Fast food emotion
MEETING BETWEEN HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT A multidisciplinary take on humankind and the environment. Told through its very own scenic habitat of aerial circus, plastic waste and sonic explorations of the rhythms of the sea. FAST FOOD EMOTION explores the boundaries between the beautiful and ugly as well as the quiet and stormy ocean, which can […]
Memoirs of Mud
Work in progress Absurd depictions of our recognizable everyday life. Sisus Circus returns to DYNAMO to continue work on Memoirs of Mud: A provocative, playful and courageous performance that is in proces. Join a journey full of dirt, glitter, ginger-antlers and potato DJ and see life in all its different colors and shapes. DURATION 1h […]
BARK
Open air performance BARK is a poetic, spectacular and thought-provoking contemporary circus performance about reconnecting with each other and with nature. BARK is built in a local forest, where the forest and the trees are the main characters together with the artists who work with acrobatics, vertical dance and physical theater, with experimental soundscapes and […]
Perlemor
Join a concert where the music moves across genres you may not even know: Inspired by Latvian polka, French chanson, experimental jazz compositions, old Danish songs and German hits, Perlemor plays songs from her new album, Kongelys. WITH Gry Bagøien (vocals & organ), Morten Svenstrup (clarinet & cello) & Svendborg Men’s Choir TIME The concert […]
OPEN STAGE
Be the first to spot new talent OPEN STAGE is an informal, free-space where performing artists can try out their ideas in front of an audience. The performers are performing artists who work with circus, dance, theater, puppet theater, or mix of all and any in between. As an audience, you get access to the […]
OPEN STAGE
Be the first to spot new talent OPEN STAGE is an informal, free-space where performing artists can try out their ideas in front of an audience. The performers are performing artists who work with circus, dance, theater, puppet theater, or mix of all and any in between. As an audience, you get access to the […]
1 1/2
A notion of loneliness Just as a blank piece of paper, the doll-man Antero gets a fresh start in an unfurnished room. Here he can be exactly as he is, without interruption. But he needs someone to dance with! Maybe it could be a pair of juggling balls? Perhaps a romantic interest? Frida Odden Brinkmann […]
CANCELLED: Gala
Unique insight into the world of juggling – cancelled due to Covid-restrictions (updated dec. 18th 2021) DYNAMO will host the Danish Juggling Convention in 2022 – an annual event where professional jugglers and novices meet around their common passion for manipulating objects in every conceivable constellation. The program is packed with workshops, Open Stage, games, […]
Fineline
A work in progress showing Fineline is a delicate study of balance – as a physical, mental and spiritual concept. A tightwire piece created by Finnish Lumo Company, whom, in their own words, are obsessed with balance. The senses sharpen when the performers move around on a thin steel wire in free fall. Join us […]
Just in time for tea
Take a break from nice manners and your Sunday finest! Inspired by the customs of the 1940s – and the rebellion against it – Vice Versa Circus invites you to an alternative tea party. Time in isolation has led the two women in the sitting room into an imaginative universe where they play by their […]
CANCELLED: The Third Law
Physics turned upside down Have you ever tried flicking a switch and the lights comes on? Of course, you have. It’s a commodity we see as natural in today’s society. But what if it wasn’t? Newton’s third law of motion states: “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction…” What if that meant that, […]
CANCELLED: FreeFall
How would an anxiety attack dance? What would it sound like? – cancelled due to Covid-restrictions (updated dec. 18th 2021) FreeFall is the first performance from The Light Company – a cross-aesthetic company with a circus performer and a sound artist. In a combination of dance, aerial acrobatics and multichannel electroacoustic sound, the performance takes […]
CANCELLED: The Banko
Variety Vixens’ debut at DYNAMO Welcome to a seductive and sensational evening where Variety Vixens rolls out the raffel wheel for the first time and take over DYNAMO. THE BANKO is a new concept, inspired by dragbanko, where games and prizes are featured alongside variety, singing, burlesque dancing, line art, flames and saber-swallowing. BEWARE The ticket […]
