by Elena Zanzu
EZ explores power dynamics and the pact negotiated between artist and audience. Through practices that are both extreme and tender, Zanzu extends an open invitation to a vulnerable dialogue around care.
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EZ challenges binarisms such as activity/passivity, domination/submission, male/female, pain/pleasure, artist/audience. Is it a ritual? Can we laugh? How could taking care of that space manifest? Meaning no in Basque, EZ is an invitation to the yes, which is only possible when no is also an option.
For its technical and philosophical contributions, EZ is cited in several publications and academic works and has been awarded as a Circusnext Laureate project. It addresses deep questions speaking a peculiar language that communicates directly to the guts and heart, making this performance one of a kind.
Additional information
Authorship, Direction, Performance: Elena Zanzu
Dramaturgical Accompaniment: Carla Rovira Pitarch
Sound Design: Odil Bright, Adele Madau
Light Design: Anna Boix Álvarez
Light technique: Marieta Rojo
Sound Technique: Adele Madau
Rigging and Technical Coordination: Sarah Jeneway
Apnea Coaching: Juanma Molleja
Photography and Video: Mila Ercoli, Tristán Pérez-Martín
Graphic: La Tecla Studio
Production: Elena Zanzu
Tour Booking: Yellow Everything
Coproduction: Circusnext, Mercat de les Flors
Support: De Mar a Mar, Department of Culture of Generalitat de Catalunya, Cie Claudio Stellato
Residencies: La Central del Circ, Espace Périphérique, La Grainerie, La Verrerie, La Caldera, CC Escartín, Cirko, C.I.N.E Sineu, L’Estruch, Spazio Flic
Presented as part of the ‘PLAY’ guest performance series.
Dramaturgical Accompaniment: Carla Rovira Pitarch
Sound Design: Odil Bright, Adele Madau
Light Design: Anna Boix Álvarez
Light technique: Marieta Rojo
Sound Technique: Adele Madau
Rigging and Technical Coordination: Sarah Jeneway
Apnea Coaching: Juanma Molleja
Photography and Video: Mila Ercoli, Tristán Pérez-Martín
Graphic: La Tecla Studio
Production: Elena Zanzu
Tour Booking: Yellow Everything
Coproduction: Circusnext, Mercat de les Flors
Support: De Mar a Mar, Department of Culture of Generalitat de Catalunya, Cie Claudio Stellato
Residencies: La Central del Circ, Espace Périphérique, La Grainerie, La Verrerie, La Caldera, CC Escartín, Cirko, C.I.N.E Sineu, L’Estruch, Spazio Flic
Presented as part of the ‘PLAY’ guest performance series.
Dates
January 2026
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