Flow Circus Presents: A Study of Losses

A magical contemporary circus show set to music by American indie artist Beirut!

Four circus performers and a collection of forgotten everyday objects awaken in an atmospheric landscape where even objects contain memories, dreams and ghostly pain. Using circus, modernity and object manipulation, Kompani Giraff creates their own universe in A Study of Losses.

The music, composed in close collaboration between Kompani Giraff and US band Beirut, plays a key role in the storytelling.

Kompani Giraff is a Stockholm-based contemporary circus group known for their visually dazzling, dramaturgically structured and technically advanced circus performances. Empires fall, buildings lie in ruins, cultural artefacts are destroyed, animals die out. Most losses go unacknowledged precisely because they have disappeared.

A Study of Losses is a free interpretation of the novel Verzeichnis einiger Verluste (eng. An Inventory of Losses) by the award-winning German author Judith Schalansky. It is a book that uses magical realism to describe life and history as a series of losses and disappearances. The essential concept of the book is the ruin, a utopian place where the past and the future meet.

Performers / co creative artists: Benjamin Beaujard, Elaine Briant, Elsa Lardier, Siméon Gratini
Directed by: Viktoria Dalborg
Music: Beirut (Zach Condon)
Text adaptation: Stina Oscarson
Set & costume design: Sus Soddu
Lighting design: Sofie Gynning
Sound design: Joakim Björklund
Makeup design: Sophie Rockwell
Magic consultant: Axel Adlercreutz
Object consultant: Rene Baker
Photo: Sören Vilks
Technical production manager: Stefan Karlström
Production manager: Mette Klouman

With support from: Riksteatern, Dansens Hus – Elverket, Sveriges Författarfond’, Jatka78

TICKETS (ticket sale begins in May)
€38 + handling and order fees when bought at Ticketmaster, no added fees from Cultural Centre Valve's Ticket Office

Age recommendation: adults and children over 10