Stepping backstage at Cirque’s current touring show, Kurios – Cabinet Of Curiosities, is like being Alice on a visit to Wonderland. At every turn there are objects of bizarre beauty, mind-boggling props, and circus folk casually going about their daily routines – which are anything but routine to us.
The Cirque team produced a giant hand on which our models, Mickey and Matt, could perch. Costumed characters from the show, Rima Hadchiti as Mini Lili and Mathieu Hubener as Mr Microcosmos appeared for us, bringing a dream-like quality to our shots. We met Australian Acronet artists Nathan Dennis and Fletcher Donohue. Aerial Straps acrobats, Roman and Vitali Tomanov hovered elegantly above our boys. Russian Cradle duo, Ekaterina Evdokimova and Andrei Kalesnikau made us all laugh.