Manoeuvre - STILTS

The tall form of Manoeuvre is a familiar sight at both indoor & outdoor festivals and functions, strutting, loping and dancing through the crowd. Much more than simply “walkers”, these Stilt Performers look to the Australian environment as inspiration for much of their work and specialise in creating eye catching roving performances that have delighted audiences both throughout Australia and overseas. Manoeuvre’s characters and costumes stimulate the imagination, inspire joy and offer an engaging, playful and interactive experience.

The Characters outlined below are available separately or in combination. While they most frequently appear as a duo, they are also available as solo characters, and selected acts, as groups of 3, 4 or 5.

Once you have become familiar with Manoeuvre’s work, perhaps you feel that your client audience has already had the Manoeuvre experience? Think again, new characters and costumes are always in the pipeline.

	BLAX Strange creatures, stalking and creeping on their long insect like legs. Beautiful and intriguing, they communicate with a haunting language of gaunt postures, spindly shapes and piercing gazes.
	MA’AMSELLE CLAIRE Effervescent, exquisite, Ma’amselle Claire steps lightly with beauty and grace. Enveloped in her cloud of bubbles Ma’amselle Claire leaves a trail of enraptured, smiling faces. Watch the bubbles burst their surprises in the sunshine or notice the magic of floating balls in the half light of evening.
	JACK & JACK Energetic and colourful. Out for a good time. In sync ……. Or out of sync, take a look, come and play. Jack & Jack are definitely fun filled and dynamic. You can take them anywhere.
	LIP SERVICE These girls are not just a pretty sight. Take a breath, reach deep into the mouth of their proffered handbag, choose a card and read your ‘thought for the day’. Under those demure veiled faces lies a mischievous sense of humour. A cheekiness that is reflected in Lip Service’s costuming, movement and style, as well as in their interactions with their audience.
	ON THE WING Set your spirit free, and take to the sky with this epicurean delight. Enveloped in blue, this flight of fantasy will dip, soar and swirl. On the Wing is on the move. Fancy free, distinct, joyful. A must to enliven any festival or event.
	RED RIBBON An out of this world character in striking block red and over two and half metres tall. Red Ribbon performs an extraordinary dance of fast paced ribbon twirling. Manoeuvre beautifully demonstrate the grace and flow of twirling ribbons with an energy rivaled only by the most vital of ground based dance styles. Red Ribbon is only available as a solo character and her impact is as a visual spectacle rather than an interactive character. This makes her best suited for a parade or similar context.