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Sofia (11) during a show at a village festival. She has been learning tightrope walking from Khalil and his father for two years, at the school in Makhachkala. 2018, Watschi, Dagestan, North Caucasus, Russia, Europe.
Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine, Dagestan, Indonesia and Rajasthan in India - regions that are in their difficult political situation. But their inhabitants have developed a circus culture.
Johanna Maria Fritz talks about political clowns in Gaza, whose performance ref- lects the absurdity of life on the front line between the poor and the Isreal army, and about circus schools that give Afghan children an alternative route. It shows the old traditions of tightrope walking in the North Caucasus and a circus in Iran, which spreads friends and fun despite Islamic dic- tatorship. The Serpent Swords of Rajasthan performed the art of their grandfathers theater or theater from Indonesia.
The title „Like a Bird“ takes the testimo- ny of a little boy about his circus life and stands for the essence of the work.