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 […]
Fail Away
Get ready to warm up those laugh muscles, because M.P.A.C. is back with a new clown show! FAIL AWAY invites the audience to a multitude of mistakes and failures. The show cuts to the core of the struggle to maintain femininity and achieve success, in a society where there are sky-high demands for constant perfection. […]
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 Season opening
Join us for a joyful season opening! We are so excited for our Autumn season’s offer of performances, residencies, work in progress presentations and more!This season has a focus on humour – with very strong clown and physical theater performances from Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Spain! Come enjoy happy hour with summer drinks and hear […]
Circus from the Nordic Sea
The wooden sailboat Johanne has sailed thousands of natutical miles from the North Sea through insidious Skagerrak, to the open Baltic Sea. Her hull has experienced madness and scurvy, and under the cover of the night, her crew has conspired, been drinking and taught themselves new tricks! In strong gale the sea fog’s heroes stand […]
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 […]
Circus art at the windmills
Something is stirring in the mill. Creatures never seen before have moved into the old buildings. They wind their way through and examine the ancient tools.What are the tools to be used for now?What will hang from the hoist, now that flour is no longer being milled? Circus artists Fridamy Roth and Signild Thygesen put […]
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 […]
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 […]
60Secondscircusfilm
60secondscircusfilm is an international competition for one-minute circus films, initiated by DYNAMO and OFF – Odense International Film Festival. The selected films have been screened as part of the CircusDanceFestival in Cologne, the DYNAMO Circus Festival in Odense, and will also be shown at OFF this August! The competition embraces a broad interpretation of circus: […]
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 […]
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 […]
DYNAMO Jule Bizar
This winter, at a circus house near you – not your grandma’s christmas market! We are rounding off the year with Odense’s (probably) only indoors christmas market and you are invited! What to expect:– Booths with sustainable/handmade christmas gifts from local artists and artisans– Circus playground for kids and their adults– Winter crafts, repurposing our […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rumpistol x Vertigo – A cinematic experience of sound
After three years, Rumpistol returns to Odense – this time taking over the stage at Dynamo with his ensemble, blending electronic soundscapes with jazz, space rock, and neoclassical music, illuminated by a cosmic light show from the Reumert Award–winning lighting collective Vertigo. On February 27, Rumpistol and a star-studded lineup of musicians will fill Dynamo […]
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 […]
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 […]
Fastelarm – Fastelavn at DYNAMO
Expect barrel-bashing with a Dynamo twist, a DJ and dancing, face painting, circus playground and costume competitions with prizes.This is a Fastelavn where everyone is invited to join in, make noise, play and celebrate together. The family show Hvorfor Bliver det Nat will be presented both before and after the event. Fastelarm is created in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
FUCKD
New boundary-pushing performance for children and young people with humor, seriousness and neckbreaking acrobatics “If we are to experience continued growth in Denmark so that each generation becomes richer and can consume more than the previous one, the Danish youth must run faster and perform better. But at the same time, we also need creative […]
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 […]
The Last Supper
5 characters unite during a final meal. This modern circus performance combines dance, physical theatre, music and humor in a heartbreaking exploration of the dark spiral that can occur after a personal or societal tragedy. The actors are all physical performers who each specialize in a unique circus discipline. In The Last Supper, they come […]
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, […]
Open Stage Vol. 13
At OPEN STAGE, you have the chance to see the future of performing arts, still in development. Both established artists and emerging talents get the opportunity to test their ideas in front of you and other curious audience members. OPEN STAGE opens up a world of creativity where you can never quite be sure what […]
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: […]
Grand Danois
A humorous and high-energy performance about utopias and the pursuit of freedom. GRAND DANOIS is an anarchistic circus performance that, through circus acrobatics, music, and devil-may-care humor, questions our concepts of freedom and our pursuit of material wealth. We meet a ragtag and slightly dysfunctional circus troupe living on the road in their quest for […]
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 […]
DYNAMO Circus Festival ’25
Join us as Byens Ø is once again transformed into a circus galore of performing arts, music and parties! More than five stages – both indoors and outdoors – and two beautiful big tops form the setting for four days filled with wild experiences. DYNAMO Circus Festival is the place where we meet – artists […]
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. […]
Open Stage vs. RUMLYD
Dynamo collaborates with RumLyd on this special Open Stage – a platform for performing arts on the go. Open Stage plays from 8:00 PM to approximately 9:15 PM. The event then transitions into RumLyd – Cosmic Xircus. RumLyd organizes music events with catchy electronic live music and a unique visual framework created by the art […]
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 […]
Turbulence
PREMIERE SOLD OUT OCTOBER 30TH – CONTACT FOR WAITING LIST Hail the size of a man’s fist, droughts, hurricanes, wildfires and floods. Climate change is no longer something vague, something that belongs to the future or distant lands. It is here and now, and we are in the middle of it. TURBULENCE by the danish […]