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 was premiered on May 7th 2021 in Denmark, and will tour Denmark, Sweden and Finland by bike during the summer and autumn of 2021.
Link to the website
https://www.actingforclimate.com/bark
https://www.facebook.com/actingforclimate
Working group and performers
Performed and co-created by: Heidi Miikki (FI), Abigael Winsvold (NO), David Eisele (DE), Frøydis Dahlø (NO) and Emma Langmoen (NO)
Outside eye: Rebecca Tiger (SE)
Scientific input and outside eye: Karen O'Brien (NO/US)
Co-produced by DYNAMO Workspace for Circus and Performing Arts
Produced by Acting for Climate
World premiere
7.5.2021 Dynamo, Odense, Denmark