Tipping Point – Balancing in a Time of Change

We meet five circus artists and a musician in a raw world built of trusses, metal pipes and wires. Through acrobatics, aerial acrobatics, hair hanging and contortionism, they move with, against and despite the structures. What does it take to keep the balance when what seems stable can suddenly collapse?

"Tipping Point - Balancing in a Time of Change" is a circus show about structures – our human structures and what holds our societies and democracies together. Why do they look the way they do? What keeps them in balance?

In a tensegrity structure, the form is held together by tension, balance and forces that pull in different directions. The slightest change can cause the entire building to fall. What happens when the most fundamental collapses? Who gets trapped, and who finds freedom? Tipping Point serves as a reminder that nothing is inevitable and that change is possible.

Actually, it's pretty simple. Regardless of size, every action can be part of a larger change.

ALEXANDER WEIBEL WEIBEL
Alexander is a Spanish-born circus artist, director and musician. He was educated at the circus school in Madrid, the National Circus School of Moscow and the School of Dance and Circus (DOCH) in Stockholm. He has been granted several awards at major circus festivals worldwide.

Alexander has worked with Cirkus Cirkör for many years, most visibly as an equilibrist, acrobat and musician in performances such as Knitting Peace, Borders and Satyagraha.

ENSEMBLE
Sébastien Klink – Duo Trapeze
Morgane Stäheli – Duo Trapeze
Delia Ceruti – Hair Suspention & Aerial Rope
Kalle Pikkuharju – Contortion & Foot Juggling
Quentin Dubot – Chinese Pole
Axel Fagerberg – Musician

CREATIVE TEAM
Alexander Weibel Weibel – Director
Saara Ahola – Stage & Costume Designer
Matt Horton – Rigg Designer
Patrik Bogårdh –  Light Designer
Marie Persson Hedenius – Dramaturge
Mirja Jauhianinen – Assistant Director
Axel Fagerberg – Composer