« Appris par corps »

The company Un Loup Pour L’Homme was founded in 2005 by two acrobats, base Alexandre Fray and flyer Frédéric Arsenault. It was born out of their desire to follow their own direction, in parallel with performing other people’s work. Both follow the same pattern: a sporty childhood, completed studies, entry at the Circus School in their respective countries (Quebec for Arsenault, France for Fray), acrobalance training... on each side of the Atlantic, their lives follow the same parallel. Following their parting of ways with their previous circus partners, they met in 2004, when working for the Hendrick Van Der Zee company (Guy Alloucherie). They quickly realised they shared a passion for acrobalance and in 2005 founded their own company in order to fulfil an ever-increasing need for personal research focused on acrobalance and to start working towards their first production, Appris Par Corps. Having read various books on the body, sport, and movement, they take the physical plunge into an original exploration of their medium. In 2006, they present the foundations of their production and win the prize “Jeunes Talents Cirque” (Circus Budding Talent). Their work revolves around an open-minded vision of acrobalance. The spectacular aspect of this type of performance fades in comparison with the research of new forms highlighting various aspects of our relationships to others. Through the peculiarities of this strange and unusual pair, a flyer and a base, eminently physical explorations find a meaning, a beauty, a poetry, always full of humanity.