Co. Libertivore
My artistic approach
My artistic approach begins with the recognition of my ignorance and my powerlessness, not as a reductive fact but as a liberating revelation, which gives access to all possibilities. Freed from the objective of control and success, I cultivate the fascination of the living, of what moves me.
I like not wanting to explain everything, not being able to explain everything. Observing bodies in movement as one would observe changing, elusive nature. Observing artists and trying to understand the essence of their bodily virtuosity, but also of their humanity in what it has that is both unique and universal. A sort of concentrate of humanity.
I am fascinated by the incredible ability of bodies to metamorphose, to move from an organic state to a social body. By creating situations where movement, sound, and scenography harmonize, I invite spectators on a journey into their unconscious, speaking directly to their bodies rather than their heads.
I want to dare optimism, to find hope in chaos. To seek beauty even when everything seems hopeless. To claim beauty as an act of resistance. I never feel as alive as when I feel fragile, mortal. This is why the circus has an essential place in my life and my creations.
The basis of an acrobat's training is to tame fear, to get as close as possible to that thin line between life and death. To stand on the edge of the abyss, to hang in the void, to entrust your life to someone. At this point in life, you can't cheat. A particular vibration emerges, letting a raw, primal, founding beauty emerge, which awakens something buried in each of us.
Fanny Soriano
​
From 2021 to 2025, Fanny Soriano is an associate artist at the Théâtre Jean Lurçat, Scène Nationale d'Aubusson.
Historical
In 2005 , the Libertivore company was created by Fanny Soriano (dancer, aerial acrobat) and Jules Beckman (musician, multidisciplinary performer).
In 2007 , together, they created the show Libertivore , winner of the Jeunes Talents Cirque 2007 (ex circus next).
In 2012 , while Fanny Soriano was creating two solos – Hêtre and Fractales – health problems forced her to stop her work as an aerial acrobatic dancer.
In 2014 , the decision was made to move his work to the other side of the track/stage.
In 2015 , she adapted and transmitted the solo Hêtre , a short form for an aerial dancer and a suspended branch. This show was performed for the first time as part of the 1st International Circus Biennial in Marseille and was a great success. From September 2015 and for three seasons, Fanny Soriano joined "La Ruche" at the Zef-Scène nationale in Marseille, a support unit for emerging companies in the South region.
In 2017 she created the piece Phasmes , a dance/hand-to-hand carried duo for the hall and public space, conceived as the second part of a diptych with the piece Hêtre. Phasmes was performed for the first time at the Zef-Scène nationale in Marseille as part of the 2nd International Circus Arts Biennial in Marseille. This piece allowed the company to acquire artistic recognition in France and internationally.
In 2017 , Silva was also born from a commission from La Passerelle-Scène nationale de Gap et des Alpes du Sud, as part of its event "Curieux de nature". A project for public space with variable geometry, this in situ creation uses choreographic materials from the pieces in the repertoire. That same year, Jules Beckman founded the company Transminuko and Fanny Soriano continued with Libertivore.
Since 2017 , many cultural actions have been carried out in France and abroad around the creations and more generally the artistic universe of the company. The creation of the show Ether begins, first part of a new triptych around human relations.
In 2018 , the creation of Fractales resumes. The initially imagined solo becomes a piece for five acrobat-dancers. In this third part of the research work around man and nature, Fanny Soriano explores the place of humans within a constantly changing landscape. Surrounded by a loyal team, the company once again plays the premieres at the Zef-Scène nationale in Marseille in January 2019, as part of the 3rd International Circus Arts Biennial.
Since September 2018 and until the end of the 2020-2021 season , Fanny Soriano is an associate artist at the Théâtres en Dracénie-Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national art et création-danse, Draguignan. The company will also be an associate artist "of the season" at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale in Paris in 2020-2021.
In 2021 , despite the health crisis, the company successfully created the show Ether , which can play 3 performances at its creation during the professional meetings, for once, of the 4th International Circus Arts Biennial. In the fall of 2021, it begins the creation (scheduled for January 2023) of the show Brame , the second part of a new cycle around human relations inaugurated by Ether .
From 2021 to 2024 , Fanny Soriano is an associate artist at the Théâtre Jean Lurçat, Scène Nationale d'Aubusson.
In 2023, for the 5th anniversary of the International Circus Arts Biennale, Fanny Soriano is the artist in the spotlight with the broadcast of the company's entire repertoire, i.e. 5 shows.