Art from Circusheart

Art from Circusheart is a production hub and resource for the development of Circus. The artistic director and founder is Tilde Björfors. Tilde Björfors was the co-founder of the circus company Cirkus Cirkör, based in Stockholm Sweden, in 1995. After almost thirty years as its artistic director, she continues exploring the boundaries of Circus.

At the moment Art from Circusheart is one of the co-creators in Händel on Hands (Händel på händer) by balans-resonans.

balans-resonans is a groundbreaking dream project between a cellist, a tenor singer, a circus director, acrobats, violinists, a foot joggler, a balance act clown who loves to go in and out of balloons and swallow sharp things that are not good for him.

balans-resonans is an artist collective started on the initiative of cellist Mime Brinkmann, who has long carried a dream to be able to move like a circus performer when she plays. Together with the opera singer Thomas Volle and director Tilde Björfors, the three make up the artistic direction for the balance-resonance collective, whose purpose is to experiment and playfully develop what can arise in the meeting between the art forms of opera, music, circus, and visual arts.

AVAILABLE WORKS

Händel On Hands (Händel på händer) – is a poetic non-language Opera Circus Concert. It communicates the difficult art of balancing, coexisting, and cooperating. To the music of Georg Friedrich Händel, circus performers, musicians, and an opera singer move together through fire, water, air, and earth, exploring the differences and symbiotic interplay between the elements.

Händel On Hands can be performed for all ages, indoors & outdoors.
No language.
The length of the show is 60 minutes,
No intermission.
No land transport.
We can come in the morning and perform at night.
Music/Circus Workshops and audience outreach are available upon request.

CAST:
Thomas Volle: tenor
Mime Brinkmann: cello
Sandra Marteleur: violin
Arsema Asghodom: violin
Jan Unestam: clown, balance artist
Louise Bjurholm: acrobat
Henrik Agger: acrobat
Nelli Kujansivu: foot joggler

CRED:
Tilde Björfors: Director
Music Direction: Mime Brinkmann, Thomas Volle
Costume: Isadora Jelly
Production assistant: Lova Freundendahl
Technique/Stagehand: Vincent Eklund
Stage consultant: Fefe Deijfen
Light consultant: Vincent Montán Eklund
Choréography consultant: Cilla Roos
Fundraiser Campaign leader: Maria Blom
Children player: Stina Holmberg
Photo: Mats Bäcker
Trailer: Thore Brinkmann
Head of Sales, Finance & Executive Producer: Åsa Edgren

CRED Co-producers and financial support:
Märta Christina och Magnus Vahlquists Stiftelse, Stadsteatern Parkteatern, Riksteatern, Orionteatern, Reginateatern, Stockholms Stads Kulturförvaltning, Take5 Music Production, Punkhangaren, Philippe Dormond Violinateljé, Sportbytarboden Enebyberg, DANSiSTAN/CIRKUSiSTAN, Desirée Holmqvist, children & families to everybody involved.

More in-depth information on Tilde Björfors: www.tildebjorfors.se