WE ARE NOT SUPERHUMAN | HAND BALANCING | CRYING OUT LOUD X CANVAS

Canvas has much more art here: https://goo.gl/AVC4jE Hand Balancer Natalie Reckert and Digital Artist Mark Morreau speak to Canvas about displaying the physical strain and struggles of hand balancing to make the art form more approachable. Natalie Reckert is a circus maker integrating robotic movement, spoken word and endurance handbalancing to create full length shows. Creative producers, Crying Out Loud are partners in the CANVAS network. Rachel Clare, the Company’s Artistic Director says, ‘We suggested Natalie Reckert to CANVAS because she is a highly skilled, unique, intelligent and thoughtful artist whose work translates well to screen.’ Natalie Inside Out, the live show, is a collaboration between hand-balancer Natalie Reckert and digital artist Mark Morreau. Presented as a theatrical lecture, the piece fuses live acrobatic performance with close-up video and projected landscapes to create spaces that resemble video game interfaces. Together on stage through this blend of live and digital imagery, the duo explore the mechanics, emotions and motivations of a circus performer, and reveal the hidden workings of Natalie’s mind and body to the audience. 2018 is the 250th anniversary of the first traditional circus when - in 1768 – Philip and Patty Astley presented acrobats, jugglers, tightrope-walkers and other variety acts in a circular arena on the banks of the River Thames. Circus can now be found outside the ring or the tent and at every kind of venue, festival and site-specific event. Many artists still specialise in a skill but no longer present it as spectacle; risk and danger are still present but many contemporary circus artists are now more reflective and inquisitive. On tour: Fri 20th April The Lowry, Salford Quays Box Office: 0843 208 6010 https://www.thelowry.com/events/natal... Sun 22nd April Jacksons Lane, London Box Office: 020 8340 5226 https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/whats... Part of CircusFest 2018 http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on... Subscribe: https://goo.gl/AVC4jE Facebook: https://goo.gl/01Nk3p Twitter:   / canvasartsuk   Instagram: http://bit.ly/Instacanv Welcome to Canvas, the first Art Community on YouTube. Canvas is a new project sponsored by the Art Council of England aimed to bring awesome art and incredible videos. Featuring the best art organisations and personalities across the UK, we aim to bring you fresh content every week. You will see names such as the Southbank Centre, Sadler's Wells and Edinburgh International Festival (to name but a few). Canvas is an Arts Council England initiative #thisisarts Canvas was funded by Arts Council England until March 2018. For any enquiries about working with the channel, please contact [email protected].