Les Quat’fers en l’air
The Company
Les Quat’ fers en l’air is a nomadic and adventurous circus association that was founded in France. The transatlantic union of three French women and one Quebec woman came about in 2010 in an aerial craddle. As their fantasies of aerial acrobatics grew at the ENACR (National Circus Arts School in Rosny-Sous-Bois) and then the CNAC (National Circus Arts Center in Châlons-en-Champagne), the four acrobats decided to create a company, LES QUAT’FERS EN L’AIR, in 2016. After graduating, Gabi Chitescu and Garance Hubert-Samson realized their mountaineering dream by creating their first show: Gravir. Since 2017, the show has grown through summer tours, sometimes international, reaching diverse and varied audiences. Dimitri Rizzello began his adventure with Les Quat’ fers en l’air in 2021 as a jack-of-all-trades: technician, nanny, and keen observer. He is a sensitive and driving force behind the joyful journeys of Gravir. Today, Dimitri is a new creative force, wearing the cap of a flyer in Les Fleurs du Tapis, co-written with Garance.
The Show
Gravir Creation 2017
The Team
Gabi Chitescu
Flyer on an aerial cradle
He was born in Bordeaux, half Italian and half red-haired.
It’s in Bacalan, a rough neighborhood of the city who he grew up.
Very shy, he nevertheless lives life to the fullest, seizing the opportunities it offers him.
Asthmatic, his doctor prescribed sport as treatment. He didn’t like football.
Luckily, a circus school opened near his home. That’s how, at the age of seven, he was introduced to the circus arts, which he would never leave for the rest of his life.. He went through several training schools (ENACR, CNAC) before launching his professional career.
Beyond the shows he has performed in — Guerre and Animalsketching (Samuel Mathieu Company); 50 mètres and Même pas peur (AGA Company) — he has developed a strong interest in sharing culture through various means.
With L’Agence de Géographie Affective (AGA), he also leads projects in primary schools, questioning the place of children in public space.
Trained as a straper, for this new creation he becomes a perche flyer, a challenge that keeps him awake !
Garance Hubert Samson
Aerial cradle
Born during a snowstorm in the peaceful town of Québec City, Garance starts a nomad life in the shadow of her theatrical father, from one backstage to another. At one month old, she flies to Europe and will be one of the last cross the Berlin wall before it collapses. Her mother, at the same time spacey and rational, teaches mathematics. At eighteen month old, Garance welcomes a brother, hi Budha shape will soon transform into a beautiful Japanese asparagus. She always dreamed of being on stage to explore different roles, to claim joie de vivre for the entire human race. She learns piano, taekwondo, funky jazz, volley-ball, theater, photography and … circus when she is eleven, at École de cirque de Québec. Little did she know this would be the beginning of a great story. Her studies will go from equilibrium with a stick on the chin, to unicycle, juggling, acrobalance and trampoline.
The comes love at first sight when she connects with the aerial rope. This new âssion will lead her to Europe, looking for an inspired mentor. Once welcomed at L’ENACR, she meets Karine Nöel, a dance teacher who will show her the countless textures of the discipline. There, she will encounter the one and only aerial cradele, acompanied by three beautiful Frenchwoman, full of character. Amongst them … Gabi Chitescu ! This is how a new team born : “Les Quat’Fers en l’air”. Garance believes the strenght of a show will cause all kinds of feeling, color everyday life with the absurd and taste the majesty of silence.
Dimitri Rizzello
Aerial cradle
He was born in Bordeaux, half Italian and half red-haired. It’s in Bacalan, a rough neighborhood of the city who he grew up.
Very shy, he nevertheless lives life to the fullest, seizing the opportunities it offers him. Asthmatic, his doctor prescribed sport as treatment.
He didn’t like football.Luckily, a circus school opened near his home. That’s how, at the age of seven, he was introduced to the circus arts, which he would never leave for the rest of his life.
He went through several training schools (ENACR, CNAC) before launching his professional career.Beyond the shows he has performed in — Guerre and Animalsketching (Samuel Mathieu Company); 50 mètres and Même pas peur (AGA Company) — he has developed a strong interest in sharing culture through various means.
With L’Agence de Géographie Affective (AGA), he also leads projects in primary schools, questioning the place of children in public space.Trained as a straper, for this new creation he becomes a perche flyer, a challenge that keeps him awake !
