Swedish Performing Arts for an International Audie
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SVALBARD COMPANY Svalbard Company is an emerging
circus company consisting of four young international performers (Ben Smith – UK, John Simon Wiborn – Sweden, Tom Brand – Germany, Santiago Ruiz – Spain) currently based in Stockholm. In January 2016 they will premiere their latest work, all genius all idiot, in Prague, followed by performances at London International Mime Festival and a month long run at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. This piece investigates the fine line between the genius and the idiot. It is a multidisciplinary approach to circus, a strange malformed Frankenstein where nonsense can be beautiful, ridiculous and very deep. Driven by a hauntingly beautiful, and at times bizarre, original soundtrack played live by the performers, they use contemporary dance and extreme circus artistry to highlight human behaviour at its most animalistic. All this in a universe where modern technology meets natural elements and the caveman meets the scientist. The show features Chinese pole, aerial rope, hand balance and pair acrobatics. Josefin Lindberg | info@followrabbit.se | www.svalbardcompany.com Photo: Einar Kling-Odencrants.