It’s about
Craftsmanship meets the art of contemporary circus: In SAWDUST SYMPHONY, three trained jugglers mix their passion for tools, fresh wood, and object manipulation. The piece tells of the human desire to keep busy. From intoxicating visioning to the completion of the artwork, it spans the tragic-comic relationship between machine, human, and labour. The smell of sawdust and petrol fills the room as three obsessed individuals walk a tightrope between satisfaction and frustration, creating a DIY experience of a different kind.
Worth seeing because
The collective addresses a much-discussed question in a unique way: is circus art or craft? Man, body, material, and machine are combined by the three jugglers in an unusual way. SAWDUST SYMPHONY humorously hits the DIY nerve and can be seen both in the main programme and on the family day at various times.
Performance, creation Michael Zandl, David Eisele, Kolja Huneck | Artistic consulting Lucho Smit, Darragh McLoughlin | Music/sound design Juliano Abramovay, Lasse Munk | Stage design, special effects Philipp Dünnwald, Michael Zandl | Engineering Roland Kumpl, Stephan Kalod, Casper van Overschee | Production Korzo | Funding Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, Kulturministerium Niederlande, Municipality of The Hague (NL) | Co-production Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof - Theater op de Markt, Le Palc - Pôle national cirque - Châlons-en-Champagne | Partner, residency Latitude 50 - Pôle des arts du cirque et de la rue, Werkplaats Diepenheim, Dynamo - Workspace for circus and performing arts, La Transverse - Scène Ouverte aux Arts Publics, Gutsverwaltung Fischhorn, TENT | Special thanks Christine & Josef Zandl, Batist van Baekel, Daniel Beiter, Birgit Haberkamp
