Wings
Wings by Cirkus KhaOom was a meeting with the art of circus in a non-verbal, poetic and "flying" production about having courage to break out of the familiar pattern to dare leap out into the unknown.
Information
(Objekt ID 1331)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | September 12, 2005 |
| Produced by | Cirkus KhaOom |
| Coproducers | Hedmark Touring Organization |
| Based on | Du fugl by Rolf Jacobsen |
| Audience | Youth, Adults (from 13) |
| Keywords | Multidisciplinary, Contemporary circus |
| Running period | September 13, 2005 |
| Website | cirkus khaoom |
Requirements to venue
| Minimum stage width | 11m |
| Minimum stage depth | 12m |
| Minimum stage height | 7m |
| Blackout | Yes |
| Audience | 300 |
Wings by Cirkus KhaOom was inspired by the Rolf Jacobsen poem You bird.
"You bird
You bird in me
I feel your wing
I feel your beak pecking – pecking
against the bars in my breast. I know
you are a prisoner here.
But wait
a little while.
Just a little while,
then you’ll be free
you bird in me."**
Wings went in under the genre of new circus – a visual and theatrical performing arts hybrid consisting of circus acts, movement, music and dramatic arts, put together in a scenic dramaturgy.
Wings by KhaOom was produced with support from Concerts Norway and the counties of Hedmark, Østfold and Møre and Romsdal.
Source: The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater), detapneteater.no, 26.10.2010, http://www.detapneteater.no/pub/daat/forestillinger/?aid=577&cid=17&sac=all&viewall=1#daat
**The poem is translated by American poet Roger Greenwald and published in the book North in the World, University of Chicago Press.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Kirsti Buchanan Ulvestad | – Concept/Idea |
| Kirsti Buchanan Ulvestad | – Direction |
| Ørnulv Snortheim | – Composition |
| Egil Stemkens | – Composition |
| Pasi Nousiainen | – Dramaturge |
| Magne Magler Wiggen | – Stage design |
| Bjørnar Aaslund | – Costume |
| Cathrine Kleivdal | – Lighting design |
| Matias Salmenaho | – Performer |
| Sanna Warsell | – Performer |
| Ørnulv Snortheim | – Musician |
| Egil Stemkens | – Musician |
| Pasi Paavali Warsell | – Musician |
| Pasi Paavali Warsell | – Technical director |
| Kirsti Buchanan Ulvestad | – Producer |
| Petri Heikillä | – Other |
| Sanna Huttunen | – Other |
| February 9, 2008 – Hallen, The Open Theatre (Det Åpne Teater) | Show |
| September 12, 2005 – Tråstadhallen, Kongsvinger, The Theatre Festival in Kongsvinger | Worldwide premiere |