Help us rent a space and hire a director

Hello,

We are the Partneracrobatic-duo Tom & Ayla and we want to create our Circus-Theater-Show „We are not a couple“, in which we combine circus with other artforms like dance and physical theater.
To make this possible, we need to rent a rehearsal space that is high enough for our discipline and hire a director.
By helping us realise our project you will get amazing rewards and infinite gratitude.

Why we want to make the show

Often after shows, we get the questions: "Are you a couple?", "Why not?".
These questions show us the general interest in our acrobatic relation.

We are a man and a woman working physically and close together and we deal with similar rules and expectations of relationships, but does this mean we should be a couple?
Based on this question we create a show about relations, expectations and clichés within.

Why circus?

Our circus discipline partner acrobatics, brought the question to daylight.
Circus will be the main tool in the show, because we can express ourselves the best.
Our discipline involves; trust, strength, concentration, fear, failure, patience, connection and responsibility. These topics are present in relationships as well.

Circus brings people from different generations, educations and cultures together and relation is something that everyone can relay to or knows.
That is why we combine circus with this topic, to bring the show close to the audience.

Ayla Moes | 11-01-1989 | Dutch and Thomas Mörtl | 13-03-1990 | German started working together in Ayla’s last months at the Academy for Circus and Performance Art, Fontys, Tilburg. After graduating they moved to Munich and took time to develop their partnership.
In the winter of 2013/2014 they made their first tour with the “Traumfabrik”in Bavaria. Spring 2014 they continued their work in Amsterdam at the studio of TENT Circustheater Producties. Next to performing their acts on different events and festivals, they took part in "The Day After" from Holland Opera 2015, "Romeo & Julia" from Amsterdamse Bostheater 2016 and their streetshow “Pas de Deux” in collaboration with Sax & Stix and TOEAC. Since 2017 they join the company HeadFeedHands with the show “2nd Floor Tango”.

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