Name: KNOT ON HANDS (NL/DE/BE) at the Cultural Center Tollhaus
Start: 2026-09-24T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-24T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Kulturzentrum Tollhaus

Partner Acrobatics at the Limit of Balance: KNOT ON HANDS at TOLLHAUS

With KNOT ON HANDS (NL/DE/BE), the Karlsruhe audience encounters a formation that understands partner acrobatics not as an effect, but as precise stage art. Britt Timmermans, Mario Kunzi, and Tijs Bastiaens condense in Brace for Impact body weight, trust, and movement into a concentrated stage experience full of tension, rhythm, and fine physical language.

When three bodies become a single dynamic

The piece follows a clear dramatic idea: Three acrobats search for balance and continually find themselves in new constellations of support, load, and counterforce. What emerges is not a circus act in the classical sense, but an organic form of movement dramaturgy, where every grip and every shift gains weight. The performance focuses on the purity of movement and on what happens between the bodies.

A silent field of force without words

For 30 minutes, a wordless play of trust, risk, and precision develops. The reduction sharpens the focus on details: breath, lines of sight, muscle tension, the moment of release. It is this concentration that creates the special theater atmosphere that lingers with the audience. Those who love contemporary circus will experience a production where the physical presence of the artists is central.

International signature with a clear profile

Knot on Hands has built a reputation for innovative partner acrobatics since its founding as a trio in 2017. The group was awarded the BNG Circus Prize in 2019 and is present at international festivals. For Karlsruhe, they bring the experience of an ensemble that consistently works on its own movement language, thereby productively shifting the boundaries between circus, dance, and performative stage art.

What the audience in Karlsruhe can expect

At TOLLHAUS, a compact, intense stage experience is created for children from 7 years and adults alike. The performance is aimed at all who appreciate precision, body work, and an extraordinary interplay of trust and technique. Those who want to experience the power of modern circus art live should secure this date.