Tribe
Ritual meeting between talented artists Persons from very different cultural backgrounds meet each other and form a new tribe – a people with new common values and rituals. TRIBE is a dynamic, ritual and poetic dance performance with seven international world-class urban dancers and contemporary circus artists, inspired by Nijinsky’s choreography and Stravinsky’s music for […]
CANCELLED: Astronaut
Performance-lecture with Kristján Ingimarsson “A common thread has never really been my cup of tea. It’s something I use occasionally to glue my thoughts together so people can keep up. It is the ideas that count. I make performances that appeal to the heart, stomach and abdomen.” ASTRONAUT is an entertaining, physical-theater performance-lecture about the […]
TOURIST
A vacation, you can’t wait to get home from Do you also dream of paradise? Of packing your sandals, bandana and sun cream and heading off towards distant shorelines and new worlds? Of coming home renewed and empowered, with a pocketful of life-affirming and unforgettable memories? So come along, citizen of the world, back-packer, charter-tourist, […]
Der Lauf
Absurd fabulation on the way things go A juggler with a bucket over his head throws himself blindly into a series of existential experiments, that lead him along unknown paths. With darkness cast over his sight, the audience must help him on his way. Inspired by the French TV program, Intervilles, where participants compete in […]
Three men from the North
Warning: Awkwardness may occur Three Nordic Men is a performance without a filter – a performance that cuts to the bone with Finnish humor, Swedish self-confidence and a touch of Icelandic peculiarity. It is about a hard day’s work, routines, coffee and knitted wool clothes. In a contemporary circus performance soaked with tradition and nostalgia, […]
Disco Inferno
Work in progress view on Nordic alcohol habits. Cheers! Drinking limericks, surströmmingsgillen and midsummer celebrations. The Nordic alcohol culture is as diverse as the attitudes are towards where, when and especially how much we should drink. What drives us to go out to party when it is minus -25°C and how often is it okay […]
BOHR
Niels Bohr’s life and thoughts The world contains much more than what we can see and feel. This was what Danish physicist Niels Bohr set out to investigate, and through his work he put forward theories that revolutionized modern science. Year 2022 marks the 100 year anniversary for when Niels Bohr received his Nobel Prize, […]
SAMBA
Prize winning dance performance Welcome to the blood-red imagination of the porker! A samba arena, a show ring, a hotbed, a pigsty. A circus of festivities, fellowships, secrets and seduction. SAMBA is raw and urban. SAMBA pulsates. SAMBA is sensual. SAMBA is dastardly deeds and connectedness. SAMBA is everything that arises in the space between […]
Rest in
A brand new work in progress Rest In is an exploration of human existence in a crisis and the transformation and initiation it causes. Rest in takes us to a place where we must let go of what we cannot control, where the old must die, and where we are forced to accept the new. […]
CANCELLED: Concert with Horse Lords
Horse Lords delivers a simultaneously tumultuous and neat embrace with the history of music in the name of rock, jazz and compositional music. A universe that draws on all sorts of cultural traditions across boundaries, genre-wise as well as national. The concert performs after Cul De Sac and is presented in collaboration with Momentum Musik […]
CANCELLED: Arcade Delight vol. 3
ARCADE DELIGHT IS CANCELLED DUE TO NEW COVID-RESTRICTIONS. ANYONE WHO HAS BOUGHT A TICKET WILL BE CONTACTED VIA E-MAIL./DYNAMO 09.11.2021 A derailed interactive roller skating party and a return visit to the 80s arcade halls with a performance by Svalbard Company and the cinema concept Trash Cinema by Den Røvsmalle Biograf Arcade Delight is an […]
ODEOLOGY
A night of electronic music and art as part of LOCATION X 10 year anniversary festival The ODEOLOGY team have been creating visually intense electronic music events since 2018. This time it is DYNAMO which will be transformed. ODEOLOGY er et safe space for oplevelse og udtryk, og denne aften byder på et line up […]
GRÅTT / SURVIVORS
