{"id":46460,"date":"2024-04-15T11:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/?post_type=dh_event&p=46460"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:54:31","slug":"kompani-giraff-a-study-of-losses","status":"publish","type":"dh_event","link":"https:\/\/dansenshus.se\/en\/program\/kompani-giraff-a-study-of-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Kompani Giraff [SWE] | A Study of Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Empires fall, buildings become ruins, cultural artefacts are destroyed, animals become extinct. Most losses we do not recognise, precisely because they are lost. We look at what we think is history, but it is really a series of temporary preservations in a vast sea of losses.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Using circus, contemporary magic and object manipulation, Kompani Giraff creates in the <\/span>A Study of Losses<\/em> their own universe where they playfully seek the allure of the lost. Four circus artists and a collection of forgotten everyday objects wake up in an atmospheric landscape where even objects carry memories, dreams and phantom pains.<\/span><\/p>\n

The music, specially composed in close co-operation between Kompani Giraff and the American artist Beirut, plays a key role in the storytelling. Beirut, or Zach Condon, composes 18 songs for the show. <\/span>The poetic lyrics bring out the dizzying existential experiences inherent in the show's theme. We are asked the burning question: What have I lost and what am I afraid of losing?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span><\/i>Study of Losses<\/em> is a free interpretation of the novel by German author Judith Schalansky. <\/span>List of some losses<\/span><\/i> - a book that, with magical realism, describes life and history as a series of losses and disappearances.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span><\/i>Study of Losses<\/em> premiered at Jatka78 in Prague on 10 September 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n