Sisyphus Ascending

GLIMT presents: Sisyphus Ascending
A Contemporary Circus performance

By and with: Lars Gregersen
Director & dramaturg: Nina Larissa Bassett
Producer: Peter Jentzsch
Choreographic research: John Paul Zaccarini & Camila Sarrazin
Sound & music: Johan Segerberg
Light design: Mogens Kjempff
Musical consultant: Savannah Agger
Consultant: Kitt Johnson
In co-operation with: KIT (Copenhagen International Theatre)
Residency: Chateau de Monthelon, France & Theatre Baltoppen, Denmark

”The content, the physics and the poetry unites into a higher unity”
*****
Herning Folkeblad, Dorte Kolding
6. november 2009

“... the performance is infused with lots of lifegiving ambition”
****
Berlingske Tidende, Jakob Steen Olsen
26. octobre 2008

“An original Contemporary Circus performance”
****
Jyllandsposten, Henrik Lyding
24. octobre 2008

”World class contemporary circus”
Urban, MHJ
28. octobre 2008

Sisyphus Ascending

A poetic interpretation of the myth of Sisyphus.
The show is a poetic, incisive and funny interpretation of the Greek myth of Sisyphus, condemned to roll a stone up a mountain again and again in all eternity. Portrayed through a visually and physically strong piece of modern circus.

The Modern Sisyphus
We find ourselves in an office with an oversized bookcase, a table full of strange sounds and uncontrollable piles of paper. Here we meet a modern Sisyphus in a suit, and his audacious attempts to break out of life’s perpetual repetitions.
What must he conquer to escape his penalty? 
Will he seek freedom from within? 

An elegant social critique providing questions about our workhabits and the belief that work can ever be finished.

Acrobatics with speech and live sounds
The sound frame is a mirroring accompaniment, a wonderful mix of wildly twisted sounds, loops of paper´s rattle as they fall down from the shelves, melodious tones and a whole lot more. The musician Johan Segerberg has given the sound soul and accomplishes in making the scenography a worthy co-player.

Duration: 60 minutes

Supported by: The Danish Art Counsil, Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, Tuborg-foundation, Copenhagen Art Counsil, BG-Foundation and Danish Artist Union.

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