Two choreographic works as part of LOCATION X 10 year anniversary. Double bill with two performances The dance solo GRÅTT is a choreographic exploration of the experience of stress and how it affects us mentally and physically. The audience is invited into a space where the dancing body and music are intertwined into an intense […]
Cul de sac
New performance by Rapid Eye, co-produced by DYNAMO Two jugglers, 230 meters of velcro-clad poles and an idea. Will that be enough to build a new world order? Cul de sac is a contemporary circus performance by Rapid Eye, which in their iconic mix of understated comedy and deep seriousness, throws the two jugglers Samuel […]
Concert med Ghost Coast Choir (DK)
“It is ovewhealming, successful. And from the start, magnetic, almost cinematic. Deeply fascinating and incredibly beautiful ”- GAFFA The Ghost Coast Choir mixes the ethereal with the down-to-earth to create a new expression with choral music, which they call post-classical indie choir. The two composers, Gustav Rasmussen and Thorben Seierø, are centers stage with effect […]
Ternura y Chocolate
Peculiar performance from Latinamerika The good thing about being dead is that it reminds of that we are alive. It is a birthday, and he sits there this lonely man waiting for his guests, but no one will come. Balloons are inflated, candles are lit and everything is prepared. A thriller of a performance with […]
CHAMPIONS & MASS EFFECT
Double bill in collaboration with Teater Momentum Two dance performances full of contrasts by HIMHERANDIT, which explore the psycological and physical aspects of endurance. Both performances are on both nights CHAMPIONS washes away the fine lines between intimacy and wrestling, and challenges themes of homosexuality, family and home in a deeply personal performance. In this […]
Home
A wordless performance about finding a place to belong. Two clowns – two realities. One’s a homebody, taking care of his house, which has belonged to his family in generations. Here he’s safe, here he belongs – though he has dreamed of going out with his guitar and experiencing the great, big world. The other […]
Concert with Muovipussi (FI)
A punkish electro-acoustic band consisting of three Finns: Niklas Blomberg, Heidi Finnberg and Milla Lahtinen. We write our own songs. There’s a bass and a lot of weird digital instruments. Muovipussi is a performative electro-punk band from Finland founded in 2018. After playing several concerts they decided to extend their repertoire also to theater stages. […]
EXPLORING NORDIC CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS
How are the Nordic companies and performances impacted by our Nordic surroundings? The changing seasons, the cold, the dark, the water, the vast distances, the notion of the modern gender roles… How does the North express itself through our performances? DYNAMO wanted to explore this and made an open call for nordic artists. The two selected […]
BREAST IN PEACE
Breasts, beloved blend of fat, connective tissue and glands! As clowns, in the tension between cringe and virtuosity, M.P.A.C. explores breasts. What does breasts say about the human condition? Who can show what, where, how? M.P.A.C. plays with perceptions of breasts to surprise, remove shame, arouse laughter and broaden the view on breasts both in […]
Blik
Welcome to the new circus in the physics room that challenges the laws of nature Artists Jay and Erik link science and performing arts. With an emphasis on observation, they explore on stage where ideas come from: Equal parts physics experiments, brainstorming, magic and creation through juggling and manipulation of everyday objects, leaving the audience […]
PHOBETOR
In a dark and dreamlike universe, the audience is invited to open their eyes to the unknown, and re-evaluate their view of what is normal. Based on the French philosopher René Descartes’ statement: “I think, therefore I am” and to music by Lasse Munk, the two artists will explore a number of circus disciplines such […]
OPEN STAGE
OPEN STAGE is an informal free space where performing artists can try out their ideas for the audience. The performers are physical artists who work with circus, dance, theater, puppet theater, or cross several art forms. Come and see what’s moving! OPEN STAGE is presented in collaboration with The Circus Playground. From 10 years and […]
Idyll, an everyday fable
