tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644770168322736863.comments2016-01-09T20:05:55.460+00:00PrincircusessEllinorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03096945398090562084noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644770168322736863.post-62344743802542545262016-01-09T20:05:55.460+00:002016-01-09T20:05:55.460+00:00Sadly I have not seen "Close Up", but I ...Sadly I have not seen "Close Up", but I have seen "Knee Deep" last year. I looked up your post about Close up and could not really figure out how well their contact with the audience worked out?<br />In "Cuisine and confessions" the interaction with the audience didn't really had so much to do with circus as with food and meetings over food. They would let people mingle on stage with some olives, and giving us food to taste, addressing one audience member to taste their food on stage. I think this was successful because the audience could be involved it the show without needing to do any circus so they could feel comfortable and that the performers and audience was at the same level when it came to meetings over food (as opposed to not being on the same level in circus, when some audience on stage might feel a little nervous of being involved).<br /><br />Actually now when I have had some perspective on this, I think the audience felt extra involved by the fact that they had learnt some Swedish phrases as well that they said, so it felt like we were meeting half way both in language and circus.Ellinorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096945398090562084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4644770168322736863.post-87365425326298387982016-01-02T13:20:07.098+00:002016-01-02T13:20:07.098+00:00Thanks for writing about this show, I was interest...Thanks for writing about this show, I was interested to know more about it as I haven't had a chance to see it! It's interesting that the 7 Fingers seem to have used lots of the same audience engagement techniques that Circa employed in last year's production of 'Close Up' (perhaps more successfully?!) Did you see that show at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com