We live in a time seemingly full of strife, conflict and division. Us against them, people against people, nations against nations, cultures against cultures. Human life as a zero-sum game where someone’s gain can only be achieved through someone else’s loss. We believe there is another way. A way where our capacity of love and care is stronger than our animosity, our capacity of understanding and compassion more resilient than our divisions and our differences are celebrated and become our strength.
20 individuals from different nations and cultures (Denmark, Australia, Peru, Canada, UK, Uruguay, Finland, Spain, Chile, Portugal, USA, Germany, Brazil, Ireland, France) have come together to form Copenhagen Collective, a brand new acrobatic collective in Copenhagen. Their first production - The Genesis - talks about how we all relate to each other and how we are intrinsically dependent on each other.
The Genesis by Copenhagen Collective
The stage is an empty space. The artists are the show. We follow the 20 acrobats as they move through an abstract emotional landscape. The eventual acceptance of the need of the Other brings jubilation as we discover and experience the fact that as humans, there is little that one person can do by themselves alone.
Light design is a cross between a mystic cathedral feeling and club nightlife, that encompass and embrace the performers. The original music is a continuous soundscape where we encounter the classical violin, piano and other acoustic instruments, voice in song or recitation, embedded in jazz and rhythm'n blues couched in club themed moments.
The Genesis premiered on July 4th 2024 at Baltoppen LIVE in Copenhagen and has since continued to tour through Europe.
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Instagram: @Cph.Collective
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See our journey of creation in our documentary series The Origin Series
For general inquiries, write at: info@ja-circus.dk
For inquiries about touring, please contact Mette Klouman: mette@klouman.se
For bookings, please contact Wolfgang Hoffman at Aurora Nova: wolfgang@auroranova.org
Creative team
Direction & Choreography: Patrick King & Johan King Silverhult
Assistant Direction and Choreography: Britta Oling
Acrobatic Coaches: Søren Flor & Craig Dagostino
Composer: Leif Jordansson
Technician: Stefan Goldbaum Tarabini
Costume Design: Julie Hendel, Louise Egebro, and Camilla Suleima.
Filmmaker: Luke Chadwick-Jones
SoMe and communication: Andrés Alberto Cerdeira Méndez
Project coordinator: Søren Flor v. JA Circus
Producer: Mette Klouman
Artists
Alfred Hall Kriegbaum
Ange Gabriel Olsen Viaud
Anna Sofie Fornitz Vording
Bechara Hage Meany
Bernardo Añorga Vargas
Daniel Luengo
David Ullrich
Eloisa Pereira Trinidad
Gonzalo Irisarri Martinez
Gregorian Parser Hawke
Joachim Ante
Marilou Verschelden
Nathan Briscoe
Nicolás Esteban Mancisidor Gonzalez
Rachel Orya Locks
Raphaela Abreu Olivo de Almeida
Ronan Luke Jenkinson
Samuel Fraser Patrick Barnes
Saila Salminen
Shona Marie Morgan
Sónia Christina Silvestre Matos
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