Burlesque savagery and pure naturalism.With juggling, living room furniture, music and ropes, the two artists bring the universal troubles of the relationship to life. A performance with humor, irony and finesse by a Danish-French artist duo, co-produced by DYNAMO Workspace. LANGUAGE EnglishAGE 8+DURATION 65 min. TICKETAdult pre-sale: 120 kr.Adult at the door: 200 kr.Retired, poor, […]
DYNAMO Circus Festival
The fourth edition of the International Contemporary Circus Festival is packed with music, community, parties, unpredictable experiences and, of course, contemporary circus. It is a tour de force in intensity, poetry, humour and magic. Between abandoned silos and harbour industry, cultural life meets faded concrete – here, in August, DYNAMO presents an intense festival displaying this circus […]
ITALIAN PUPPET THEATER: MANOVIVA & ANTIPODI
An afternoon of Italian puppet theater at DYNAMO – two performances for the price of one. For both children and adults, bring the whole family to DYNAMO for a magical afternoon with international performing arts. Experience the performance MANOVIVA by Girovago e Rondella (IT) at 15 to 15.20 followed by 30 min. intermission. After the […]
OPEN STAGE
SOLD OUT OPEN STAGE is an informal free space where performing artists can try out their ideas for the audience. The performers are physical artists, selected via an open call in the spring, who work with circus, dance, theater, puppet theater, or cross several art forms. The first OPEN STAGE will be held on Friday […]
Cancelled and postponed performances
Here are the performances which have been cancelled or postponed due to the lockdown: Walk-Man af DonGnu DÉJÀ af The Krumple Portmanteau af Company Portmanteau DOIS af Luis og Pedro Sartori Do Vale Piste, Piste, Piste af Portmaneau
SOLD OUT! Sharks on Board
Sharks On Board is a Danish contemporary circus production, suitable for children and childish souls of all ages. The performance takes place in a universe where anything can happen and only the imagination sets the limits. A world where audiences can sit back and enjoy an acrobatic journey full of stories, surprises and breathtaking circus […]
Reopening celebration
Welcome back! The lockdown is over and finally theaters and stages can open again. We must celebrate it – with circus and beer! Join us for the reopening of DYNAMO The bar is open and to celebrate the day we have selected a delicate festive potpourri of DYNAMO’s best circus friends, to perform for you. […]
BARK
REMEMBER YOUR CORONA-PASSPORT BARK is a poetic, spectacular and thought provoking contemporary circus performance for a forest, an audience, and five performing artists. 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 […]
Sawdust Symphony
What exactly is the satisfaction to hit a nail into wood? What is the sensation when sanding a surface and how does it feel for a machine to work? In this creation the performers share the stage with tools and machinery in a unik circus experience. Sawdust Symphony talks about the human desire to create: […]
Sorry Not Sorry
Premiere for new dance performance Take up space. Make noise! Lift yourself up and strech yourself out! SORRY NOT SORRY is an explosive, fast-paced dance performance that challenges our fear of taking up space in the world – with our bodies and minds. How can we take the space we need so we can lift […]
The ANTI-ISM Project
In collaboration with the cultural institution Katapult (Berlin), DYNAMO invites a circus company or an artist to explore the subject of inclusion. The two selected artists, Kathrin Wagner and Emma Hornell, receive a week’s time production support in Berling and Odense, which will culminate with work in progress showings and artist talks. So far, we […]
DOIS
Archery and brotherhood Luis and Pedro are brothers. In addition to their genetic origins, they share a passion for contemporary circus and archery – a combination that unites in the performance DOIS, which in Portuguese means ‘two’. Touching on topics such as empathy, intimacy, brotherhood and rivalry, together they explore the deeply symbolic weapon of […]
Piste, piste, piste
A playful dance with light “One day a kid planted three little dots. And they grew into lines…” Welcome to an adventurous universe where a blank canvas forms the background for imaginative stories. Piste, piste, piste is an interdisciplinary performance for children and young audiences, combining contemporary circus, dance and visual arts. Here two whimsical […]
CANCELLED: Portmanteau
