Glorious Bodies

Six acrobats, decades spent under the big top, and that rare grace that emerges when time becomes an ally.

In *Glorious Bodies*, choreographer Piet Van Dycke brings together six performers aged 58 to 70, all shaped by classical circus training. Their bodies embody a part of circus history—the memory of a lifetime of balancing acts, high-flying stunts, and falls. With humor, modesty, and a quiet power, the piece sheds light on what time transforms without ever erasing: precision, the joy of performance, and the strength of connection. Virtuosity here no longer lies solely in the difficulty of the trick, but in the way they carry, are carried, fall, and get back up together. And we leave the theater with the gentle certainty that while the years leave their mark on the body, they do not diminish its capacity to inspire wonder.