A week of clowning 2022

The clowning week will be held in summer 2022 and we hope we will be able to offer you the following programme then.

From 24 to 29 July the clowning starts. The funniest, most comic,  twirly week of  summer. The shows take place in the open air amphitheater, not far from the Predazzo-Gardonè bubble car. You are at a height of 1650 m in the mountains, at Gardonè: 15 minutes from Predazzo, in Val di Fiemme, in the Trentino Dolomites, World Heritage.

For six whole days the circus comes to the mountains.

The circus always seems inaccessible but, as  Jo and Zop explain, you need to be trained. Before and after the shows you can take a walk along the easy paths for families and children: the Dragon Forest, the Distracted Shepherd’s path and the Geotrail Dos Capèl.

• Gardonè is at a height of 1650 m
• You are in Val di Fiemme, 5 minutes from Predazzo, in the Dolomites
• To arrive at Gardonè take the Predazzo-Gardonè cable car
• It takes approximately 15 minutes
• You can take push chairs (for free) and bicycles (extra charge) with you
• The cable car is ventilated and regularly sanitized, dogs are welcome (with muzzle)
• The clowning shows are at Gardonè
• You arrive at Gardonè and reach the amphitheater in half a minute
• No need to book, the shows are free
• Open daily from 18 June to 18 September 2022
• You will find information at Punto Info (Information Point), at Gardonè,
• To find out more call tel. no. +39 0462 884400
• Or send an email to info@montagnanimata.it

In the circus there is rhythm, balance and collaboration. All these are essential values in the mountains. During the week of clowning, on the MontagnAnimata there are numbers where balancing, clowning, music and improvisation dominate.

Acrobatics, agility, years and years of hard training are needed to be physically agile and supple.

Just thinking about the circus makes you feel happy.

HOW HARD IS IT TO LEARN DRAGON? NIKOLAUS DRACHE!

Sunday 24 July 2022
Above the Predazzo-Gardonè cable car
at 11.00 a.m. (first performance), at 2.30 p.m. (second performance)
The travelling show in the Dragon Forest lasts an hour and a quarter (1.15 hrs) and is an easy walk
with Nicola Sordo

A size never seen before, a colour between Persian red and scarlet, immobile, with slightly wrinkly skin. After wandering for the longest time in search of clues, Nikolaus Drache can’t hold back his excitement. He approaches and repeats the basics of Dragon language to himself: majka, crack, brüch, głód. He whispers slowly, one word at a time and…

100% PACCOTTIGLIA

Monday 25 July 2022
Above the Predazzo-Gardonè cable car
at 11.00 a.m. performance in the amphitheater
At 2.30 p.m. second performance in the amphitheater
with Alessandro Galletti and Francesco Garuti

They say it’s a rip off but it’s simply a shoddy mix of non-contemporary circus tricks. What happens when two genuine bunglers are rejected by the “Nouveau Cirque” and kicked out of the traditional circus? All that’s left for these two eccentric characters to do is create their own circus, in a crescendo of juggling and acrobatics, the like of which you’ve never seen before.

DADO CLASSIC

Tuesday 26 July 2022
Above the Predazzo-Gardonè cable car
at 11.00 a.m. performance in the amphitheater
at 2.30 p.m. second performance in the amphitheater
with Daniel Warr

Bringing a street circus number up into the mountains is a feat of pure magic! Dado Clown mixes arthouse performances, funny sketches, monologues and silent comedy. He’s someone who can laugh at his faults, but what else is he hiding under that big dark coat?

DADO CUPID

Wednesday 27 July 2022
Above the Predazzo-Gardonè cable car
at 10.45 a.m., performance in the amphitheater
at 2.30 p.m. second performance in the amphitheater
with Daniel Warr

Cupid is looking for the right time and place to share his love for the world. He is a clown who loves everything: wildflowers, supportive hands, flying tablecloths, open windows. But what he loves best is to share the magical skills he learned as a child. Jaw-dropping stuff!

OTTO THE DACHSHUND

Thursday 28 July 2022
Above the Predazzo-Gardonè cable car
At 11.00 a.m. performance in amphitheater
At 2.30 p.m. second performance in the amphitheater
with  Paolo Sperduti

In less than ten minutes he will disappear in a giant balloon and begin to dance. What can a street artist with a passion for balloons actually do? With his amazing routine, Otto the Dachshund has travelled everywhere: squares, streets, theatres. He travels light as his luggage contains only rubber!

The Sculptor Clown

Pedro Tochas

Friday 29 July 2020
Above the Predazzo-Gardonè cable car
At 11.00 a.m. performance in amphitheater
At 2.30 p.m. second performance in the amphitheater
with  Pedro Tochas

Pedro Tochas in The Sculptor Clown, a master in interacting with audience. Thanks to his imagination and collaboration from the people, Pedro Tochas does not need words to build a love story with heroes, villains and epic battles… Amazement and fun are the keywords of this show.