Compagnie La Folle Allure

La compagnie

La Folle Allure develops a sensitive language that bridges the gap between physical prowess and the imagination. Circus performance and simple movements come together, creating a unique poetic expression.
Poetry becomes language. A universal language that invites us to delve into our own imagination, to question it, and to rediscover ourselves.
La Folle Allure was born from the meeting of Gaëlle, an aerial acrobat on the tightrope and ceiling walker, trained at the Académie Fratellini where she developed her research into the rope and its material properties in all their forms, and Guillaume, a curious and self-taught artist, who developed his work as an acrobat on the Chinese pole and acrobatic bicycle, as a juggler and thrower, alongside his work in construction.
Drawing on a wealth of shared and personal experiences, it was in 2013 that they chose to embark on the same path, affirming their artistic identity with the creation of La Folle Allure – a travelling circus.
La Folle Allure was born out of a wild desire to create, to perform, to travel the roads, a desire to share and to meet people.
For each of their shows, the worlds are chosen and designed, inviting us to escape.
LA FOLLE ALLURE IS AN ODE TO POETRY. A poetry that is raw and pure. A poetry that becomes an instinctive language.
A sensitive language, beyond understanding, giving way to emotion.

Tête de cheval
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The Shows

Faudrait pas rester plantés là.

 

Les Femmes Mouches. (en création)

The team

Gaëlle Estève La Compagnie La Folle Allure développe un langage sensible entre prouesse et imaginaire. Performance circassienne et gestes simples se côtoient, créant une matière poétique personnelle. La poésie devient langage. Un langage universel qui nous invite à plonger dans notre propre imaginaire, le questionner, se retrouver. La Folle Allure naît de la rencontre de Gaëlle, acrobate aérienne sur corde lisse, et marcheuse au plafond, formée à l’Académie Fratellini où elle développe une recherche autour de la corde et sa matière, dans tous ses états, et Guillaume, curieux et autodidacte, développant son travail d’artiste acrobate sur mât chinois et sur vélo acrobatique, manipulateur, lanceur, en parallèle d’un travail de construction. Forts de diverses expériences communes et personnelles, c’est en 2013, qu’ils choisissent d’emprunter la même route, affirmant leur identité artistique avec la création de La Folle Allure – cirque des routes. La Folle Allure naît d’une envie folle de créer, de jouer, de parcourir les routes, une envie de partage et de rencontres. Pour chacun de ses spectacles, les univers sont choisis et dessinés, nous invitant à l'évasion. LA FOLLE ALLURE EST UNE ODE A LA POESIE. Une poésie, brute, pure. Une poésie qui devient langage instinctif. Un langage sensible, au-delà de l'entendement, laissant la place à l'émotion. ​ Après un premier spectacle en duo : La Folle Allure (création 2015) toujours en tournée, ils choisissent d’emprunter des chemins parallèles, créant chacun un projet personnel : Guillaume crée E2 – cirque tranchant (création 2017), et Gaëlle crée Petra (création 2018). _edited.jpg L' équipe : Gaëlle Estève
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Gaëlle Estève

Founder of the company
Performer in the shows “La Folle Allure”, “Petra” et “Faudrait pas rester plantés là”

Gaëlle was born in Brazil in 1985. An aerial acrobat and graduate of the Académie Fratellini, she focuses her work on the tightrope; the rope and its material, in all its forms. Her constantly evolving research revolves around weight and lightness, and her aerial journey tends towards something of a sensitive, refined and sincere nature. Organic matter becomes a source of inspiration, and she has developed work centred on stone.
She works with various companies as a performer and crosses paths with Fanny Soriano, Valérie Dubourg, Kitsou Dubois, Cécile Mont-Reynaud, Cisco Aznar and Anna Rodriguez—all perspectives that nourish her work day after day.
At the same time, she developed her own projects and artistic vision by founding the company La Folle Allure – a travelling circus – in 2013, thereby establishing her artistic identity alongside Guillaume Balès.
She also developed, within the Underclouds company, a project centred on the discipline of ‘walking on the ceiling’ with the show ‘Petites histoires sans gravité’, premiered in 2016.

Guillaume Balés
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Guillaume Balès

founder of the company
Performer in the shows “La Folle Allure”, “E2” et “Faudrait pas rester plantés là”

Guillaume trained at the Ménival school in Lyon and at the Piste d’Azur circus school in Cannes, where he specialised in object manipulation.
Curious and passionate, Guillaume continues to teach himself Chinese pole, knife throwing and acrobatic cycling.
Alongside his work as a performer, he also specialises in building structures and small mechanical devices (primarily stage and circus set-ups). Steel and wood are his materials of choice. He enjoys creating the set design and props for his shows himself.
In 2011, he founded the Circo Zoé collective, followed in 2013 by the Cie La Folle Allure – cirque des routes, establishing his artistic identity alongside Gaëlle Estève with a debut show of the same name, which is still touring. In 2017, he created ‘E2’, the company’s second show, with Emiliano Ferri.