International views on Australian circus

This year’s Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) turns the spotlight on circus and physical theatre, and there is at least one visiting international producer who has had eyes on Australian circus for some time.
Australian circus: four circus performers on stage. Two of them are positioned underneath one who is flying through the air, and one is ready to catch the leaping performer.

As Berlin-based producer and performing arts agency director Wolfgang Hoffmann reflects on his 20-plus years of touring challenging, contemporary theatrical formats to festival audiences worldwide, his thoughtful composure reveals a person with a steady hand on the wheel, who is steering his performing arts talents to their next destinations.

Hoffmann’s equanimity is no doubt a key part of his success in directing his own touring agency (Aurora Nova) for more than two decades – a venture he set up in 2001 to take exciting new European theatre and dance works to prominent festivals, and forge a presence for this boundary-pushing style of work within these mainstream programs.

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ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).