Barka, A Girovago Production

GIROVAGO is known for the creation and direction of Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra (GKO) as well as a multitude of other projects in which Carmen and Juan Sebastian have collaborated as co-creators and producers such as the film FAIT VIVIR (Biarritz, 2019), the song and video EL GRITO Colombia Montreal (2020), La Take Out Lab, Studio D 325 and the Family Dance Ball.

In 2022, thanks to an invitation from La TOHU in Montreal, GIROVAGO presented its new creation BARKA, a show that brings together 11 artists on stage and mixes music, dance and circus in a festive chaos that calls for hope.

About Pay What You Want
Continuing our priority to make Grand OnStage performances more accessible to all, we offer a Pay What You Want program for select unique performances. Simply reserve your free ticket, attend the show, and consider making a voluntary payment after the performance that reflects your experience.

We encourage you to experience and be inspired by these productions, and we hope by removing this financial barrier they can be enjoyed by all.

Join us for more! Immediately following the performance, local artist Jane Kirby will host a “Talkback” with the company, giving you the opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the performance.  

Jane Kirby is an aerialist specializing in vertical apparatus. She took part in an eight-month tour of the Southern U.S. and B.C. as an aerialist with the Caravan Stage Company’s original production Nomadic Tempest. She began her circus training and performance career with Halifax Circus, has performed frequently across Ontario and Nova Scotia, and has trained with several top coaches in Montreal, Toronto and Vermont. She now mostly creates her own work, often in collaboration with her partner under the name Lowlit Aerial Arts (lowlitaerialarts.ca). Recent works include In Defense of Libraries (Nocturne Halifax 2016), Beneath Our Feet (Kick & Push Theatre Festival 2016) and echolocation (Skeleton Park Arts Festival 2015, In the Soil Arts Festival 2015, Contemporary Circus Arts Festival of Toronto 2014). Jane has been teaching aerial arts since 2011 and has completed Introductory Aerials and Foundation Level Trapeze and Fabric teacher training courses through the New England Centre for Circus Arts. When not in the air Jane is also a non-fiction writer and published her first book in 2017. She is thrilled to be teaching and training with the Kingston Circus Arts community! 

Jane was a 2023 Kingston Grand Theatre Local Artist-in-Residence.