The performance has unfortunately been cancelled A poetic meeting To the deep tones of a double bass, two performers move around the stage. One is a dancer, the other is a visual artist. Both with rooted experience as circus performers. Based on a portmanteau – a linguistic term for new words that combine two meanings […]
POSTPONED – TRASH CINEMA VOL. 2
DYNAMO presents a cinematic experience beyond anything you’ve seen before, in collaboration with Den Røvsmalle Biograf In addition to enjoying the top-tuned bodies from tonight’s movie program, which amongst other offers the cult classic “Barbarella” (1969) with Jane Fonda as the sexy space agent, you’ll have a unique opportunity to burn some calories yourself in […]
SOLD OUT! CameliOrquestra
Circus concert for the whole family CameliOrquestra is a show where anything can happen, where the musicians literally fly around while playing. In a mix of concert and a contemporary circus narrative, the whole family is invited to an interdisciplinary experience. The musical fusion of Nordic folk-punk-gypsy-funk gets the blood pumping, while acrobatics create humorous, […]
WALK-MAN
Nerve wrecking everyday-stunts You’ll never cross the street in the same way again! DON GNU digs into the tediousness of everyday routines in search of poetry and humor in a performance with muscular physicality and edgy stunt tricks. One ordinary day, four ordinary men take a walk through a city. They readily follow unwritten and […]
100% Circus
Raw strength and banalities Is it possible to stand head down in a bucket of water? Or can you hang from the ceiling by your hair? Two men wearing skirts are going through weird experiments. Sometimes they obviously play with the nerves of the audience. Sometimes they clearly do their best – and fail. Sometimes […]
POSTPONED – 080
Out of thin air 0 can be both a starting point and a point of completion. Between these two extremities: an existence, an infinity of possibility. Over 80 minutes 080 traces, educes and narrates the story of an imaginary being with humour and tenderness: neither woman nor man, having neither genitalia nor mouth, without value, […]
The End is Nigh !
A work in progress-presentation A beginners guide to the end of the world. Based on the premise that everything is fucked up, but nothing is lost yet, they take us on a post-apocalyptic acid trip where everything is crucial, but nothing is serious. It is the end of the world as we know it, of […]
CANCELLED: The Indifference Point
DYNAMO presents Due to Covid-19 restrictions this work-in-progress showing has been closed for the public. We can’t wait to see you again soon! Stay safe. A work in progress-showing of the way we live our life. A contemporary circus performance about regret and the non-linearity of life. A hopeful ’maybe’ and a timid ‘what if. […]
W/HOLE
On all the holes in the whole world Holes are frightening and holes are fascinating. Holes represent possibilities and some holes are completely impossible to grasp. There are so many holes that we can never hope to get to the bottom of them all. W/hole follow two jugglers in their shared fascination with all of […]
Red Haired Men
Wonderfully weird Are they beautiful or insane? Do they live by logic, or do they exist in pure absurdity? A mass of questions emerge as the Red Haired Men take the stage. In this performance you can experience meaningless, funny and almost magical characters who use dance, acrobatics and theater to create a unique and […]
Det får bära eller brista
Acrobatic circus collective With stoic calmness and physical strength, six female acrobats lift, fall and move across the stage to the sound of evocative and quirky folk music. Throughout history women have always engaged in physical work associated with housekeeping, child care and life in general. The performance Det får bära eller brista is inspired […]
POSTPONED – DÉJÀ
A living time capsule In a space of 20 m2, the world’s entire history takes place over a span of 8 billion years through expressive movement, magical illusions and puppet theater. From cavemen in loincloths to the DJs in tracksuits – a visual journey through time that questions our meaning, or rather: Our insignificance, seen […]
Korus
Below Zero presents Korus – a work in progress production. Korus is the Swedish word for choir or“collective voice”which is also the theme of the piece. In selected parts of the play the artists challenge the idea of what coming together truly means.Through hand to hand acrobatics, tight wire walking and teeterboard they explore the […]
