Crowd to pull the strings for BD: Festival tightrope act
Naets, 48, who is also the group's technical manager, is originally from Belgium but is now based with the troupe near Montpellier in the south of France.He said: "We perform our show Soka Tira Osoa which means 'a game of pulling the rope'."We are asking the audience to get the tension in the wire to make it possible for Tatiana and myself to walk on the line."
He added: "We need 2.2 tonnes of tension at certain moments in the show."It's them (the audience) pulling these 2.2 tonnes all together."You'll see all these small hands on the front row pulling it."We can't do this performance by ourselves, we need others to do it."And that is one of the themes of the performance."
Councillor Sarah Ferriby of Bradford Council said: "This performance promises to be absolutely amazing."It is powerful in its choreography, music and message that by working together we can do anything - something we can all relate to."The BD: Festival is a free event run by Bradford Council in collaboration with the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture team. It features live performances in City Park as well as food and drink stalls, and art workshops. Saturday's highlight act is Zee and the City, featuring a 4m puppet which will make its way through the city centre.
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