JEF EVERAERT & MARICA MARINONI

In Difference is a show with two artists and two large steel rings, a physical journey inside the apparatus that brings them together: the Cyr wheel. They use their physical and technical differences as a creative driving force. With opposing ways of using the wheel, they develop a hybrid physical repertoire around the apparatus. In a combination of confrontation and complicity, the two artists propose a constant transformation of the wheel that highlights the sincerity of the circus. In Difference is a journey towards a gradual break with the traditional uses of the wheel, to the point of bringing it to life.

While sharing the same fascination with exploring the possibilities of the Cyr wheel, Marica Marinoni and Jef Everaert have developed different practices. Over the years, they have become increasingly united by the same obsession, which has led them to delve deeper into two very different sides of the same discipline. In 2022 they formed a new partnership with the aim of developing a joint project in which their research interests around the wheel would play a central role.

Authors and performers Jef Everaert & Marica Marinoni /Artistic collaboration Juan Ignacio Tula and Francesco Sgrò / Dramaturgy and direction accompaniment Alexander Vantournhout, Marie Ballet and Guillaume Servely / Lighting creation Bernard Revel / Sound creation Francesco Sgrò / Costumes Iorhanne Da Cunha & Emma Assaud
Production Cirq’ônflex – Dijon / Joséphine Théoleyre et Manon Gagnepain / Coproduction Rayon C – Plateforme cirque en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; Le Prato – Pôle National Cirque – Lille; Le Théâtre – Scène Nationale de Mâcon; Les Scènes du Jura – Scène Nationale; Les 2 Scènes – Scène Nationale de Besançon; L’Espace des Arts – Scène Nationale de Chalon-sur-Saône; Transversales – scène conventionnée cirque à Verdun; L’Arc – Scène Nationale du Creusot; Le Cirque Théâtre d’Elbeuf – Pôle National Cirque de Normandie; CIRCA – Pôle National Cirque Auch, Gers, Occitanie / Financial support and/or residency Les 2 Scènes – Scène Nationale de Besançon • Le Théâtre – Scène Nationale de Mâcon • La Brèche, Pôle National Cirque de Normandie – Cherbourg-Octeville • Circa – Pôle National Cirque – Auch Gers, Occitanie • Le Palc – Pôle National Cirque – Châlons-en-Champagne • Archaos – Pôle National Cirque – Marseille • Théâtre du Rond-Point – Paris • Théâtre Mansart – Crous BFC – Dijon • Cirque Lili / compagnie Jérôme Thomas – Dijon • Château de Monthelon – Atelier international de création artistique – (89) • La Transverse – Espace de création – Corbigny • Cirk’Eole – Montigny-lès-Metz • CNAC – Centre National des Arts du Cirque • CIRKLABO – Leuven (Be.) • Società Ginnastica di Torino/ Flic scuola di circo a.s.d • LATITUDE 50, Pole des arts du cirque et de la rue – Marchin (Be.) • L’Agora – PNC Boulazac / Project supported by Quint’Est – réseau spectacle vivant Bourgogne Franche-Comté Grand Est / 2025 circusnext laureates, co-funded by the European Union • DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté • Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté