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Friday, March 29, 2024

French Circus Theater at SM Aura Premier

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The public had the rare opportunity to travel in a magical land where circus, dance, and theater meet to create a complete work of art during the recent A Nonsense Story performed by a group of artists from France at the SM Aura Premier Samsung Hall.

A joint project of Alliance Française de Manille, together with the Embassy of France to the Philippines and SM Aura Premier, the one night circus performance raised funds for the benefit of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). 

Part of the proceeds of the show was for the benefit of the projects of the France-Philippines United Action Foundation in rebuilding of disaster-resilient villages in Ormoc City and Cebu. France-Philippines United Action Foundation is an organization formed to support French donors, NGOs, and private agencies with their programs by providing a coordination and communication structure. 

The touring cast of “A Nonsense Story”

The Open Ticket, a collective composed of seven performers from different nationalities, performed A Nonsense Story. These included Catherine Nielson, Pedro Consciencia, Luca Struna, Voleak Ung, Dimitri Rizzelo, Anaïs Albissetti and Vincent Briere, who all came from the ENACR (National School of Circus Arts of Rosny-Sous-Bois) in France. 

Founded in 1983, the school was able to train its pioneer artists for the first state diploma in 1990.

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A Nonsense Story is the collective’s third show after Babel in August 2013 and Alluzz in July 2014. The circus show was directed by Voleak Ung, a young Cambodian Artistic Director who wishes to create an intercultural project in Cambodia and South-East Asia to recover her cultural roots. 

The one-hour performance of the collective Open Ticket wowed the audience, adults and children alike, because of its perfect combination of humor, romance, drama, and adventure in a story told through circus, dance and theater.

A Nonsense Story is one of the many exciting cross-cultural events at SM Aura Premier.

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