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Slackwire LED-Quick Change Aerial Straps Fish Fetish Desire for Light Tomb Raider & Aerial Angel 1 Inhalt About us 3 Desire for Light 4 Fish Fetish 8 Tomb Raider 12 Aerial Angel 14 Rotor 18 Awards 22 Testimonials 23 Portfolio 26 Download Link 27 Contact 29 2 About us Mara Zimmerli & Chris Pettersen Quality entertainment is our thing! Chris combines fun acting abilities with balance skills on the slackwire. He earned his bachelor degree in Circus Arts at Ecole Supérieure des Arts du Cirque in Belgium. His signature act Fish Fetish won prices at Festival Mondial du Cirque Demain in Paris and in Young Stage International Circus Festival in Switzerland. Mara unites grace and power in a female body. With specialised coaching and workshops, she has developed her sensual and empowering vibes. Seen on TV, performed in Cirque du Soleil in New York, and the London Olympics Closing Ceremony. Mara & Chris are seriously funny, versatile and they entertain by the values of a true artist with heart and dedication! This is your chance to offer your visitors something they have never seen before. 3 Desire for Light LED - Quick-change 4 A story where a duel turns into a duet, and a fight becomes the desire for light! A highly choreographed LED performance with object manipulation, costume quick-change, and an epic cinematic ending. Video 5 Desire for Light Technical requirements It takes about 20 minutes to get into the quick change costumes before we go on stage, so if we perform more than one act during your show, please take this into consideration. All our lamps are battery-powered and wireless. No cables are needed on stage. The lamps and the cage take about 30 seconds to place on stage with the help of stagehands. The lightshow is pre-programmed in sync with the music, and stored in a portable computer.. One technician from your staff starts the program and the show begins! 6 Desire for Light Technical requirements Min. height : 280 cm 280 : height Min. Min. depth = 400 cm Min. width = 400 cm 7 Fish Fetish Slackwire 8 There’s literally tension in the air between Chris and his pet goldfish Michelle. The loose slackwire becomes the stage for this little short story where Chris balances the difficulties of performing acrobatic skills while at the same time using his acting skills to give life to the bizarre and absurd relationship between his character and the plastic goldfish! Splashes of water is unavoidable when Chris takes Michelle with him on the slackwire for a stroll! Video 9 Fish Fetish Technical requirements Please provide the following: 2 anchor points at floor level with a span of min. 8 m. and max. 16 m. The 2 points must each resist a force of 10 kN. Their heights above the floor must be no more than 40 cm! Please allow at least 30 minutes for installing and adjusting the slackwire in your venue before the show. During the show, the rigging takes about 45 seconds to set up, and 30 seconds to take down. PS! The goldfish is obviously not real, but ‘swims’ by the means of magnets and a motor. 10 Fish Fetish Technical requirements Min. height: 280 cm Min. Tiefe = 300 cm 11 Min. width = 800 cm Tomb Raider Aerial Straps 12 As a natural sexy badass Mara is a most authentic Tomb Raider character. Though it's easy to see why. With her strong physics, tough appearance and soft female grace that will catch your eye, Mara will undoubtedly impress. With exciting gear and a pinch of fun, the Tomb Raider theme guarantees to leave a hot memory. Video 13 Aerial Angel Aerial Straps 14 The act tells the story of an angel princess named Aerial, who dreams of becoming human herself, which leads her to set foot on Earth and trade her wings for the joy of being alive. Aerial brings the audience on an uplifting journey that shows that there is something greater about each and every one of us. in Arbeit 15 Tomb Raider & Aerial Angel Technical requirements Please provide the following: 1 anchor points minimum 4 m. above the stage floor. This point must resist a force of at least 10 kN. Easy access to the anchor points in the ceiling in the form of a ladder, a catwalk, a lift, etc. Please allow at least 30 minutes for installing and adjusting the straps in your venue before the show. During the show, the rigging takes about 30 seconds to set up, and 30 seconds to take down. 16 Tomb Raider & Aerial Angel Technical requirements Min. height: 400 cm Min. height: Min. depth = 200 cm 17 Min. width = 200 cm Rotor Revolving Ladder 18 The big act for all stages! This act titled Rotor takes places on the legendary revolving ladder and tells the story of two people on their quest to find their true soulmates in a constantly rotating world.. Like human gears in a clockwork mechanism, Mara & Chris perform different