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Cirkus Cirk\u00f6r \u2013 Borders<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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We sit down in the Cirk\u00f6r building\u2019s gym, on a couch with a crocheted cover. Work on Borders is under way all around us, and there are white plastic water bottles everywhere, waiting to be filled and
turned into musical instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 When I was a kid, I used to travel by boat between Limhamn and Drag\u00f6r. I would often try to sense the location of the border between Sweden and Denmark. I couldn\u2019t understand how a border could run through something like water, which exists in a constant state of motion, says Tilde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Borders is based on the concepts of borders and water \u2013 and one floor down from us in the cavernous circus hall, a group of performers are gathered around a ladder that leads to the roof. The ladder brings to mind the story of Jack and the bean stalk. A secret escape route through the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 The idea for Borders began when I read the book about the Romani girl Katitzi to my son Laban. It\u2019s a pretty old book, and it was upsetting for me to realise that so little has changed. The Romanis still face the same hardships they did then, Tilde explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea for a show has to be something important; a matter of life and death, based on a desire to change the world, according to Tilde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Then, I read Fabrizio Gatti\u2019s Bilal, which is about the situations faced by migrants and refugees on their way to Europe. It revealed to me what Europe does to the rest of the world. It\u2019s basically butchery, all sanctioned by rules set by the EU. Europe is policing its borders more diligently than ever, while we keep getting reports of drownings caused by overcrowded refugee boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many ways, Borders is about the quest for freedom and safety, but it\u2019s also about crossing more personal borders that exist in the everyday experiences of circus performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 I left theatre a long time ago, because I wanted to get away from all the hierarchies that exist there. I was lookingfor a context with a more collaborative creative process, and I discovered circus. However, I soon noticed that circus has its fair share of hierarchies as well, but that maybe leaders and directors who can nudge the creative process along are a necessity. That doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m the kind of director who tells people to take three steps to the right. I\u2019m more of a \u201cone and one makes fifteen\u201d kind of person, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the large circus hall motion and stillness, body and mind, sound and silence are all blended together. While the training space might seem chaotic to those unused to this, Tilde insists that the circus performances created here are a necessary remedy to the harm done to humanity by the failures of our societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Circus is so many different things. It\u2019s a matter of life and death, but it\u2019s also playful. It gives us with an opportunity to face the uncertainties of the world, and I think we need that. I think people who don\u2019t get that experience will find it very difficult to live in the world today. We\u2019re surrounded by so much chaos, and this gives art and culture an important task. That\u2019s one of the advantages of circus as an art form; it both entertains and tells painful stories. That\u2019s the very reason why it is able to touch people\u2019s hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Magazine Subtopia #8. Text Josefina Larsson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On a trapeze, high above the floor, a woman swings back and forth, to the squeaking of the mechanical components mingling with Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBad\u201d, which is playing in the background. Tilde Bj\u00f6rfors receives us in the Cirkus Cirk\u00f6r headquarters to discuss their new show \u201cBorders\u201d.<\/p>\n

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