Circus highlights dedication of female performers
THE Zip Zap Circus, in collaboration with the Cape Town Symphonic Orchestra, has chosen Women’s Month to host its magical Journey Beyond show, which highlights the talent, dedication, passion and bravery of its female performers.
Scheduled to be performed on August 17, 18 and 19, at the Artscape Theatre, Journey Beyond transports its performers and audience in a magical journey that combines circus elements with the beautiful harmony of the orchestra, according to the organisers. Zip Zap co-founder and chief executive Laurence Estève praised the circus’s female performers for their dedication.
“While we can appreciate the strength of men performing jumps, push-ups and pull-ups, it is difficult to understand how strong women are when they make everything looks effortless.”
“Fifty-three percent of Zip Zap’s beneficiaries are female. Climbing 10m of soft fabric, hanging from one hand from a metal bar at 8m, splitting, rolling, balancing elegantly, our ladies do this all with pointed toes and smiles; all while synchronised with the music.
“They make it seem like (it is) the most natural thing to do; until you see these girls train for hours overcoming tiredness and relentlessly continuing and supporting each other during their breathtaking performances with the goal to produce the most magical emotion for the audience to feel,” Estève said.
He added that the Zip Zap women had developed trust, teamwork and discipline that enabled them to perform on stage.
“Think of them as Picasso painting with bodies, as Newton defying gravity, they are ordinary kids doing extraordinary things. Some of the female performers that you can see in Journey Beyond include: Inathi Zungule in her first production, Saskia van Rensburg in her last production before studying politics in France, Johanna Gorzellik who balances on one hand longer than you can on one foot.”
Van Rensburg said: “At Zip Zap, not only am I surrounded by the strongest, most hard-working team of young ladies (who are breaking the stereotypes of what women “can and can’t do”), but also by a team of young men who are fabulously inclusive, and treat us all as equals.”
The R330/R270/R220 tickets are available at Computicket or via Artscape-Dial-A-Seat at 021 421 7695.
Family packages, special price pensioners/students and pupils’ tickets are available from Computicket outlets and Artscape-Dial-A-Seat. For an exclusive VIP experience contact Zip Zap at 063 513 6203 or tania@zip-zap.co.za