Magie Nouvelle – circus illusions. A work in progress performance
Under the theme ‘Magie Nouvelle – circus illusions’ DYNAMO has invited the Finnish juggler Aki Haikonen to stay for three weeks as an artist in recidency. During this time he will investigate the use of magic and illusions as performative elements on stage and at last present his works in a work in progress performance […]
Circus Task Force
A CIRCUS kamikaze, COVID-19 safe HIT ‘N RUN show Ladies and gentlemen! Those days, when the whole world is paralyzed by a global pandemic and the climate crisis threatens to transform planet earth into a living hell, that makes Mad Max look like an all inclusive holiday, only one thing is left to do…Lean back […]
Bremer/McCoy
On Friday the 23rd of October you have the opportunity to experience a concert with the critically acclaimed dub-jazz duo Bremer/McCoy. The duo, consisting of pianist Morten McCoy and bassist Jonathan Bremer, have achieved great acclaim, both within Danish borders and abroad. The duo’s fourth and latest album ‘Utopia’ was released in cooperation with the […]
Pigeon Superstition
Based on behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner’s experiments with pigeons in 1948, you are invited into a laboratory. The magician and physical performer David Tholander recreates a series of experiments to visualize the individuals ability to believe that he himself is master of his actions. How free is the free will really? The performance is for […]
Tutti Frutti – a work in progress presentation
Tutti Frutti is a swirling mix of four talented, imaginative and creative artists. With acrobatics, juggling, dancing, magic, martial arts, hypnosis, climbing, cycling, graffiti, movies and waterfalls, they create a hectic and entertaining tangle. And yes, there will be fruits, but the title also refers to the mix of styles, characters and eclectic poetry. With […]
World premiere of the circus film ‘Protest’ and release party DYNAMO Magazine
On Friday, August 14th DYNAMO host the world premiere of the film ‘Protest’. The film is created by the circus company Svalbard (SE, UK, ES, GR, DR), who in 2019 delivered a spectacular finale show at the Dynamo Circus Festival. Artistry, concert and video art merged into an interactive total experience, created in collaboration with local […]
Trash Cinema vol. 1
Trash Cinema vol.1 – open-air roller disco & film screening.Dynamo and Den Røvsmalle Biograf presents an extraordinary cinema experience.While the sun sets at Odense Havn the cult movie SKATETOWN, U.S.A. (1979) begins, starring the forever dreamboat Patrick Swayze and the playboy model Dorothy Stratten in a cameo.Enjoy the drama between rival roller skaters on the […]
Arcade Ultra Light
Dynamo’s very own parallel world for adults – an outdoor ultra-light version of the winter varieté show Arcade Delight.Dress up in your best roller-disco outfit and roll out in our derailed rollerskate party on the thunder-dome track. Visit the 80s roller disco decadence and enjoy the breathtaking circus variety. The DJ plays – you make […]
Kids roller disco
Rock and roll with Dynamo!Bring your roller skates, skateboard, a funky scooter or anything else that rolls.Dynamo’s outdoor roller skating universe on the 5th and 6 th of August.We have delicious groovy circus workshops and disco music.In the camping bar, you can buy soft drinks and popcorn.If you don’t not have roller skates, you can […]
CANCELLED: Waiting For the Sea Eagle
Work in progress showing WAITING FOR THE SEA EAGLE is a landscape created by a musician and a dancer. A visionary world that defies description and must be experienced live – at once both primeval and futuristic. Dance, live music, vocals and visual arts unit the two performers. Their souls are connected in a magnetic […]
Waiting For the Sea Eagle – work in progress
Under the headline A circus career in constant motion, DYNAMO has invited Scottish-born performer, dancer, and artist Iona Kewney to work as an “Artist in residency” in August.The residency ends on August 8 with a Work in progress showing. Here, Iona Kewney and her artistic partner, musician Joseph Quimby, present a series of ideas from […]
Circus Task Force in Otterup
A CIRCUS kamikaze, COVID 19, HIT N RUN performance A Ford Fiesta with a stage on the roof plows into the lawn by the village street pond. In a cloud of colored smoke, 4 strange characters get out of the car, in a few minutes they knock pegs into the ground, and raise a structure […]
