Sylvie Guillermin, choreographer of "Parallèle 26" prepares the stage at Theatre de La Criee. AP Photo
Performer Alice Rende from Brazil limbers-up before performing her contortionism show at the International Circus Arts Biennale, in Marseille, Frane. AP Photo
Sylvie Guillermin, choreographer of "Parallèle 26", a creation with the Archaos circus company featuring students acrobats and dancers prepares the stage at Theatre de La Criee. AP Photo
Dancers, Tasha Petersen from Argentina, top, and Joaquin Medina Caligari from Uruguay, of the Eolienne company prepare before performing "Le Lac des Cygnes" by Florence Caillon. AP Photo
Performers Pauline Barboux and Jeanne Ragu of the Libertivore company present their show "Ether". AP Photo
A banner announces the International Circus Arts Biennale, that will take place behind closed doors at the Archaos Circus compagnie theater in Marseille. AP Photo
Performer Alice Rende from Brazil prepares before performing "Passages". AP Photo
Dancers, from left to right, Tasha Petersen from Argentina, Lucille Chalopin from Paris, Marius Fouilland from France, and Joaquin Medina Caligari from Uruguay, of the Eolienne company perform "Le Lac des Cygnes" by Florence Caillon. AP Photo
Dancer Lucille Chalopin, from Paris, of the Eolienne company stretches prior to performing "Le Lac des Cygnes". AP Photo
French tightrope walker Tatiana-Mosio Bongoga, presents her documentary on her performance on a 400-meter tightrope walk that was suspended at a height of 40 meters across the Vltava river in Prague in 2019. AP Photo
Sylvie Guillermin, choreographer of "Parallèle 26" prepares the stage at Theatre de La Criee. AP Photo
Performer Alice Rende from Brazil limbers-up before performing her contortionism show at the International Circus Arts Biennale, in Marseille, Frane. AP Photo
Sylvie Guillermin, choreographer of "Parallèle 26", a creation with the Archaos circus company featuring students acrobats and dancers prepares the stage at Theatre de La Criee. AP Photo
Dancers, Tasha Petersen from Argentina, top, and Joaquin Medina Caligari from Uruguay, of the Eolienne company prepare before performing "Le Lac des Cygnes" by Florence Caillon. AP Photo
Performers Pauline Barboux and Jeanne Ragu of the Libertivore company present their show "Ether". AP Photo
A banner announces the International Circus Arts Biennale, that will take place behind closed doors at the Archaos Circus compagnie theater in Marseille. AP Photo
Performer Alice Rende from Brazil prepares before performing "Passages". AP Photo
Dancers, from left to right, Tasha Petersen from Argentina, Lucille Chalopin from Paris, Marius Fouilland from France, and Joaquin Medina Caligari from Uruguay, of the Eolienne company perform "Le Lac des Cygnes" by Florence Caillon. AP Photo
Dancer Lucille Chalopin, from Paris, of the Eolienne company stretches prior to performing "Le Lac des Cygnes". AP Photo
French tightrope walker Tatiana-Mosio Bongoga, presents her documentary on her performance on a 400-meter tightrope walk that was suspended at a height of 40 meters across the Vltava river in Prague in 2019. AP Photo
Sylvie Guillermin, choreographer of "Parallèle 26" prepares the stage at Theatre de La Criee. AP Photo
Covid-19 hits circus’s big event but the show goes on
French Circus Biennale festival goes ahead behind closed doors as woes continue for performing arts
