The conference will be given by Sanae El Kaamouni, director of the Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger, who will be accompanied by María Folguera, the director of Circo Price.

Born from a warrior tradition, acrobatics in Morocco is a pure science of the circus that combines human pyramids, spins and jumps. The Moroccan acrobats who belonged to the order of Sidi Ahmed Ou Moussa learned their art in the public squares of towns and villages, and on the beach in Tangiers, alongside their elders, who became teachers. The circle of Halka, like the evenings in trance, carry out the same function held in European antiquity by Carnivals. The free-flowing energy in the moving body does away with the hierarchy of classes and the imposed sociocultural order for a few hours. This motion replenishes, soothes the ego, lowers one’s defensiveness and releases individuals. In this dual dialectic which characterizes them –including both tradition and contemporary creation, from both Morocco (in African lands) and France (in Europe)–, the Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger places us face-to-face with the extraordinary subjects of today’s world, forming part of one of the most innovative border territories in our region’s current circus scene.  

Sanae El Kaamouni, director of the Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger, will be sharing a tour through the history of acrobatics in Morocco with the audience in Madrid: from the warrior pyramids of the fifteenth century to today’s flourishing Moroccan circus art, including the contact between European circuses and acrobats from the Maghreb region in the mid-nineteenth century. It is a fascinating story for the curious and lovers of knowledge and travel, showing the circus as a kaleidoscope of cultures, images and origins.

The Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger will be presenting the show “Halka” on the dates of April 4 and 5 at the Teatro Circo Price in Madrid. Tickets now being sold on the Circo Price website.