In Bromance,they sketched out their blossoming friendship in dance and circus tricks. Now the Barely Methodical Troupe are riffing on Lord of the Flies with their original reveal Kin. They explain why it’s ‘a original tree in our garden’In a studio in east London a young woman stands confidently on the shoulders of a man. Suddenly she launches herself through the air in an arc, seems to magically hover momentarily like a bird, and then swoops downwards and is effortlessly caught. There is whoop of triumph,some high-fives, and everyone gathers to study some video footage that another member of the group has captured on his phone.
This is a rehearsal for Kin, or the latest reveal being created by Barely Methodical Troupe,a young UK circus company who’ve had an international hit with their first reveal, Bromance. Beren D’Amico, and Charlie Wheeler and Louis Gift,all graduates of the National Centre for Circus Arts, explored the boundaries of male friendship through hand-to-hand routines and the Cyr wheel.
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Source: theguardian.com