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As every year, the historic Circo Raluy has arrived in Torroella de Montgrí, in the Baix Empordà, now presenting its Kirko show.
Under the tent, which I photographed for La Vanguardia's Readers' Photos, a world of magic unfolds that engages spectators while offering classic acrobatic performances.
It is a human circus without artifice, where music and lights help to forget the routine. Both adults and children like it. It is surprising how it adapts to changes in time.
"What is the true origin of the circus? Why do people defy the laws of physics and push their bodies and their senses to the limit?" is asked at Circo Raluy when giving life to the show Kirko.
Human beings have always had the need to test their capabilities. Strength, skill and creativity, they explain.
In Kirko, "Rosa Raluy turns these human characteristics into flesh and blood characters that accompany the viewer through her exciting show with acrobatics, juggling, tightrope walking and aerial feats"...
