Candy Darling

October 4th – 8:30 PM

Free admission: limited capacity

⏳1h11min
🎞️ choreo-feature, docuscope
💃 circus, pole, shibari, contemporary, contortion

Circus Special 🎥 Circus Maximus

Welcome to the most intimate and transgressive circus.
A circus that tames not animals, but desires. Bodies that confront, twist, and search for one another. Contortionists on the run, bindings that set free, and a tribute to the rawest night. Welcome to the most intimate show of all: the one with no safety net.

Nachtkanon

Duration: 0:04:37

Director: Thomas Bos

Choreography: Erik Bos

Country, Year: Netherlands, 2025

Social media: IG @eenvijfvijf

Synopsis
Premiere in Spain. A man runs circles through the night. He is alone. He is naked.

Love is Merely a Madness

Duration: 0:10:37

Director: Ian Hopkins, Timothy Friend

Choreography: Andrew Solomon, Sam Walker

Country, Year: United States, 2024

Social media: IG @flimflameryman, IG @timothymfriend

Synopsis
Dance-documentary hybrid that explores the challenges of finding romantic connections among the gay community in the digital age.

If I Ever Feel Better

Duration: 0:03:34

Director: Maxime Bonan

Choreography: Suzanne Didier

Country, Year: France, 2025

Social media: IG @maxbonan, IG @la.suze_, IG @marin_rnm

Synopsis
Set in a boxing gym, a woman trains through dance to heal, resist, and rise again.

Interior/Night

Duration: 0:03:59

Director: Clara Prieur, Maude A. Wakil, Mathilde Richer

Choreography: Clara Prieur, Mathilde Richer

Country, Year: Canada, 2023

Social media: IG @clara.prieur, IG @mathilderi_, IG @maude_wakil

Synopsis
World Premiere. An exploration of two women’s intimacy. Behind the closed doors of their home, their bodies express the complexity of their relationship. In the course of one night, the place shifts between a zone of comfort, fantasy, and oppression. Will they manage to open up to each other ?

Juno&Sensei

Duration: 0:07:00

Director: Tom Gera

Choreography: Lo Walther Boer

Country, Year: Netherlands, 2024

Social media: IG @tom.gera

Synopsis
Premiere in Spain. In a world where dance shapes reality, aging virtuoso Sensei celebrates his protégé Juno’s debut. As Sensei’s ego flares, Juno’s uncanny mirroring ignites a surreal showdown.

Twitch

Duration: 0:05:00

Director: Jules de Niverville

Choreography: Michael Watts

Country, Year: Canada, 2015

Social media: IG, Fb @productionslesmalcommodes

Synopsis
A creature in conflict: its stirrings, twitching, convulsions, its agonizing missteps and battle with demons; an ode to overcoming dark energies that lie within.

Rightside/Down

Duration: 0:04:09

Director: Eric Bates

Choreography: Stefanie Fournier

Country, Year: Canada, 2025

Social media: IG @ericbatesimages

Synopsis
Premiere in Europe. A contortionist goes for an unexpected journey to find their community.

Opium Dream

Duration: 0:13:49

Director: Nishchaya Gera

Choreography: Sarah Deppe, Vincent Clavaguera

Country, Year: Belgium, India, 2025

Social media: IG @nishchaya, @damottafa, @popeyejetaime, @sarahdeppe_, @muna.filmdistribution

Synopsis
Premiere in Spain. An ode to eroticism and the powers of the body. Through the Shibari (Japanese bondage technique) work by Brazilian artist Fabio da Motta, it proposes a deconstruction of the ways in which we are bound, and how being physically tied (always with consent!) can free our minds and allow us to be fully immersed in the body’s sensuous powers.

No Lube So Rude

Duration: 0:05:00

Director: Matt Lambert

Choreography: Constanza Macras

Country, Year: Germany, 2026

Social media: IG @dielamb

Synopsis
Premiere in Spain. In a future-leaning world where dryness is the enemy, lube becomes both a practical necessity and a radical tool for connection. A high-camp sci-fi music video by queer icon Peaches, directed by filmmaker Matt Lambert, conceived as an outrageous anthem for lubrication in the driest of times.

5,6,7,8

Duration: 0:09:06

Director: Emilio Bianchic

Choreography: Dedos Bailarines, Emilio Bianchic

Country, Year: Uruguay, Mexico 2025

Social media: IG @masstigge, IG @emiliobianchic

Synopsis
Premiere in Spain. An electric shock transforms a makeup artist into a dance star. Starring Dedos Bailarines, a reality show contestant and TikTok sensation.

Dancing On My Own

Duration: 0:04:00

Director: Thais Català

Choreography: Tula Vida

Country, Year: Spain, 2026

Social media: IG @erikalust, IG @thaiscatala

Synopsis
An erotic, mirror-soaked fantasy about pole dance and the pleasure of being seduced by what you see in yourself.