SIRF 2022: XTRAX Shorts

Part of XTRAX/Stockton International Riverside Festival Showcase 2022
  • Dates: 3 August, online

About the event

This pitching event featured presentations from an eclectic mix of artists and companies from the UK and Catalonia. Discover new work as they present new outdoor projects to an audience of arts professionals, including international promoters and presenters.

Watch the recording of XTRAX Shorts here

 

Pitching artists

Explore the projects at the bottom of this page.

  • Aim to Fly – The Day Trip
  • Angel Duran – Papillon
  • Etta Ermini Dance theatre & Van Huynh Company – Glam
  • Gandini Juggling – Smashed2
  • Los Informalls – Aperitivo
  • Nikki & JD – Fireside
  • O’Driscoll Collective – ONE%
  • Out Of Order – Standing High
  • Revel Pucks Circus – Rola Bola
  • Trigger Productions Ltd – The Hatchling
  • Unlimited Theatre & Upswing – Ancient Futures
  • Vanhulle Dance Theatre – Dovetail

Featured image: Glam by Etta Ermini Dance Theatre & Van Huynh Company © Foteini Christophilopoulou

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Meet the pitching artists and shows

Show
An elderly person with curly gray hair and glasses holds a magnifying glass up to their face, enlarging one eye. They are wearing a patterned scarf, a hat, and a patterned jacket. The background is softly lit.

The Day Trip

Artist: Aim To Fly UK

The Day Trip is a site-specific, interactive solo performance featuring Granny Violet. It uses clown, circus skills and comedy to provide an…
Show
A performer in colorful lighting lies on their back with arms outstretched on a reflective stage. The word dream! is repeatedly projected in yellow text on the background behind them.

PAPILLON

Artist: ANGEL DURAN Performing Arts

In the era of capsularized reality, the formats, the nuclearization of the living space, the bombardment of information and stimuli is constant…
Show
Five performers in colorful, eclectic costumes leap into the air outside, with dramatic expressions. Behind them is a clothing rack and a domed pavilion against a cloudy sky.

Glam

Artist: Etta Ermini Dance Theatre

GLAM is a 25 minute vibrant dance cabaret, a humorous outdoor performance for five performers containing dance, circus and theatrical elements, audience interac
Show
Nine people in formal attire pose theatrically outdoors, each holding or biting into an orange. They form dramatic, interconnected shapes against a background of old stone and brick walls with greenery.

Smashed 2

Artist: Gandini Juggling

80 oranges, 7 watermelons, 9 performers. The Dark Art of juggling reinvented.
Show
Two men in colorful shirts sit in chairs holding flowers, performing for a diverse, seated outdoor audience on a sunny day. The crowd watches attentively, with some children sitting at the front.

Aperitivo

Artist: Los Informalls

“Aperitivo” is a short presentation of the universe of Luis García and Pere Joseph, Los Informalls. They are to guys led by…
Show
A large bonfire burns brightly at night, with flames and sparks rising from a stacked pile of wooden logs, set against a dark, empty background.

Fireside

Artist: Nikki & JD

Sit around a campfire to share a unique moment in time
Show
Two men perform a contemporary dance move on a paved outdoor area; one supports the other, who leans back dramatically. Several people watch from benches in the background.

ONE%

Artist: Jamaal O'Driscoll

ONE% is a 14 minute dance performance featuring the dynamic rawness of Breakin’. Two b-boys with colliding mental states respond to the…
Show
A woman wearing a beanie and dark jacket plays a large, wooden grand piano suspended outdoors by ropes and metal frames, with industrial buildings and bare trees visible in the background.

Standing High

Artist: Out Of Order

Standing High brings a message of hope and celebration, showing that people can overcome hardship by coming together. It addresses prominent topics…
Show
Four performers balance on a large spinning board propped up by a tire in the center of a circus ring, under dramatic lighting, with an audience watching in the background.

Rola Bola

Artist: The Revel Pucks

Rola Bola is a large scale, outdoor, circus meets kinetic sculpture show exploring human relationships. On a supersized version of a classic…
Show
A large group of people in black clothing operate a giant, translucent dragon puppet outdoors on a grassy area near water with hills in the background. The dragon is made of light materials and supported by poles.

The Hatchling

Artist: Trigger

The Hatchling is a ground-breaking outdoor performance. With a wingspan of over 20 metres, the Hatchling is the world’s largest human-operated puppet to fly.
Show
A person with curly hair performs an aerial pose on a hoop, one arm reaching out, against a vivid blue and black abstract background.

Ancient Futures

Artist: Unlimited Theatre

‘Ancient Futures’ is a headline festival event, an installation/pop up experience with an extravagant high energy performance that fuses dance, circus and…
Show
Two people are breakdancing outdoors on a paved area by a marina. One is mid-air in a high leap, while the other does a handstand. Boats and modern buildings are visible in the background under a blue sky with clouds.

Dovetail

Artist: Vanhulle Dance Theatre

DOVETAIL At a time when the world and people are trying to reset, the past gives way to change and a future…