Accompany ME is a circus company founded in 2022 by Monika Neverauskaite and Elena Damasio. It is a project with an international reach: the artists are originally from Lithuania and Italy, both trained in the Netherlands and now based in Toulouse, France.
Accompany ME is an invitation to join Monika and Elena on their journey. This name underscores the importance of a loved one by our side. Through their work, the two artists seek to offer their audience a moment of lightness as a counterpoint to the more serious themes they explore – all expressed through the unique language of circus, always with joy and sensitivity.
The company created their first show “À Mesure – Handle with care” in June 2024 which has already toured over 60 times since the premiere in at least 7 different European countries. They are now creating two new pieces: “The Onion Technique” (national premiere of the inside version in November 2026) and “Beat the Circle” (2027).
“The Onion Technique”
“The Onion Technique” is a metaphorical problem-solving method used in psychology to understand personality. A person’s self-disclosure occurs in stages, moving from superficial layers to more intimate ones, similar to peeling an onion.
The non-stop spinning of the Cyr wheel, layer after layer of clothes falling off and the bodies hiding beneath them. What is freedom like when we throw off all our masks? Desired, brave and pleasant? Or frightening, undiscovered and uncomfortable?
In this performance, Accompany ME seeks to metaphorically and visually convey the desire to break free, to get closer to the true “I” and, most importantly, to accept ourselves with an open heart.
Picture: @Daniel Rocheteau