Acrobatic Workshop with Circus Baobab

Learn new acrobatic skills and movement languages specific to Circus Baobab. Participants will learn about balancing, building human pyramids, and lifts, and also play creative games to develop trust. The workshop is open to participants with varying styles and levels, and to those who are curious to learn new acrobatic techniques. 

This workshop is suitable for participants 12 years and older.

Circus Baobab

Circus Baobab is a collective of circus artists from Guinea and the diaspora who combine traditional African circus forms with contemporary circus practices. The company was founded in 1998 on the basis of a concept developed by Laurent Chevallier. From the start, Circus Baobab has enjoyed the artistic collaboration of Pierrot Bidon (former director of Archaos), who has directed several of the company’s shows. It was under the aegis of producers/directors Mory Diallo and Isabelle Sage that the Franco-Guinean relationship took shape, a relationship that has continued to nourish the circus world and the shows themselves.

Next came the Térya Circus project, the fruit of an original collaboration between Georges Momboye and Kerfalla Camara, founder and director of the company and a former coordinator and musician for Circus Baobab. Térya Circus flourished in Guinea and internationally from 2008 to 2021. In 2021, Circus Baobab was reborn, under the aegis of Kerfalla Camara who decided to return to the original spirit of the venture, giving the company a fresh élan, and involving the same talents, across two continents. In addition to the shows and the tours, Circus Baobab strives to nurture a circus with a strong social responsibility, supportive of the local community, and accessible to all. The company runs outreach programs aimed at young people from Guinea and elsewhere.