, Théo Corre, and Hanna Mampuys Dramaturgy Marie Peeters Music Jonas Vandenbossche Tour management GOOD COMPANY Production THERE THERE Company Co-production Miramiro, Circ’uit network for outdoor circus, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, Cirklabo, and Perpodium In collaboration with deRUIMTE, Brugge Plus – Uitwijken, Plein de Cirque, and De Grote Post With the support of the Flemish Government and the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government