A BODY IN SUSPENSION.
A SILENT PREDATOR.
A CYCLE WITHOUT EXIT.

GHETTO UNFOLDS AS AN EXPLORATION OF ADDICTION —
WHERE FLEETING PLEASURE COLLAPSES INTO DESPAIR,
AND ILLUSION FRACTURES INTO THE REAL.

WITHIN THIS DESCENT,
A HORIZON APPEARS:
RESILIENCE,
ENDURANCE,
THE POSSIBILITY OF HEALING.

CREATED AND PERFORMED BY BRAZILIAN ARTIST MARCELO NUNES, WORKING BETWEEN BRAZIL AND EUROPE, THE PIECE DRAWS ON TRAPEZE, CLOWNING, AND FAKIR PRACTICE. THE BODY BECOMES BOTH MATERIAL AND LANGUAGE — A SITE WHERE CRUELTY AND BEAUTY COEXIST.

THE PRODUCTION’S ATMOSPHERE IS SHAPED THROUGH CINEMATIC LIGHTING AND MULTICHANNEL SOUND, DEVELOPED BY OUR TWO-PERSON COLLECTIVE. LIGHT OPERATES AS ARCHITECTURE, INSPIRED BY THE CHIAROSCURO INTENSITY OF GOYA — SCULPTING PRESENCE THROUGH SHADOW, CONTRAST, AND ABSTRACTION.

THE SONIC SPACE IS COMPOSED FROM FIELD RECORDINGS, LOW-FREQUENCY TEXTURES, AND ELECTROACOUSTIC AND AMBIENT ELEMENTS, DIFFUSED ACROSS MULTIPLE CHANNELS TO HEIGHTEN THE WORK’S VISCERAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPTH.

UPCOMING PRESENTATION: MERCAT DE LES FLORS (MARCH 2026, BARCELONA)
OFFICIAL PREMIERE: CIRKORAMA (AUTUMN 2026, CROATIA).

CREATIVE TEAM / CREDITS

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE: MARCELO NUNES
DRAMATURGY: RODRIGO PORTELLA
EXTERNAL CLOWN PERSPECTIVE: CAROLINE OBIN
SCENOGRAPHY & COSTUME DESIGN: LLUC CASTELL
LIGHTING DESIGN: MARIA PAPADOPOULOS AND JOAN LAVANDEIRA
SOUND DESIGN: JOAN LAVANDEIRA
CHOREOGRAPHIC DIRECTION: CHRISTOPHE LE GOFF
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE: EZRA GROENEN
SYSTEMATIC & PHYSICAL RESEARCH: LOÏC SANTIAGO
PRODUCTION: STEPH MOUAT

WITH THE SUPPORT OF LA GRAINERIE, LA CASCADE, LATITUDE 50, CIRCUS NEXT, ASSOCIAZIONE SARABANDA, MERCAT DE LES FLORS.
PRESENTED IN: GENOA AND PARIS (CIRCUS NEXT LAUREATE).