Circus Task Force in Otterup
A CIRCUS kamikaze, COVID 19, HIT N RUN performance A Ford Fiesta with a stage on the roof plows into the lawn by the village street pond. In a cloud of colored smoke, 4 strange characters get out of the car, in a few minutes they knock pegs into the ground, and raise a structure […]
Circus Task Force In Søndersø
A CIRCUS kamikaze, COVID 19, HIT N RUN performance A Ford Fiesta with a stage on the roof plows into the lawn by the village street pond. In a cloud of colored smoke, 4 strange characters get out of the car, in a few minutes they knock pegs into the ground, and raise a structure […]
Cirkus In The Park
DYNAMO and Right Way Down present the contemporary circus show; WALD. Come and get a taste of the company Right Way Down’s upcoming performance Wald. Wald uses the circus discipline of hand balance as its language to symbolize the symbiosis, decay and regrowth of forests. The forest serves as a natural metaphor for their physical […]
Trash Cinema
In collaboration with Den Røvsmalle Biograf, DYNAMO presents a cinema experience out of the ordinary! In addition to enjoying the top-thin bodies in tonight’s film program, which includes featuring the cult classic “Barbarella” (1969) with Jane Fonda as a sexy space agent, there is the opportunity to even sweat right away VHS aerobics under the […]
Before we disappear
There are 100 seconds to midnight. In 2020, the doomsday clock – a symbol of scientific concerns about humanity’s extinction – was set closer to midnight than ever. How do we contemplate the future in such a moment? What choices do we inherit and how do the choices we make affect generations to come? In […]
1 ½
The puppet man Antero starts from scratch in an empty space. There he can be exactly the way he is and there won’t be any fuzz. But he needs someone to dance with! Perhaps it can be a couple of juggling balls? Perhaps a girlfriend or something? Frida Odden Brinkmann is a juggler and circus […]
Piti Peta Hoffen Show
From one of the most absurd corners of France, DYNAMO is pleased to present Cie LPM! Three nationalities, three jugglers, three objects. 45 minutes full of humor, madness and secret techniques, never before seen by a human audience!Three characters live in an absurd universe dominated by contradictory logics, where comedy reigns and juggling is the […]
JUMP
Light-headed jumping joy Three physical dancers and a giant air mattress. A match made in heaven, leading to play, rhythm and dangerous stunts. They jump for life and for joy and from all that weighs on us. They jump because they dare to, because they have to, because they can’t help it. Not knowing if […]
Moot Moot
SHOW CANCELLED – AWAITING NEW DATES Doppelganger DJs Barry and Barry desperately seek connection with the world beyond… Two of Scotland’s finest live artists, Rosana Cade (Walking:Holding, Sister) and Ivor MacAskill (STUD, Alma Mater), spew out their dark and riotous take on modern communication, as the identical hosts in a surreal phone-in talk show. Finding […]
Sisyphus Ascending
Like the hero of Greek mythology, this office-rat is tied to his workstation of grey nuances. The modern Sisyphus at first tries to come to peace with his predicament, but then rebels. In an office dominated by a high bookshelf, filled to the brim with folders and documents, Sisyfos endlessly tries to bring chaos to […]
CANCELLED: Only Bones v1.0
Due to Covid-19 restrictions this work-in-progress showing has been closed for the public. We can’t wait to see you again soon! Stay safe. Some of you already know, the rest of you will discover it soon; Thom Monckton has an incredible ability to tell stories with his body. He is charming and present, and one […]
Kulovalkea
Kulovalkea is the Finnish wildfire, that eats its way through the landscape. The uncontrollable and meaningless force that leaves nothing behind but a blank canvas. Kulovalkea is a tribute to the loss of meaning and a circus shaped argument for the value of the unnecessary. The performance is created by a young and talented ensemble from […]
Deep movement – Work in progress*
Impressive and unrestricted movement – par excellence. Body virtuoso with an absurd body awareness. Visual artist, dancer, choreographer, performance artist, handstand artist and movement expert. Under the heading A circus career in constant flow, DYNAMO has invited Scottish-born performer, dancer and artist Iona Kewney to work as “Artist in residency” in the month of April. […]
