The Company

In 1999, Jordi Panareda met Alexa Lecomte in Sant Esteve de Palautordera and decided to fully enter the world of circus. Together with her, that same year they created a trapeze, tightrope and dressage act, where Jordi’s dog, Obèlix, played a fundamental role in the scene.

In 2001, his artistic career took on a new dimension with the creation of the show “Servei a domicilio”, a comedy of humor and love around a colorful caravan. In this show, Alexa, the main character, calls the firefighters to solve a problem, and Jordi arrives with his tuned Vespa, accompanied by his faithful dog Obèlix, who surprises the audience by bringing the tools requested of him. This show, despite being produced by an emerging company, is a success due to its quality and begins to tour successfully through Castile and León, Madrid, much of France, Holland, Belgium, and even countries such as Norway, Finland and Denmark, surprising everyone with its unique style.

Circ Pànic becomes one of the first Catalan companies to open markets in Belgium and the Netherlands, where it receives great recognition and prestige, standing out on the international scene.

In 2005, with the dream of consolidating their style and creating their own structures, the couple developed “La caravana passa”, a show with a unique stage caravan, which includes an adjustable mast and an iron structure with a rusty iron appearance, thus creating a characteristic aesthetic.

This commitment to technical simplicity and the autonomy of its structures facilitates its participation in festivals, and the company continues to triumph and tour throughout Europe, reaching Poland and other eastern countries. They receive offers to perform in Mexico and Korea, which they ultimately reject for reasons of logistics and family reconciliation.

In 2011, Jordi continued his solo career and created “The Man Who Lost the Buttons”, an innovative show that introduced a motorized mast capable of rotating 360º and moving in all directions. This creation represents a great success and a new stage in his artistic career, opening up new possibilities within the language of the dynamic mast, and fusing circus with dance and movement, with the support of choreographers such as Roser López Estapé and Claire Ducreux. Since its debut in Tàrrega, the work has received numerous awards in Catalonia and England, and remains valid to this day with a re-edition in 2023 that is still acclaimed by audiences and programmers.

The pandemic temporarily interrupts tours and brings a breather to the company’s frenetic pace and makes it possible to stop and take a breather.

In 2022, with the help of Ingrid Bolaño in production, management and distribution, the company resumes activity with strength. That same year, Jordi began creating “Le Dyane”, a show with a mast integrated into an old car. Although the project is sold to the Sitting Ducks company, he continues to explore new artistic paths and begins the creation of A Sparrow’s Dream.

In 2023, Jordi begins to develop “The Dream of a Sparrow”, a show that takes up elements with which he had flirted, such as the wheels of an axle and the blue work overalls, which emerges as another character, an alter ego that comes and goes from himself, dynamism, and as always, iron and rust.