Festival 2021

Copyright all photos by Pablo Wünsch Blanco https://pablowunschblanco.com & Marc Gilgen

The Artists

Backstage

Winner

Ambient

This was the Festival 2021:

Participants:

Stepan & Vasyl Kuts / Club Juggling (Ukraine)

Diego Salles / Aerial Hoop (Brazil)

Mario Kunzi, Britt Timmermans & Tijs Bastiaens / Partner Acrobatics (Germany, Netherlands & Belgium)

Chun-Huang Chang / Diabolo (Taiwan)

Laura Savolainen / Hula Hoop (Finland)

Konstantin Korostylenko / Juggling Dance (Ukraine)

Maxime Charron & Corentin Lemaître Auger / Duo Trapeze (Canada)

Joel K. Malkoff / Tight Wire Parkour (USA)

Kalle Pikkuharju / Equilibristics / Contorsion (Finland)

Minnie Kim / Flying Pole (Korea)

Arthur Morel van Hyfte & Guillaume Paquin / Dance Acrobatics (France, Canada)

Lukas Brandl / Magic / Object Manipulation & Movement (Germany)

Mikail Karahan / Cyr Wheel (Germany)

Charlotte O’Sullivan & Penelope Scheidler / Hair Hang Duo (Canada, Austria)

WINNERS 2021

Golden Star:
Mikail Karahan, Germany. Discipline: Cyr Wheel

Silver Star:
Maxime Charron, Canada & Corentin Lemaître Auger, Canada. Discipline: Duo Trapeze

Bronze Star:
Kalle Pikkuharju, Finland. Discipline: Equilibristics / Contorsion

Young Star-Prize:

Chun-Huang Chang, Taiwan. Discipline: Diabolo

Prize of the audience:
Maxime Charron, Canada & Corentin Lemaître Auger, Canada. Discipline: Duo Trapeze

Cirque du Soleil:
Award for Innovative Artistic Vision and Performance: Maxime Charron, Canada & Corentin Lemaître Auger, Canada. Discipline: Duo Trapeze

Award Les 7 Doigts, Coup de Coeur:
Trio Knot on Hands, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium. Discipline: Partner Acrobatics

Circus Monti Award:
Maxime Charron, Canada & Corentin Lemaître Auger, Canada. Discipline: Duo Trapeze

Prize of the Circus-, Varieté-, and Artistfriends of Switzerland:
Lukas Brandl, Germany. Discipline: Magic / Object Manipulation & Movement

Prize of the Swiss Federation of Circus Schools:
Minnie Kim, Korea. Discipline: Flying Pole

Europa-Park Talent Academy Award:
Charlotte O’Sullivan, Canada & Penelope Scheidler, Austria. Discipline: Hair Hang Duo

Engagement Prizes:
Circus Roncalli (D): Charlotte O’Sullivan, Canada & Penelope Scheider, Austria. Discipline: Hair Hang Duo

Feuerwerk der Turnkunst (D): Maxime Charron, Canada & Corentin Lemaître Auger, Canada. Discipline: Duo Trapeze

Palazzo Colombino (CH): Diego Salles, Brazil. Discipline: Aerial Hoop

Europa-Park (D): Kalle Pikkuharju, Finland. Discipline: Equilibristics/Contortion

GOP-Variété (D): Arthur Morel van Hyfte, France & Guillaume Paquin, Canada. Discipline: Dance Acrobatics

Casino Theater Winterthur / Stille Kracht (CH): Trio Knot on Hands, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium. Discipline: Partner Acrobatics

 

JURY 2021

WERNER BUSS
Artistic Director GOP Varietés

BRIGITTE SCHERRER
Acrobatic Casting Advisor @Cirque du Soleil, Montreal

NADJA SIEGER
Actress and Stage Director

ISABEL JOLY
Director @FEDEC

IAN JENKINS
Casting Director, Project Development @ Europa-Park

SANDRO LUNIN
Artistic Director @ Kaserne Basel

CAMILLA PESSI
Comedian / Clown

 

SPONSORS AND PARTNER

PRESENTING PARTNER:
Bank CIC (Schweiz) AG

MAIN SPONSORS:
IWB
Merian Iselin Klinik

SPONSORS:
Europapark
cr Werbeagentur AG
Winkler Livecom AG

LOCATION PARTNER:
MCH Messe (Schweiz) Basel AG

SUPPORTED BY:
Swisslos-Fonds Basel-Stadt
Swisslos Basel-Landschaft
Isaac Dreyfus Bernheim Stiftung
Christoph Merian Stiftung
Pro Innerstadt

SUPPLIER:
Druckerei Bloch
Basel Tourismus
event trend
Permamed AG
Kostüm Kaiser
Circus Monti AG
Wassermann & Company AG
Feldschlösschen Getränke AG

MEDIA PARTNER:
Sat.1 Schweiz
Telebasel
Die Oberbadische
Basilisk
Basel Live
BZ Basel

 

HOSTS:
Max Loong, Alexandra Maurer

HEAD SHOW PRODUCTION:
Nadja Hauser

STAGE DIRECTOR:
Nicolas Stroet

CHOREOGRAPHY:
Nadine Imboden

BAND:
Äl Jawala

PHOTOGRAPHER:
Pablo Wünsch Blanco & Marc Gilgen