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Event

“PSS PSS” at Backstreet festival

Egypt

April 15, 2018

Performance

At 8:00 pm

Location
Institut français d'Egypte à Alexandrie, 30 el nabi Daniel St.، MISR STATION، Qesm Al Attarin, Alexandria Governorate

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Swiss dance company Baccalà is presenting its performance “PSS PSS” at Backstreet Festival, Institut français d’Egypte à Alexandrie. Pss Pss has been performed over 600 times, in over 50 countries, and on all 5 continents, to huge acclaim, and it will now be performed in Alexandria.

Two modern-day clowns take to the stage. This cannot be good news… Brilliant, tender, hilarious and ingenious, inspired by Chaplin, Keaton and the stars of silent films, Baccalà’s timeless performance of enthralling physicality and exquisite expression has been delighting audiences the world over since 2010. Inventive, exciting, ridiculous, this breathtaking pas de deux of mishaps and acrobatics will have you laughing long after you leave the theatre. Winner of 15 international prizes, including the Cirque Du Soleil prize, you’ve never seen anything like it. Do not miss.

Backstreet Festival is an international contemporary circus and street arts festival established by I-act in Alexandria. It will take place in different venues across Alexandria over the duration of one week from 12-16 April 2018.The festival will feature performances (music, circus, theatre, multimedia, puppetry, clowning and dance, as well as regional training programme to enhance the skills of young artists as well as an exchange platform for dialogue and discussions between the artists.

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