Tipping Point
Balancing in a Time of Change
Cirkus Cirkör explores the limits of the balancing act in an innovative circus gem that makes time stand still.
Göteborgs-Posten
We meet five circus artists and a musician in a raw world built of trusses, metal pipes and wires. Through acrobatics, aerial acrobatics, hair hanging and contortionism, they move with, against and despite the structures. What does it take to keep the balance when what seems stable can suddenly collapse?
"Tipping Point - Balancing in a Time of Change" is a circus show about structures – our human structures and what holds our societies and democracies together. Why do they look the way they do? What keeps them in balance?
In a tensegrity structure, the form is held together by tension, balance and forces that pull in different directions. The slightest change can cause the entire building to fall. What happens when the most fundamental collapses? Who gets trapped, and who finds freedom? Tipping Point serves as a reminder that nothing is inevitable and that change is possible.
Actually, it's pretty simple. Regardless of size, every action can be part of a larger change.
Tipping Point for Presenters
Tipping Point is available to book for venues and festivals in and outside of Sweden. Interested?
Running time: 90 minutes.
Recommended age: Tipping Point is created with an adult audience in mind. Still, we know that Cirkör's performances are well-visited by a happy and enthusiastic child audience. Therefore, we have no recommended age – you know your child best.The circus artist Quentin Dubot also sings opera (!) simultaneously as he performs life-threatening Chinese pole acrobatics and thus shows a never-before-seen mixed form – more of this at the opera houses, please!
Göteborgsposten
Kalle Pikkuharju (…) looks at the audience in an unbeatable theatrical way. As if he knows that soon both he and the balance of the whole performance will be restored.
Svenska Dagbladet
On stage is the percussionist and composer Axel Fagerberg, who creates space with melodies and rhythms that range from Arabic scales to heavy club beats.
Göteborgsposten
Den inflätade symboliken om skörhet och styrka i ett passar det övergripande temat, och Ceruti äger luften med sin undervattensvackra dans och hisnande svingprecision.
Dagens Nyheter
Välkommen till ny och stor danskonst. ”Tipping Point – Balancing in a Time of Change” både utmanar och värmer som bomull i magen en mulen februarikväll.
Göteborgsposten
Alexander Weibel Weibel
Alexander is a Spanish-born circus artist, director and musician. He was educated at the circus school in Madrid, the National Circus School of Moscow and the School of Dance and Circus (DOCH) in Stockholm. He has been granted several awards at major circus festivals worldwide.
Alexander has worked with Cirkus Cirkör for many years, most visibly as an equilibrist, acrobat and musician in performances such as Knitting Peace, Borders and Satyagraha.
… the ensemble consists of distinct personalities that all contribute to the whole…
Svenska Dagbladet
Cast & Crew
Original Ensemble
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Sébastien Klink
Duo Trapeze & Tensegrity Elements
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Morgane Stäheli
Duo Trapeze, Tensegrity Elements, Rope
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Delia Ceruti
Hair Suspention, Aerial Rope & Straps
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Kalle Pikkuharju
Contortion & Foot Juggling
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Quentin Dubot
Chinese Pole & Vocals
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Axel Fagerberg
Percussion
Alternating Ensemble 2024
Alternating Percussion: Isidor Abdelkader
Alternating Contortion: Hermenegildo Gomes, Eddie John Browne
Hair Suspension, Autumn 2024: Yuridia Ortega
Creative Team
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Alexander Weibel Weibel
Director
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Saara Ahola
Set & Costume Designer
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Matt Horton
Creative Rigging Design
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Patrik Bogårdh
Light Designer
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Marie Persson Hedenius
Dramaturge
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Mirja Jauhiainen
Assistant Director
Foto: Carlos Zaya
Axel Fagerberg
Composer
Technical Team 2024
Stage Manager: Marielle Cherelle
Stage Manager: Jesper Landegren
Head Rigger: Matt Horton
Rigger: Erik Berkey
Light Technician: Denise Fowler, Peter Stockhaus & Vilhelm Montan Lindberg
Sound Technician: Leo Salomon RingartProduction Team
Producer: Kamila Crafoord
Technical Producer: Henrik Enar
Executive Producer: Malin Brereton
Graphic Design: Karin Robérts
Head of Marketing & Communication: Hillevi Berg Niska
Tour & International Relations: Irene Ramilli
Strategy & Development: Åsa Edgren
Head of Arts & Production Department: Lena Kjellander Stockhaus
CFO: Rozerin Orucoglu
CEO & Responsible Publisher: Kajsa GiertzConstruction & Costume Workshop
Construction & Manufacturer: Immanuel Rein
Sewing/Costume Assistant: Stina Otterström
Decorative Painter: Sara Selander
Stage Technician: Stefan HansenThanks
Aino Ihanainen, Darya Efrat, Irya Gmeyner, Joel Jedström, Johannes Falk, Mats Rosén, Mattias Lindström, Maya Mårtensson, Nachla Libre, Pange Öberg, Ronja Breuk, Tito Frez, Tom Brand, Tove Siwe, Ulf Poly Nylén, Will Cleary, KI Metal Solutions, Peter De Voto/Kulturhuset Ytterjärna, Riksteatern/Circus Mania, Stockholm University of the Arts, Subtopia
With support from the Swedish Arts Council, Region Stockholm, City of Stockholm, Botkyrka Municipality.
The spring tour 2024 is in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Cultura Stoccolma.
