Diavolo's acrobatic performers bring daredevil dance to Brisbane Festival
Jacques Heim's Diavolo dance company brings acrobatic show Escape to Brisbane Festival.
Jacques Heim is the founder and creative director of Diavolo: Architecture in Motion. The Los Angeles company creates spectacular dance performances.
Performers climb, balance, hang, fall and jump across huge geometric props. The props roll, pivot and swing.
Escape is the headline act at Brisbane Festival. This show has 22 performers.
It follows humans escaping their ordinary lives into a surreal landscape. Heim, 62, was a punk and rule breaker in Paris.
His family later sent him to the United States. He discovered dance by accident.
Since then he built a company that impressed Simon Cowell. It debuted on America's Got Talent in 2017.
- 62 years old
- Founder age
- 22
- Performers in Escape
- Los Angeles
- Company location
- 2017
- AGT appearance
Why it mattersDiavolo brings a unique mix of dance and architecture rarely seen in Australia. Brisbane audiences get to experience performance art that combines acrobatics with engineering.
AustraliaBrisbane Festival attendees now have access to one of the world's most innovative dance companies, performing at a major Australian cultural event.
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