A Study of Losses

Study of Losses is a magical circus performance about loss, featuring music by American artist Beirut, aka Zach Condon. Inspired by Judith Schalansky’s novel Verzeichnis einiger Verluste, the work moves between contemporary circus, magic and object manipulation, pushing the boundaries of the genre.
Four circus artists and an array of forgotten everyday objects meet in an atmospheric, vanished landscape. The objects carry memories, dreams and phantom pains, becoming traces within a fragmented narrative about what has been lost.
The music of Zach Condon, aka Beirut, forms the nervous system of the performance and the foundation of its choreographic universe. It creates an expansive atmosphere while celebrating the beauty of life – reflecting on what it means to be human amidst a sea of known and unknown disappearances.

Direction artistique: Viktoria Dalborg
Music: Beirut aka Zach Condon
Texts ataptation: Stina Oscarson
Artists on satge: Benjamin Beaujard, Elaine Briant, Elsa Lardier, Siméon Gratini
Costumes & set desing: Sus Soddu
Light desing: Sofie Gynning
Sound desing: Joakim Björklund
Magic consultant: Axel Adlercreutz
Object consultant: Rene Baker Photos Klara G
Technic: Stefan Karlström
Production: Mette Klouman

“A Study of Losses is carried by playfulness in a thoughtful, sometimes humorous approach and close interaction.” Svenska Dagbladet

“A Study of Losses is beautiful and gravity-defying circus set to wistful music by the artist Beirut” Aftonbladet

”In an otherwise explicit and vulgar time, it’s beautiful to see that poetry is still alive with Kompani Giraff.” Scenkonstguiden