Contemporary Narrative Circus

PERFORMANCES : SISYPHUS ASCENDING

SISYPHUS IN A SUIT

Like the hero of the greek mythology, the Sisyphus embodied by Lars Gregersen seems to be condemned to an absurd perpetual task, with which he first tries to get along, but then tries to resist. This contemporary version takes place in a small office towered by a tall bookshelf filled with files and papers, which Sisyphus is endlessly trying to put in order...

Duration: 60 minutes

The performance is a poetic, sharp and funny interpretation of the Greek myth about Sisyphus, who is doomed to roll a rock up a mountain forever, only to see it roll back again, so he can start all over again. Here it is portrayed through a visually and physically strong piece of modern circus.

We meet Sisyphus at his office with an oversized bookcase, a table full of strange sounds and uncontrollable piles of paper. The strange office frames a modern Sisyphus in a suit, and his audacious attempts at breaking out of Life’s perpetual repetitions.

What must he conquer to escape his penalty? Can he find his freedom elsewhere?

The performance is sponsored by The Danish Arts Council´s Committee for the Performing Arts, The Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, The Tuborg Foundation, The Danish Artist Union and The BG-Foundation.

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Press Reviews

*****

"The contens, physicality and poetry merge perfectly."

"So, welcome to contemporary circus. We can only look forward to seeing more of it."

Herning Folkeblad, (Denmark)
Dorte Kolding, 6th November 2009

****

“... new steps into the unknown for Danish Contemporary Circus. Sisyphus has become a small Kafkan office slave, whose life is a humdrum of climbing and paper pushing by his desk, until the moment where he starts to occupy his several meters high bookcase and to rebel.”

“... this performance is infused with lots of lifegiving ambition – in its choreography as well as in its content.”

Berlingske Tidende (Denmark),
Jakob Steen Olsen, 26th October 2008

****

“An original Contemporary Circus performance”

“It looks agile, when the grey office worker hangs upside down while the bookcase shoots off teasing papers from its shelves.”

Jyllands-Posten (Denmark),
Henrik Lyding, 24th October 2008

****

"World class contemporary circus"

Urban (Denmark)
MJH, 28th October 2008

“Sisyphus has donned a suit. The mountain is a high pole, the stone an attaché case, and the world is crammed with paper. All alone on stage Lars Gregersen lives through the exhausting Sisyphusian scenarium, where he must take the trip up the mountain with his attaché case time and time again."

“The style is called Contemporary Circus and includes eveything from funny gestures to acrobatic impossibilities – slack rope dance being one of them”.

Metro Express (Denmark),
Marie Schwennesen, 29th October 2008

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