The Arlette Gruss circus tent is set up in Bordeaux for a month

“The alliance between tradition and modernity”, the motto of the Arlette Gruss circus, has never lived up to its name so well: on stage, nods to the family's history intersperse a series of new numbers. In particular, we hear Arlette Gruss addressing the public (with the help of artificial intelligence).

Emblematic numbers from the troupe also resurface, such as the Water Bowl, a cup filled with water in which a contortionist moves, which made an impression in 2003.

On the diabolo, the virtuoso Pierre Marchand, while the motorcycle globe no longer has seven but ten bikers. An eccentric character, Destéo, trying to control time, will be mistreated by the poetry, humor and acrobatic performances of the artists.

Tradition obliges, the horses are on the track with the unmissable ballet where Laura Maria Gruss cut her teeth, and where she performs with Linda Biasini Gruss. Eros and Alexis Gruss, also granddaughter and grandson of Arlette Gruss, present, among other things, an acrobatics number on Russian bars.

We can also note a clown bearing the illustrious surname of his great-grandfather: Francesco Fratellini.