I don’t have legs, I have wings

Je n’ai pas de jambes, j’ai des ailes (I don’t have legs, I have wings ) speaks of a body prevented, damaged, amputated, fitted, transformed.
The same body that hinders difficulties, that relearns, that organizes itself around its vulnerability, that finds its beauty and its strength.

So how would an antipodist juggle if she’d lost her legs?

Dancing slippers rub shoulders with crutches; balls are placed wherever they find the opportunity; puppets draw singular bodies of shifting proportions. Fragility as a condition.

Je n’ai pas de jambes, j’ai des ailes (I don’t have legs, I have wings ) is a show that premiered in 2019 and is now being revived (1st scheduled for October 2024).

Compagnie Tau

The Tau company was founded in 2009 by Emilia Tau, juggler and dancer, and Bertrand Depoortère, photographer and visual artist. This Italian-French company’s original work revolves around circus (juggling, antipodism, manipulation of objects and puppets), body research and visual art. She sets bodies, objects and images in motion, as well as emotions, memories and landscapes.

The company explores the elements of humanity and its environment to nurture sensitive creative work. His performances are generally intimate, using poetic and imaginative writing that allows the spectator a free and personal interpretation. Circus techniques make it possible to deal with the indispensable and the imperceptible in a more direct way. The company is renowned for its research into antipodism (juggling with the feet), which has contributed to the renewal and dissemination of this art form.