acrobatic feats on the ladder to maintain the movement of the timepiece. All this can be seen as the metaphor for the struggles a couple might face during the different phases of their relationship; always trying to balance their emotions. Mara & Chris was awarded with the “Wintergarten Berlin Sonderpreis” in The Newcomershow (Krystallpalast Leipzig, July 2014) with this act. Video 19 Rotor Technical requirements Please provide the following: 2 anchor points in the ceiling. Each must resist a force of 20 kN. The distance between them should be min. 100 cm / Max 400 cm. 4 anchor points at floor level. Each must resist a force of 20 kN. Their distance from the floor should be no more than 200 cm. Easy access to the anchor points in the ceiling in the form of a ladder, a catwalk, a lift, etc. Please allow at least 90 minutes for installing and adjusting the ladder in your venue before the show. During the show, the rigging takes about 4 minutes to set up, and 2 minutes to take down. The stage must be absolutely dry before the act begins! Water makes the ladder slippery… If you have any concerns about installing our ladder in your venue, please consult with us to discuss the possibilities and options we have. 20 Rotor Technical requirements Min. height: 550 cm Min. height: Min. width = 550 cm Min. depth = 300 cm 21 Awards ‘Wintergarten Berlin Sonderpreis’ l Newcomershow, Krystallpalast Leipzig, ‘Cirque Phenix Award’ l Festival Mondial du Cirque Demain ‘GOP Sonderpreis’ l Young Stage International Circus Festival ‘Special Price of the Jury’ l Wiesbaden Youth Circus Festival 22 Testimonials “Mara Zimmerli combines charm and power in her sensual body. Her performances are seriously funny, varied and entertain according to the values of a true artist with heart and devotion.” myworkout-magazin.ch “Acrobatics where people hold their breath. The Norwegian Chris Pettersen jumps lightly over the thin rope with his goldfish bowl and, together with Mara Zimmerli from Switzerland, delights on a rapidly rotating ladder. Pettersen toured around the world with the famous ‘Cirque du Soleil’ .” www.waz.de “What Chris Pettersen does on the rope and on the slackline is breathtaking, he reaches the peak of unbelievable with Mara Zimmerli on the ‘wheel of death’ .“ Wiesbaden sensor 23 “When Mara Zimmerli rolls herself up on ropes to ever loftier heights, seemingly effortlessly overcoming the laws of gravity, one actually feels transported into another world.” Saarbruecker Zeitung “Mara Aline Zoe and Chris Pettersen take the audience's breath away with their rotating ladder!” Wiesbaden magazine “The Scandinavian Chris balanced with the fishbowl effortlessly over the thin tightrope without even spilling something, a virtuoso feat of holding the balance. However, he triggers a real storm of applause with his tricks on the rotating ladder, the dynamic of his performance jumps over to the audience.” The German variety magazine “As a six-year-old, he got a passion for slacklining. Chris Pettersen is now the star of the magical new Monti show.” New Lucerne Newspaper 24 “A highlight of the program is certainly the appearance of the Norwegian Chris Pettersen on the slack rope as well as with the Swiss partner Mara Zimmerli on the rotating ladder.” Rheinische Post “Norwegian Chris Pettersen provides new circus experiences. He shows modern tightrope dance, on the trick line and the slack rope.” New Zug newspaper “In lofty heights, Chris Pettersen demonstrated handstands on the slack rope. While the audience was amazed, the artist even took a goldfish in a bowl onto the swaying rope while rolling forward. The performance of the Norwegian 2010 GOP Prize Winner is one of the many highlights of the new show.” German newspaper 25 Portfolio Some of the awesome places GOP Varieté Cirque Bouffon we have performed Pegasus Varieté Rock The Circus Deutschland 2011-2012 Deutschland 2017-2018 Deutschland 2013 & 2014 Deutschland 2018 Rotor Cirkus Arnardo CirqueRotierende de Demain Leiter Olympics Closing Cirque du Soleil Circus Monti Young Stage Festival Seaside Cirque Norwegen 2016 & 2021 Paris 2011 Ceremony New York 2010-2011 Schweiz 2009 & 2013 Schweiz 2010 England 2015 London 2012 Evasion de Noël Remscheider European Youth Varieté Extra Unikat Varieté Bonner Got Talent 26 Frankreich 2016 Weihnachtscircus Circus Deutschland 2019 Schweiz 2017 Weihnachtscircus Norwegen 2015 Deutschland 2018 Deutschland 2010 Deutschland 2016 Downloads Link to high-res photos for promotional use. Download photos 27 Our bestseller! 3 Act bundle Slackwire LED & Quickchange Aerial Straps Piranha Desire for Light Tomb Raider / Aerial Angel + + 28 Contact Get in touch! We're always happy to talk to you about your show. Call us or send us an email.
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