Festival 2015

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The Show

Backstage

Winner

This was the festival 2015

Participants 2015:

Contorsion Dance: Shun Sugimoto, Naoko Ono, Takashi Muto, Mikihiro Ono / Japan

Teeterboard: Antonio Terrones y Hernandez, Kritonas Anastasopoulos, Raphaël Hérault / Belgium Greece, France

Hand to Hand Banquine: Victor Delval, Nicolò Marzoli, Camille de Truchis de Varennes / France, Italy

Roue Cyr: Philippe Renaud, Shannon Maguire / Canada, USA

Duo Straps: Oscar Mauricio Rojas Guasca, Soledad Gomez Acevedo / Columbia, Uruguay

Juggling at table: Tom Prôneur, Alluana Ribeiro / France, Brazil

Hand to Hand: Charlotte O’Sullivan, Nicolas Jelmoni / Canada/Irland, Monaco

Handstand Dance: Mario Español / Switzerland

Dance Trapeze: Emily Nicole Tucker / USA

Aerial Pole: Saulo Sarmiento / Spain

Hat Juggler: Yang Shih Hao / Taiwan

Magic Comedian: Marc Haller / Switzerland

German Wheel: Olivier Sylvestre / Canada

Chinese Pole: Leonie Pilote / Canada

Winners 2015:

Golden Star: Duo Straps, Oscar Mauricio Rojas Guasca, Soledad Gomez Acevedo / Columbia, Uruguay

Silver Star: Aerial Pole: Saulo Sarmiento / Spain

Bronze Star: Teeterboard: Antonio Terrones y Hernandez, Kritonas Anastasopoulos, Raphaël Hérault / Belgium Greece, France

YOUNG STAR Prize: Handstand Dance, Mario Español / Switzerland

Duo Straps: Oscar Mauricio Rojas Guasca, Soledad Gomez Acevedo / Columbia, Uruguay

Engagement in “Palazzo Colombino”: Dance Trapeze: Emily Nicole Tucker / USA

Engagement in “Europapark Rust”: Dance Trapeze: Emily Nicole Tucker / USA

Engagement in the GOP-Varieté in Germany: Juggling at table: Tom Prôneur, Alluana Ribeiro / France, Brazil

Engagement in “Circus Roncalli”: Handstand Dance: Mario Español / Switzerland

Engagement in “Feuerwerk der Turnkunst”: German Wheel: Olivier Sylvestre / Canada

Engagement in „Varieté am Seepark“: Contorsion Dance: Shun Sugimoto, Naoko Ono, Takashi Muto, Mikihiro Ono / Japan

Engagement in „Circolo Weihnachtscircus“: Hat Juggler: Yang Shih Hao / Taiwan

Engagement in „Stille Kracht / Casino Theater“: Hand to Hand: Charlotte O’Sullivan, Nicolas Jelmoni / Canada/Irland, Monaco

CVA Prize: Magic Comedian: Marc Haller (Switzerland)

Circus Monti Prize: Roue Cyr: Philippe Renaud, Shannon Maguire / Canada, USA

Jury 2015

Nina Burri, Professional contortion dancer (Switzerland)

Philippe Agogué, senior acrobatic Talent Scout Europe with Cirque du Soleil (France)

Christoph Haering, Head of performing arts & literature of Migros Genossenschaftsbund (Switzerland)

Ian Jenkins, Entertainment Chef Europapark (Germany)

David Dimitri, Internationally known unique tight wire dancer (Switzerland)

Samuel Jornot, Circus and Performance Art consultant (Switzerland)

Gregory Knie, Director Circus Salto Natale and the Ohlala Circus in Switzerland (Switzerland)

Ralf Zimmermann, co-director of the GOP Varieté theatre in Germany (Germany)

Sponsors and Partners

Main Sponsors: MIGROS Kulturprozent, Merian Iselin Klinik

Sponsors: DAS ZELT Productions AG, Europapark Rust, Best Western Hotel Stücki, Valencia Kommunikation AG, Settelen AG

Supported by: Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Isaac Dreyfus Bernheim Stiftung, Scheidegger-Thommen Stiftung, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Swisslos Fonds Basel-Stadt, Swisslos Fonds Basel-Landschaft, Jubiläumsstiftung der Basellandschaftlichen Kantonalbank

TV Partner: PostFinance

Media Partners: SAT1 Schweiz, Telebasel, Basilisk, Basler Zeitung

Supplier: MINI Switzerland, Swiss Yout Hostels, Basel Tourismus, Druckerei Bloch, event trend, Kostüm Kaiser, Pro Innerstadt

Gönner: Sunstar Hotels

Partner TV Productions: Habegger AG

Partner Veranstaltungstzechnik: Dr. W.A. Günther Mediarent AG

Weitere Partner: APG/SGA, Medco GmbH

Moderation: Max Loong, Nina Havel

Choreography: Jacqueline Heutschi

Band: Äl Jawala

Stage Director: Nicolas Stroet

Festival Director / Head Showproduction: Nadja Hauser

Sales & Event manager: Michael Wieser

President of the association: Rony Hauser

Photographer: Pablo Wünsch Blanco