WITH high-flying aerial stunts, magical soundtrack and stunning design; ‘Flying Atoms’, a playful, interactive show, is a perfect introduction to dance and theatre for families with children aged from six to 11.
Dance, experiments and aerial tricks will delight children and adults alike, inspiring wonder at the magic of the universe.
Professors Gusto and Hitch work hard in the laboratory of curiosity answering questions such as: how do birds stay in the air? Why don’t stars fall from the sky? Where does the moon go during the daytime?
But there are some questions that can’t be answered through experiments alone. When Gusto remembers his trip to the circus it’s just the breakthrough they need. The gravity-defying tricks of the Flying Atom Sisters and their aerial acrobatics help us to understand as we observe the forces, twists, spirals and spins. Back in the lab we dive into the microscope and explore the atom itself. With many more questions, only one thing becomes certain, the universe is filled with wonder and not everything is as it seems. Flying Atoms is a playful exploration of forces and matter to inspire curiosity and enable access to basic principles of physics for young audiences and their families. Interactive in design, the performance will wow the audience with high-flying aerial dance, a magical soundtrack and stunning design.
After touring schools in Mid Wales in 2016, the show was adapted to tour to Festivals across the UK.
Last summer Powys Dance joined fellow Welsh company Volcano at their very special venue Leith Volcano for the final five days of the world’s largest arts festival.
Flying Atoms marked the company’s very first visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and audiences made up of schoolchildren from primary schools in Leith took their seats alongside Edinburgh Festival Fringe fans of all ages to learn and be entertained by this enthralling production.
The production then toured science festivals throughout the UK, including a sell-out visit to Swansea’s Taliesin Arts Centre as part of Swansea Science Festival. Now this exciting production heads out across Wales on a new autumn tour that takes in Ystradgynlais, Brecon, Newtown, Bangor and the Small World Festival before finishing in Cardiff at NDC Wales Dance House.
Powys Dance director Amanda Griffkin said: “We’re so proud to have taken a production created from start to finish in mid-Wales by artists living here to a world-renowned festival. We had great feedback from Fringe and Science.”
Flying Atoms are appearing at Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon on Friday, September 14 and Saturday, September 15. Detaills from the Theatr box office.