A spectacular, poetic, and thought provoking contemporary circus performance for a forest, an audience, and five performing artists
By Acting for Climate
Co-produced by DYNAMO Workspace for Circus and Performing Arts
Played site-specifically in and with your local forest, BARK is about reconnecting with each other and with nature. The forest, the soil and the trees are the main characters of the performance, and co-create the piece together with the performers, climate scientists and outside eyes.
We combine a physical expression of group acrobatics, vertical dance, dance and physical theatre with contemporary soundscapes and poetic text, all performed up in, between, with and around the trees. Through being nature, reconnecting, and living utopia, we aim to convey a sensory experience that can change perspectives on our human natures, as a part of the biosphere.
BARK premiered May 7th 2021 in Denmark; toured Denmark, Sweden and Finland by bike during the summer and autumn of 2021; Catalonia, Germany and Denmark by train in 2022, and Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Denmark and Norway by train in the summer of 2023.
Team 2021
| Performed and co-created by | Heidi Miikki (FI), Abigael Winsvold (NO), David Eisele (DE) / Stina Kopra (FI), Frøydis Dahlø (NO) and Emma Langmoen (NO) |
| Production team | Durita Sumberg Poulsen, Federica Parise, Polina Shubina, DYNAMO. |
| Outside eye | Rebecca Tiger (SE) |
| Scientific input and outside eye | Karen O’Brien (NO/US) |
| Photographer | Cosmin Cirstea |
A special thank you to the Langkilde family, the Ottesen family and DYNAMO for your care and generosity – it means everything.
Supported by the Kulturradet – Arts Council Norway, Nordic Culture Fund, SPENN Norge, Danish Art Foundation (Statens Kunstfond), DYNAMO Workspace, Taike Arts Promotion Center Finland, and Custom Raw bikes. The 2022 tour was supported by Perform Europe.
- Perform Europe is an EU-funded project aimed to rethink how performing arts works are presented across borders in a more inclusive, sustainable and balanced way by testing new touring and distribution practices and providing policy recommendations for a future EU support scheme. This 18-month journey includes a research phase, launching a digital platform, testing a support scheme, and designing policy recommendations. Perform Europe is funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and co-managed by a Consortium of 5 organisations: IETM – International network for contemporary performing arts, the European Festivals Association (EFA), Circostrada, EDN – European Dancehouse Network, and IDEA Consult.
