VOWS SIGNED BY THE 4 AUTHORS OF IVAN MOSJOUKINE
“I freely choose to obey the following 15 principles:

1_ Technical transformations must be made in plain view 
on the stage. No using the wings.

2_ No music may be used unless it is physically and materially made
by a recognizable source. Any medium is then authorized.

3_ The spectator must be able to change viewpoints without changing seats: it must be possible to recreate each scene at least four times from different angles.

4_ The space where the action is centred will be 10*10 meters. Any other space situated beyond these limits shall therefore be considered literally “eccentric.”

5_ The circus must be very colourful.

6_ Experimentation shall always be favoured over demonstration. 
By this, we accept to know nothing and increase the questions.
6 bis_ People say: “The circus is an art that’s trying to find itself.” Ivan replies: “yes, it’s true, the circus is an art that involves research”.

7_ All magic shall be forbidden: the principle shall therefore be “seeing-everything-is-magic”.
8_ Ivan Mosjoukine notes here, so as not to forget: “what I learn from the Circus is that the slightest gesture is important and that anything is possible” - Spring 2011

9_ Despite the decree of 1807 prohibiting them at the circus, words may be uttered if they help reveal the bodies and the actions.

10_ The show must follow the traditional format of 2 ½ hours, with a 20-minute intermission (1h05 per part)

11_ The performers must be sweating 50% of the time.

12_ Snacks must be served during intermission.

13_ Demagogy is prohibited.

14_ The authors shall perform only through the said person
of Ivan Mosjoukine, Circus Director.

15_ All hierarchy shall be rejected. I thus take my vows”.
Paris, April 2011

A show created by Ivan Mosjoukine
Created and directed by Erwan Ha Kyoon Larcher, Vimala Pons, Tsirihaka Harrivel, Maroussia Diaz Verbèke.
Lighting by Elsa Revol.
Stage Design by Stephan Duve.
Costumes by Marion Jouffre.
Lighting by Manu Debuck & Tim Vandersteen.
Administration / production: Mathilde Ochs.
Co-produced by La brèche - Centre Régional des arts du cirque de Basse Normandie - Cherbourg-Octeville ; L’Hippodrome, Scène Nationale de Douai; Parc de La Villette (EPPGHV); Les Subsistances, Lyon; La Verrerie d’Alès, Pôle National des arts du Cirque Languedoc-Roussillon (PNC-LR); Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf, centre des arts du cirque de Haute-Normandie.
Residency Support: La Brèche - Centre Régional des arts du cirque de Basse Normandie - Cherbourg- Octeville; La Cascade-Maison des Arts du Clown et du Cirque, Bourg-Saint-Andéol; Le Monfort, Paris; L'Espace Périphérique-Parc de la Villette-Ville de Paris; Association de Regards et Mouvements, Hostellerie de Pontempeyrat; l’Hippodrome, Scène Nationale de Douai; Les Subsistances, Lyon; L’Agora, scène conventionnée de Boulazac.
With the support of Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe 2009-2010, a project funded with the support of the European Commission. Subsidies: Ville de Paris; Sous les couleurs de TSILO.
With the precious help of: Compagnie Les Hommes Penchés, Et Bientôt…
Many thanks to Christophe Huysman, Camille Gibrat, Laure Guazzoni, Jean Vinet, Pascale Henrot, Christine Morquin/La Fonderie, Mathurin Bolze, Julien Princiaux for the reception, Maryse Verbèke/L'Usine, the Sauzay family for La Grange, the Harrivel family for Le Ty Coz, Laurence Demagalhaess and Stéphane Ricordel.