{"id":20841,"date":"2025-10-29T11:42:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circusnext.eu\/?post_type=portfolio&p=20841"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:11:44","slug":"cie-lart-nak","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/circusnext.eu\/en\/portfolio\/cie-lart-nak\/","title":{"rendered":"Cie L’Art Nak"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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THE PROJECT \/ <\/strong>Don Baltha <\/i>is an autobiographical project that combines juggling with Afrosurrealism. It is based on the artist’s lived experience: as the only Black child in his school in Ecuador, he was systematically cast as King Balthazar throughout his childhood. From this experience of identity assignment, the artist questions the place of non-white artists within the contemporary cultural landscape.<\/p>

Through a scenography that blends analog, digital, and electrical techniques, the project revisits a personal history to connect it with a collective one – aiming both to reclaim this narrative and to break free from it. The performance invites the audience to reflect on the formative experiences that build our identities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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BIO \/ <\/strong><\/span>Christian Padilla is an Ecuadorian circus artist, juggler, and electromechanical technician. He first trained at the social circus school in Quito, Ecuador, before continuing his studies at the circus school in Amiens and completing his professional training at the Acad\u00e9mie Fratellini in Saint-Denis, France.\u00a0He has taken part in creative projects with the companies Circore, Alerta Naranja, and Cie Circulo in Ecuador, and is a member of the Catalan company Ciclicus, with whom he is currently performing the show\u00a0Vetus Venustas<\/em>.<\/p>

<\/span>In 2022, he co-created L’Art Nak Company with \u00c9tienne Chauzy. Jugglers \u2014 but far more than that \u2014 the two artists master a wide range of practices: from circus to visual arts, including drawing, music, and electromechanics. This versatility lies at the heart of their identity, enables them to craft distinctive narratives, and delivering powerful and resonant messages.<\/p>

By blending languages, arts, and cultures, L’Art Nak seeks to transform live performance into an immersive experience \u2014 a true celebration of diversity, inspired by personal experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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