Ensembled
Mud Sweat and Circus
ENSEMBLED is the first performance in the group’s own tent. The work is an acrobatic and collaborative circus experience in which 9 acrobats and a jazz drummer transform a traditional circus tent into a contemporary circus playground.
The contrasts between the grit and glitter of circus life are present in the performance. In a participatory game show, the audience tries to knock down a young dancer using leaf blowers and throwing wool socks. On the other side of the scale, a terminally exhausted performer is dragged across a dusty stage in an almost funereal atmosphere.
The piece culminates in a seamless collaboration between the whole collective, with the performers flying wildly through the airspace of the tent. The collective’s speciality, the Korean double cradle, is unique even on a worldwide scale.
ENSEMBLED strives for a sense of community that seeps beyond the boundaries of the working group and makes the work more than just a performance. Ensembled is about the fragility and brutality of human life: how one’s own life can hang by a thread and trust in another is the only thing holding it together.
Show length: ~ 120 minutes including intermission
Accessibility
The performance takes place in the collective’s own circus tent, usually located on a sand or grass field. The tent has 8 wheelchair spaces and the passageways are at their narrowest 1.20m. There is an accessible porta potti at the performance area. If you have an assistant, please contact customer service at liput@arcticensemble.com. Assistants with EU disability card come free of charge.
Please note:
The shows contain loud noises and flashing lights.
During the interval, popcorn and refreshments are available from the tent café.
Tickets
Tickets 24,5€/19,5€. A limited number of pay-what-you-can tickets can be bought at the door. Free of charge for babies. Group sales for groups of more than 20 people : liput@arcticensemble.com
The online ticket shop closes one hour before the start of the performance, at which time the door ticket sales begin.
All ticket types are unnumbered. Doors open half an hour before the performance.
