3x3 Three Minutes, Three Questions

Stefan Sing

Cristiana Casadio, a classically trained ballerina and rhythmic gymnast, and Stefan Sing, a world-class circus artist, have performed as the duo Tangram since 2009, two years after meeting and falling in love.

"Cristiana always used juggling as hobby," Sing says. "I was always mixing my juggling skills with dance. The connection between our two skills was pretty obvious."

FAQ

Tangram

WHEN — 8 p.m. today

WHERE — Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville

COST — $10-$25

INFO — 443-5600 or waltonartscenter.org

FYI

Organic Juggling:

Workshop with Stefan Sing

WHEN — 1 p.m. today

WHERE — Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville

COST — $20

INFO — 443-5600 or waltonartscenter.org

Tangram will combine their skills of dance, circus and theater in a performance at 8 p.m. today at the Walton Arts Center.

Sing agreed to answer three questions for What's Up!

Q. The performance you created is about the "struggles of human relationships." What did each of you draw on to create this performance?

A. We think about something that happened in our real life, then we try to translate it into movements and patterns. ... It's a lot of trial and error until we think it's the thing we want to present. ... Often Cristiana is more responsible for the movements and I'm taking the part of inventing the small funny things (to not become too serious).

Q. What can audiences expect to see? Describe how you will explore the emotions of a relationship -- anger, control, passion, intimacy.

A. Different people will see different things and have different interpretations about it. None of the interpretations is right or wrong.

We use movements and object-manipulation -- which is nonverbal -- to express the different emotions. We are theatrical, but trying not to play theater. We try to feel the emotion without exaggerating it, without commenting what we feel, without making a caricature out of it. ... The show is minimal. There are only two colors -- black and white. There is no setting except 44 white balls, which we use to create different spaces on stage.

Q. What can participants expect from the Organic Juggling workshop?

A. My interpretation of juggling is not "having more objects in the air than you have hands." It's about manipulating objects. In the workshop we will do a lot of things with only one object.

I'll try to teach that there is no border between the objects and the juggler. The objects are moving us, and we are moving the objects. ... Another important thing will be just to have fun and forget about the techniques and patterns.

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