CIRKUS GLASS ROYALE - Ajetoglass
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CIRCUS GLASS ROYALE • CIRKUS I GLASRIKET
CircusGlassRoyale–CirkusiGlasriketisafusionofcircus,musicandglassart‐hotandcold.Theinterdisciplinaryapproachtoartresultsinmanydifferentactivitiesandproductssuchasperformances,installationsandglassartefacts.Theworkisoftensitespecificandmanyoftheperformancestakeplaceinaglassworkshop.CircusGlassRoyalebranches:
• Performances/Conserts/Exhibitions• Performance/ArtEvent• Research/Innovation/Workshops• Educationalartactivitiesforchildren
Thecompanystarted2008andisbasedinKostaintheKingdomofCrystalinSweden.Theartiststhatareinvitedtocollaborateintheartprojectscomefromaninternationalbackground.Theyrepresentdifferentartfieldssuchasmusic,contemporarycircusandartglass.CircusGlassRoyalewasinvitedtothePragueQuadrennial,11thInternationalCompetitiveExhibitionofScenographyandTheatreArchitecture2011.CircusGlassRoyaleisrunbytheartistsNinaWestmanandÅsaJohannisson.TogethertheyworkwithdifferentartandinnovationprojectssuchasGlassandplasticityinspace.ÅsaJohannissonisadirector,coreographerandresearcherwithinfilmandperformingarts.HershortfilmFISHwasawardedwithChannel+AwardattheNordicPanoramaFilmFestival2009.During2008‐2009ShewasthemanageroftheartisticresearchprojectBeyond&Within(www.beyondandwithin.se).ÅsaJohannissonistheinitiatorandartisticdirectorofCircusGlassRoyale–CirkusiGlasriket.
NinaWestman,MFA,isaglassartistwithabackgroundasactorandsetdesigner.Sheisworkingwithglassartanddesign,performanceandinstallations,Where'sthedamnphoneonTelefonplan,StockholmandUnderbarBubbelbar‐Uranium&ruinintheruinsofKronobergCastleareafewofthese.NinaWestmanisrepresentedatSmålandsMuseum,TheSwedishmuseumofGlassandhasasoloshowthereinMarch‐Sept2012thwww.ninawestman.se
MethineeWongtrakoonperforms"DancewithDeath",byLudvigLöfgren'sskull.(fromFragileFairytales)
NinaWestmanwalkesonhotglass(fromFragileFairytales)
SamuelGustafssonjugglesglasbubbles(fromCatch!)
MikkelKarlshøjinaskipping‐ropeofhotglass(fromFragileFairytales)
AglassdrumsetmadebyNinaWestmanandMikaelMelanderincloseconsultationwithÅsaJohannissonandcomposerMagnusLarsson.(fromCatch!)
”Addiction”PerformanceoverthefountainonHovrättstorgetinJönköping.Artist:ViktoriaDalborg
”Ionlyhaveiceforyou”PerformancefortheroyalcoupleonbehalfofSmålandmuseum,withglassesoficeand
glasseyesinthe(ice)glass.PerformedbyNinaWestmanandÅsaJohannisson.
”Frozenfire”,iceandfireperformanceoutsidetheCathedralinVäxjö.Fireartist:WilleChristiani.