Jakob Jacobsson (Finalist 2025) at RueWATT-2r2c, Paris
From 17 to 21 March, circusnext welcomes Jakob Jacobsson to the Coopérative de Rue et de Cirque for a five-day residency. Join us on 20 March at 17:00 to discover Insomnia during a work-in-progress presentation.
Jakob Jacobsson (The Netherlands) – Insomnia – Rope
Insomnia is inspired by the liminal spaces in which time flows at uneven paces, and the subjectivity of time when we find ourselves in them. It is a performance that utilises the physical languages of vertical rope and light design in order to suspend the audience in the sensation that time is not exactly what it seems.
The lights and the rope create sensations and imagery of suspense and fragmentation, and bring into question the length of a moment, and whether we can hold onto time
Jakob Jacobsson stumbled upon circus while working in a jazz bar adjacent to a small theatre in his Swedish hometown. Captivated by the immediate connection to the audience offered by the inherent physicality of circus, and its multi-disciplinarity, he set out to pursue it on his own.
He moved through France, England and The Netherlands, studied at Codarts Circus Arts, and participated in the pilot program of ICCAR, to explore the possibilities of aerial rope.
He’s joined in this creation by Finnish light designer Teo Lanerva, whose experience in bespoke light design within contemporary dance and circus is the skillset needed to create a performance in the borderland between the two art forms.
PRATICAL INFORMATION
Work-in-progress presentation – Friday 20 mars at 17:00
RueWaTT-2r2c – 18 Rue Watt, 75013 Paris
Come discover Jakob Jacobsson’s performance and exchange about his project!
Registration at reservation@2r2c.coop
Warning: This performance contains stroboscopic lighting effects which may affect people with photosensitivity