Det får bära eller brista
An acrobatic performance telling the story of women’s strength The research has its focus on Nordic women’s physical tasks during the last hundred years. It originates from interviews with the artists mothers, grandmothers, and great grand mothers. In Det får bära eller brista six female acrobats work together as three duo pairs, as two trio […]
CANCELLED Fritt Fram
What does the world look like when I am upside down? Can I bee too old to play? What do I do when I’m not allowed to be a part in the game? What does Mari and Mikael do when Tamar invents her own rules? Have you ever thought about how much you can lift? […]
Don’t Leave Me Hanging
Three artists put together a show where live music, duo acrobatics, dance and cyr wheel intertwine with ropes to create a visually stimulating whole. Enthusiasm and passion towards circus take the performers to their limits. Don’t Leave Me Hanging is a circus show about accepting oneself and finding inner peace. “To dare, to take the […]
Pendulum
Boldly progressing backwards Pendulum is two aristocrats’ cavalcade of self-reinforcing idiocracies and a peculiar fascination with everything that sways, cradles or swings. Well-equipped with pocket watches, monocles and promising ingenuity that had previously led their peers to ground-breaking discoveries, two noblemen set out on a journey of inexplicable importance. In the familiar surroundings of upper-class […]
Testbed presents GRETA x SLØR
TESTBED presents GRETA x SLØR Visual Performance concert. This is an audiovisual event that combines music and live performance of visual art. This event will be the first of the TESTBED series which will showcase crossover events with local artists in collaboration with national and international artists. GRETA (DK/DE, Copenhagen)Dreamy synth pop with a clear […]
Work in Progress – Object Manipulation
Note: This is a Work in Progress showing, which means that this is not a finished performance. By contrast, this presentation is a display of ideas and material that may form the basis for a finished performance. Rhythm performers Villads, Ilmo, Livya & electronic composer Lasse Munk will work together throughout October on the basis […]
Börne Wunderland
DYNAMO presents the playground, the theme park, the “funhouse”; Börne Wunderland or as we say in English: Children Wonderland. Come and participate actively, anti-consumerist and untamed when DYNAMO opens its doors to a German land of fun and tricks for children and those child-like souls, with circus workshops, creative workshops and talented circus artists. We […]
3D
DYNAMO says: disgustingly arrogant, yet amazingly charming French minimalism! Right there! – where choreographed circus, trivial everyday soundscapes and wordless theater meet, right there 3D has found a place in the sun for itself and his artists. 3D is a circus performance produced for the open space – for the open circus space where the […]
Arcade Delight
What do you do as a nostalgic when, do to 20 years of unstoppable technological advancement, the arcade machines have had to see themselves banished to the darkness? – When kitsch is no longer cool and we have gradually forgotten how to move on roller skates? One option is undeniably and insistently to force breath […]
Melodic Objects // Jay Gilligan
A century ago jugglers used to first think of a trick and then build a unique prop to accomplish that goal or concept. But in modern times, juggling props are mass produced and it all becomes a matter of what different tricks one can do with the exact same prop that everyone else in the […]
WORK IN PROGRESS-showing: KompaniTO
The residing company KompaniTO presents the work-in-progress showing of ‘Frit Frem’. This showing is a Work In Progress (WIP) showing, which means that it is not yet completed, but that we wish to present it to an audience. It could be because the artists are uncertain which direction they need to go, or if a certain effect has […]
Dynamo circus festival 2019
In an oasis of wild and beautiful encounters between abandoned silos and pale concrete at Odense Harbor, DYNAMO Workspace presents a small and intense festival. It is going to be curious, sharp, breathtaking, humorous, moving and ass-kicking. During these two days you will experience international contemporary circus with artists from all over the world underneath […]