SYMBIOSIS
KOLJA HUNECK + LUUK BRANTJES (MÜNCHEN/ROTTERDAM)
2 circus artists, 2 handwritings, 1 performance. SYMBIOSOS is a contemporary circus diptych created by Kolja Huneck and Luuk Brantjes combining circus, magie nouvelle and object theatre.
2 circus artists, 2 handwritings, 1 performance. SYMBIOSOS is a contemporary circus diptych created by Kolja Huneck and Luuk Brantjes combining circus, nouvelle magic and object theatre. SYMBIOSOS dives deep into the tension and balance between humans and their natural surroundings. Each travelling their own path within a surreal universe, the artists explore how one relates to the transient world around.
Working with materials that originate from oil, Kolja shapes a world where vinyl records are not limited to playing music, but become part of intricate juggling patterns, where the fragility of vinyls and the roughness of asphalt meet in absurd and humorous ways.
Whereas Kolja manipulates the materials, Luuk finds himself in a position where the material manipulates him. Through acrobatics, he is discovering the dialogue between body and material, challenging gravity, playing with risk, finding codependence. With a specially developed apparatus, Luuk dives head-first into all corners of the dome, constantly falling in and out of balance.
In Symbiosis, juggling and acrobatics melt into a surprising choreographic dialogue between artists, objects, material and space.
The customised dome tent becomes a performance space where these elements intertwine, inviting the audience into an immersive world.
From 8+
No language.
On Saturday, April 26th, an ARTIST TALK with Kolja Huneck and Luuk Brantjes will take place after the performance. The talk is a co-operation with the Bundesverband Zeitgenössischer Zirkus (BUZZ) and will be moderated by Marina Rieger (BUZZ).
A production by Symbiosis Circus in co-production with LOFFT - DAS THEATER, PERPLX, CIRKLABO, Circuswerkplaats Dommelhof, Miramiro, Latitude 50 - Pôle des arts du cirque et de la rue, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen and Maschinenhaus Essen. Funded by the City of Munich - Department of Arts and Culture, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the New Arts Ruhr funding programme, Culture Moves Europe, implemented by the Goethe-Institut and the City of Leipzig - Cultural Office. Supported by HochX - Theatre and Live Art Munich, Baladins du Miroir, Festival Circolo, TENT and Korzo.
CREATION + PERFORMANCE Luuk Brantjes & Kolja Huneck
ARTISTIC ADVISORS Benjamin Richter, Júlia Campistany
SOUND DESIGN + MUSICAL COMPOSITION F.S.Blumm
TECHNICAL ADVISOR + CONSTRUCTION Arjen Schoneveld
TECHNICIANS Jef Delva, Ramona Lehnert
COSTUME Amrei Simon
GRAPHIC DESIGN + PHOTO Lily Schlinker
TEASER + TRAILER Fidel Rott
PRODUCTION + TOURING MANAGEMENT ehrliche arbeit – freelance office for culture / Leoni Grützmacher
Prices
- Premiere Regular: 18,— €
- Premiere Reduced: 13,— €
- Premiere Leipzig-Pass: 9,— €
- Soli-Price: 25,— €
- Regular: 15,— €
- Reduced: 10,— €
- Leipzig-Pass: 7,50 €