Foto: Tobias Fischer
99% Unknown
Circus and research meet in part 1 of Tilde Björfors’s trilogy, with premiere in 2004.
There are nerves dangling from the rig.
Anaemic Agility Queen slides through the intestinal tract.
Juggling with body fluids.
Acrobatics to the flesh tones of a vocal cord orchestra.
Artists balance on neurons, hang on to DNA strands, hurl themselves into an adrenaline rush and are rewarded with endorphins.
But who exactly is the stem cell, the world's foremost magician?We dove into the body with a thousand questions:
What makes me dare what I do not dare?
Is my self in my DNA?
Where in the body are our thoughts visible?
How do neurons communicate?
What is physical intelligence?We learned a lot:
The surface of the lung is as large as four soccer pitches.
A virus attacks in the same way that Napoleon prepared for war.
Each cell has the basic structure of a big city.
But the more we learned, the less we understood. Our humility
in the face of the body’s inexhaustible magic just keeps growing.The more we learned, the less we understood. Even though research has taken us so far, what we know about the body remains 99% unknown. Our humility in the face of the body's inexhaustible magic just keeps growing. And who exactly is the stem cell – the world's foremost magician?
Superb circus. Imagine the ethics of the athlete's disciplined movements, the virtues of artistic will plus investigative curiosity.
Following Cirkus Cirkör's journey inside the human being is a rollercoaster experience of corporeal creativity.
Cast & Crew
Ensemble
Hand to Hand, Acrobatics: Mattias Andersson
Ring, Acrobatics: Antoine Carabinier Lépine
Hand to Hand, Acrobatics: Fefe Deijfen
Aerial Hoop: Geneviéve Gauthier
Hand to Hand, Acrobatics: Ola Granli
Juggling: Samuel Gustavsson
Aerial Silk, Danish Pole: Anders Astrup Jensen
Contortion: Henna Kaikula
Hand to Hand, Aerial Acrobatics: Katja Kortström
Keyboards, Electronics, Trombone: Frederik Iversen
Percussion, Electronics: Valter Kinbom
Saxophone, Clarinet, Vocals, Electronics: Lisen RylanderOthers
Projection: Micke Agaton, Peter Aspelin, Magnus Frihake, Annika Jansson, Bertil Leidner, Jon Mårtensson, Tomas Nixon, Hanna Reuterborg, Johan Rydberg, Martin Spiegel, Anders Svensson, Syndicate, Gunnar Söder, Martin Widman, David Örtoft, Britta Wahren, Edgar Jaramillo, Urban Sjöqvist, Hans Larsson, Stellan Hertegård, Mary B. Kennedy, Per-Åke Lindestad, Uno Lindberg
Inspiration, Projection and Support: Lennart Nilsson
Musical Support: Irya Gmeyner, Nonsense, Toni
Photo Cover & Poster: Mattias Edwall
KI Core Group: Uno Fors, Rolf Bergin, Lotta Arborelius, Christer Sandahl
KI Scientists: Peter Aspelin, Ingemar Ernberg, Petter Höglund, Mats Lekander, Bo Rydkvist, Arne ÖhmanProduction Team
Idea and Director: Tilde Björfors
Co-Director & Choreographer: Kajsa Giertz
Composer: Savannah Agger
Set Designer: Peter Lundquist
Lighting Desinger: Ellen Ruge
Costume Designer: Lehna Edwall
Circus/Technical Constructor: Ulf "Poly" Nylin
Acting Coach & Director Assistent: Niklas Lindgren
Co-Choreographer & Director Assistant: Melina Mastrotanasi
Street Dance Choreographer: Fredrik "Benke" Rydman
Tee Tree Board Coach: Jan Rosén
Hand to Hand Coach: Alexander Gavrilov
Clown Workshop: Mike Barnfather
Flying Low Workshop: David Zambrano
Ring Instructor & Idea: Daniel Cyr/Cirque Éloize
Hair Designer: Elisabeth Löfgren
Make Up Designer: Sara Flygare
Hat Maker: Barbro Scott
Tailors: Karin Höeg & Lena Helleshøy
Stage Manager: Erik Gullberg
Rigging Technician: Ariellah Winther
Lighting Technician: Tobias Ståhl
Sound Technician: Niklas Nordström
Marketing: Stina Wikström & Lina Sjöquist
Marketing Assistants: Lotta Rehn & Mirja Sjögren
Public Relations & Press: Susanne Reuszner
Sponsor Relations: Pratik Vitlani
Producer: Åsa Lassfolk
Assistant Producer: Felicia Womack