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024 BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL FE STIVAL 2016 F E ST IV IT IE S FEST I VI T I ES sú Norwegian premiere G RIE G H A L L E N G RIE G SA L E N DAT E / T IME B E RG E N IN T E RN AT ION A L F E ST IVA L 2 01 6 02 5 Limits with Cirkus Cirkör Saturday 04 June at 18:00 Sunday 05 June at 13:00 and 18:00 RE C OMME N DE D AG E S 10 and up DU RAT ION 1:55 including interval T IC K E T Standard: 190–510 Under 30: 150 Festival Card: 30 % discount Breakneck stunts in a fascinating, beautiful and melancholic contemporary circus production. Daring feats challenge gravity when performers spin through the air before landing on thin planks, or safely in the arms of other acrobats. The Swedish troupe stretches the limitations of what a contemporary circus can be, and what a person is capable of. The production is not only about strength, precision and agility, but also trust and unity. Completely without a safety-net everyone is dependent on each other in order to succeed and to avoid falling. In classic Cirkus Cirkör manner, limitations of perspective are overturned. With energy and focus on what is possible a world of fleeing, migration and new frontiers is balanced against the artists' individual limits in terms of risk, pain, the limitations of the group and of the body. Stepping over boundaries is hard without moments of chaos and disorder, but the state of today's world demands new approaches. Tilde Björfors director, concept  Tilde Björfors, Fanny Senocq, Stefan Karlström, Joel Jedström and the ensemble scenography Jonna Bergelin costume Samuel Andersson music, sound design Olle Strandberg choreography  Johannes Ferm Winkler, Per Rydnert/Visual Relief video design, scenography Sara De Vylder, Amy Fee production Manda Rydman, Einar Kling-Odencrants, Anton Graaf, Peter Åberg, Saara Ahola, Samuel Andersson artists In collaboration with Bærum Kulturhus and Norsk turnénettverk for dans- og scenekunst. Supported by Grieg Foundation Sponsored by Atea World-renowned acrobats fill the roles in Tilde Björfors's production which is a continuation of Borders from 2015. 024 #FE STSPILLEN E16 W W W.F IB.N O 02 5