Francesca Mari – Poppi
Francesca Mari at 13 she began juggling
She completed her Bachelors in Litterature and Philosophy at the University of Bologna in 2012. She attended in 2013 FLIC Circus School, in Torino, specializing in foot juggling
Since 2014 she work whit Gandini Juggling company in the shows Clowns and Queens, Smashed, 8 songs, Meta and Smashed 2
In 2016 she perform as juggler and actor in the Opera “Aknathen”, English national Opera, winner of Oliver Award, director Phelim McDermott. In 2017 performed in the show “Metropolitan” with GOP Varietè in Hannover
In 2019 She created her indoor solo show “Tangle..in the womb of a juggler” tribute to the juggling game Hiko from the Tongan islands and abstract reflection on femininity
She works with great passion as a street theatre artist since 2008. In her artistic research she aims to explore influences from dance, acrobatics and theatre, researching a juggling which involves the whole body to transform the ‘traditional’ idea of antipodisme
With Christopher Patfield she co-created “Teatro Lanciato”
The atmospheric new contemporary circus show from Francesca Mari ‘Tangle…in the womb of a juggler’ explores movement in an abstract dream, freely inspired by the myths and legends of Tonga, femininity, and juggling
A tribute made by an Italian juggler to a traditional culture which unites women with the immense joy brought by the simple act of throwing objects
