Infraröd – Circus you can hear

Infraröd is a circus and sound experience directed by Jay Gilligan and performed by the second year students of the Bachelor Programme in Circus.

A unique collaboration with Jesper Nordin, Infraröd incorporates his prize-winning invention "Gestrument" to turn exceptional circus skills into expressive melodies. Infrared is an ensemble piece, with each actor an instrument and distinct voice blending to make a live symphony. In addition to being a captivating experience for both eye and ear the audio gives the audience a deeper understanding and appreciation of the timing and physical requirements that circus demands.

Infrared uses motion capture technology to play music with physical actions. A single footstep turns into a musical note. Correspondingly, more complex movements produce much more advanced compositions. These sounds highlight parts of the action that are never seen or noticed, small details that all the disciplines are based upon. The music reveals hidden layers in the circus language.

Infrared is an innovative circus performance of high artistic level as well as a research project and an experiment to capture what is exclusive about circus in live performance. Though infrared light is not visible to the naked eye, here it exposes circus in both sight and sound.
Teeterboard, juggling, aerial acrobatics, tight wire, Chinese pole and other spectacular circus feats are brought to the audience with an innovative and contemporary approach that is unique to the circus education at DOCH and now Internationally acclaimed.

Premiere
May 15 at 7 pm

Other performance times:
May 16 at 7 pm
May 17 at 3 pm
May 20 at 7 pm
May 21 at 7 pm
May 22 at 7 pm
May 23 at 3 pm

The performance is about one hour and a half and takes place at the circus hall at Brinellvägen 34.

About the Bachelor Programme in Circus
The Bachelor Programme in Circus at DOCH uses the skills and the artistic traditions as a foundation on which to build high level technical and artistic competences in new practices. It offers knowledge about, and an understanding of the many forms of expression in circus. Upon graduating, the student can use her/his artistry to contribute to the development of the circus movement vocabulary and in turn may even redefine the art form itself.

Our students and their visions will challenge the present and change the world
For further information about the education please contact Head of the Programme Marie-Andrée Robitaille marie-andree.robitaille@uniarts.se

About the director Jay Gilligan
Jay Gilligan has performed in 29 different countries, touring solo work and collaborating with companies such as The Gandini Juggling Project, Cie Jérôme Thomas, Les 7 doigts de la main, Cirkus Cirkör and Cirque du Soleil. He is the head teacher of juggling at DOCH and has recently published a book about contemporary juggling titled "5 Catches". Read more about Jay Gilligan here: www.fourthshape.com