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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
