About

Chris und Iris in einer Bar

Christopher Schlunk and Iris Pelz met at the Academy of Circus and Performance Art in Tilburg (Netherlands), where they graduated in 2011. They perform worldwide with well-known circus companies.
Cirque Éloize (Canada) | Cirkus Monti (Switzerland) | Cirkus Cirkör (Sweden) | La Soirée (Australia) | Palazzo (Germany)
 
Their innovative act
The Microphone was awarded numerous prizes.
Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain – silver medal | Young Stage - public award, special prices | Newcomershow – 1st price  Artistika - 1st price, public award | Moscow International Circus Festival – special award


With various productions they performed in well-known places. 
Sydney Opera House | Roundhouse (London) | La Tohu (Montreal) | Chamäleon Theater (Berlin) | La Villette (Paris)
 
They are co-founders of the collective
Common Ground which brought them to several contemporary circus festivals.
Theater op de Markt (Belgium) | Atoll (Germany) | Circo Circolo (Netherlands)
 
In 2020/21 Chris and Iris created
GAP of 42, their first full evening production as a duo. The piece was shown over 100 times in 6 countries already in it’s first two years.

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