Over 500 mousetraps form a city brimming with towers, streets and buildings. Someone navigates every shape and curve of this unique space. They explore this place through precise footwork, balancing acts and acrobatics. The journey follows an unpredictable path towards what lies hidden within. Along the way, the mousetraps will snap shut whenever they please…
A show of puppetry and contemporary circus that blends fragile structures made from mousetraps, precise acrobatic puzzle-solving and… a wild catapulting of 100 radishes!
Bert creates projects that explore a quiet, intimate atmosphere, where a world blossoms between the audience and the artist(s). His way of combining balance, dance and a fascination with the ‘infinitesimal’ is often the foundation of it all.
An intimate and precise acrobatic journey, where balance meets risk or a playground of a thousand traps… with plenty of suspense.

“A performance in which 681 mousetraps and acrobatic puzzles intertwine in a playful, entertaining and thrilling way.” – KW Knack Weekend

“We’d never seen anyone tiptoe so gently through a ‘children’s bedroom’ full of dangerous toys.” –  Magali Degrande

“Barefoot, we see Bert walking carefully amongst the countless mousetraps, or clearing a path through them with his hands. Hoping not to set any off – or perhaps he does (…). A very spontaneous performance, which is both acrobatic and, at times, even verges on dance (in a solo with a mousetrap on his finger).” – Concertnews.be

BIO
Bert Berg is a circus artist who has trained and created performances in Brussels, Granada, Toulouse and Stockholm. His disciplines include (physical) theatre, hand balancing, contemporary dance and juggling. The language he has developed over the years goes beyond the sum of these categories. He creates all kinds of pieces: from a spastic acrobatic solo in a living room à la Dogville, to worlds sculpted from mousetraps, or a simple, joyful ode to the existence of celery.