Nouveau Sud
Website: https://nouveausud.org/
Facebook: @NouveauSudCLT
Instagram: @NouveauSudCLT
Twitter: @nvscircus
KEY PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Director: Carlos Alexis Cruz
Email: info@nouveausud.org
ABOUT: Nouveau Sud is a contemporary social circus initiative rooted in the “underground” dance/acrobatic/physical theatre scenes present in the vast array of cultures in the urban regions of Charlotte. Through physical language — dance, movement, and circus — Cruz and the other “suds” are able to tell stories of their struggles, histories, traditions, transformations, and iconography, as they examine the idea of what it is to be a citizen of the ‘New’ South. The Nouveau Sud Project strives to create meaningful and thought-provoking dialogue on social issues that oftentimes are not addressed and help the community progress by celebrating the creative process and staying available to the populace.
MEDIA COVERAGE
Carlos Cruz Creates Without a Safety Net - Charlotte Is Creative
Theatre Professor’s Social Circus Project is NEFA Finalist - UNC Charlotte’s College of Arts + Architecture
Knight Foundation grants help 12 Charlotte arts groups - The Charlotte Observer
Arts & Entertainment Critics’ Picks 2019 - Queen City Nerve
Nouveau Sud Traces a Tattered Symbol’s History - Queen City Nerve
Nouveau Sud Traces Migrants’ Route to a New Life in ‘La Bestia’ - Queen City Nerve
La Bestia – The Dark Side of the Circus - Charlotte is Creative
