Cucu Festival 2018 on the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni-touring shows in Roana and fractions

CUCU 2018 FESTIVAL: series of touring shows in the hamlets of Roana from 23 to 26 August 2018

23 to Sunday August 26, From 2018, the hamlets of Roana prepare to host the traditional cuckoo Festival: various touring shows with jugglers, puppeteers, magicians of the fire, acrobats, comedians and more to excite the audience with "International Festival of street art".

Street performers of all kinds are ready to enchant you with their tricks, their performances, their comedy, in the charming landscape ofAltopiano dei Sette Comuni.

ARTISTS & SHOWS CUCU 2018 FESTIVAL

ODE ZULE (Spain) > BOHEMIOS DE POCAS LUCES > music
Their new show inspired by Spanish folk music of the late 800 and half of 900 to pay tribute to the dances madrilen as schottische (Bohemian dance of Scottish origin) and to theatrical performances such as zarzuelas (theater popular Madrid Opera similar to the operetta). The Odè Zulè not only will perform their own songs, but also remixeranno the classics in a multimedia performance.

CLAP CLAP CIRCUS (South America) > > GULP Clowning
"Gulp" is a haunting circus-theatre that moves between juggling, magic, hula hoop and much homour. This odd couple starstruck comically your heart, involving with the power of their colorful and magical elixir. "Gulp" is a show also did original music and choreography, funny and lively suitable for audiences of all ages

The FLAMEKIN (Czech Republic) > THE ALCHEMY OF FIRE > fire
"Only at certain times of the year, older women gathered around the fire, they whispered the mysterious tales of the Flamekin. A female warrior who possessed knowledge of the primordial secret of fire ... " A fire show delicate emotion to Visual and scenic volcanic explosion!

WITTY LOOK (Japan) > > CLOWN & juggling UNICYCLE
Daiki, world champion of acrobatic clowns and skillful performer and Cheeky unicycle, physicist. Together they create a comic scene representing the world of cartoons by mixing with acrobatic skills and use of high-level unicycle. After winning numerous competitions in Japan, Witty look began performing around the world!

Baccala ' CLOWN (Switzerland) > PSS > PSS stunts
Winner of 12 international awards, virtuous and very funny.
PSS Pss is a show that depicts two contemporary clowns through the universal language of the body and the look. Characters without words, transport us into a performance out of time

LOST IN TRANSLATION > (United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Australia, Ireland) > "D'emblée > circus Theater
Thanks to United for Busking (U.F.B.) the show will be presented in Italy for the first time in the world. We can look at ourselves in the mirror, see our face. But is it really ours? D'emblée uses the language of Arts
to explore this theme, overturning it.

ANTAMAPANTAHOU (Greece) > THE STRING OF MUSIC > puppets
A fun set of musical paintings, executed by 11 wooden marionettes and paper mache and puppeteers, actors, combining MIME, puppetry, commedia dell'arte and to create a veritable concert of music from the world. The singular ensemble consists of a folk percussionist and a belly dancer, an accordionist, a Gypsy singer, Ud player, three Fiddlers, a guitarist, the rock band "The Strings" and a singer
country.

LEA LEGRAND (France) > LA CHUTE > acrobatics
La Chute is three characters in one. The imbalance of a body and his balance on a ball are put in parallel with lucidity and chance. Fall to rise again. Slip into the loss of hope. Crawl until they can rebuild. Yes, she remembers her joys, sorrows and dips that are most marked, and is determined to go ahead. Gets up, always, almost unscathed.

SILENCE TEATRE (Italy) > AS ANGELS FROM the SKY > itinerant theatre
Driven by a mysterious breeze, appear suddenly in the street, with white wings. Are the actors of SILENCE theater that, in the form of angels, cross the Boardwalk lifting reels of emotions and memories

MARIO LEVIS (Italy) > the tree PLAYING the SEGA > puppetry
Performance of puppetry and live music.
The tree that plays the saw, is the story told from a tree, a picture, a song, a musical performance by a tree, combining the dreamlike image of itself and the notes that make up, telling aparadox enchants.

MARIO LEVIS (Italy) > HANGER > puppetry
Clothes hangers, Hangers or men, call them what you will, so then you will recognize them! Animate themselves, silently and without that you have the time to be aware of it, you'll be laughing

COMPAGNIE LES TETES BECHES (France) > CANOPEE > acrobatics
Two women, a musician, a tree, a meeting: from body to body, flights between circus and aerial dance ... A meeting between a tree, a musician, two acrobats, some dancers, some uphill set, some birds ... they fly, they fly, spin, swing and dance in the air.