Main Agile

2022 Main Agile

Thunar Circus × Compagnie Jérôme Thomas

A tent theater for Taiwanese circus and processional troupe dance. Roaming footsteps, the art of folk acrobatics, the show plaza of our times, a touring theater troupe.

A collaboration between Thunar Circus (Taiwan) and Compagnie Jérôme Thomas (France), Main Agile is based on the folk culture of thin-thau, religious processional troupes. The production involved field research on the incense-offering pilgrimage of Sai-káng in Tainan and training in thin-thau techniques, translating traditional folk arts into contemporary circus.

Join the gong and drum band of Thunar Circus: the parade leads to an outdoor tent theater in a temple courtyard. Every movement, gait, posture and gesture is rich in stories and symbols, tied to our lives and to the changes of the times.

Premiered 24–27 March 2022, Zhongshun Temple courtyard, Mucha, Taipei.

Nominated for the 21st Taishin Arts Award.