The Magical Sound Circus

How does a biscuit tin play the saxophone? Can a pencil dance? And what has belly dancing and flying books got to do with each other?

Nothing is as it seems when the performer/juggler Samuel Gustavsson and musician Sture Ericson invite the young audience into their Magical Sound Circus. Here musical instruments, bodies, furniture and everyday objects change their function magically. It is an intimate and poetic performance which sensuously and without words feeds the imagination.
 
New Circus
The Magical Sound Circus is based upon Kitt Johnson X-acts New Circus Performance Aber Dabei from 2007 of which the press wrote:

"Gustavsson performs with slapstick and charm. He is a juggler, magician, dancer and clown in a single figure".
Janus Kodal, Politiken

"Elegant is Gustavsson’s play with paper and pen on the desk and in the room and poetic is his loving dance with the books."
Vibeke Wern, Berlingske Tidende

"The soundscapes are created live by Sture Ericson, which in itself is a breathtaking experience when he produces sounds on instruments with a natural way of quirkyness“
Karen Toftegaard, Byen Kalder

About Kitt Johnson X-act
Since the 90s the company has produced performances that have captivated critics and audiences in Denmark and abroad. This has resulted in a series of impressive awards and honors. Amongst others Kitt Johnson X-act was awarded a Reumert for the performance The Mirror in 2003, and New York Times placed the performance on its top 10 list of the year's dance experiences. In 2009 the company was nominated for a DORA, the Canadian Performing Arts Prize, for the performance Rankefod which the Danish newspaper Information also selected as one of the 12 best performances in Denmark in the 00s.

The company tours both nationally and internationally. Recently Kitt Johnson X-act represented Denmark at the Nordic platform at the international art fair PAMS in Seoul in October 2010.

It is the first time in the history of Kitt Johnson X-acts that the company has produced a children's performance.

We are delighted!

The Magical Sound Circus
Performance / choreography Samuel Gustavsson
Performance / music Sture Ericson
Choreography/ artistic consultance Kitt Johnson
Duration: app 35 minutes
 
Sture Ericson is a composer and live musician at all X-acts productions. Most recently he composed the music for Kitt Johnsons solo in MELLEMRUM/nørrebro (2010). For many years Sture Ericson has also been part of the international scene for experimental improvised music and has as such toured in Europe and North America. www.myspace.com/stureericson
 
Samuel Gustavsson is a juggler and performer and has appeared in many of Kitt Johnson X-acts’ performances: The Lemon Keepers (2004), Palimpsest (2006) and later Aber Dabei (2007). Samuel has toured the world with Circus Cirkör and has produced performances since 2006. Samuel Gustavsson is also part of the Company Rapid Eye. www.samuelgustavsson.com

The Magical Sound Circus is produced by Kitt Johnson x-act with the support from the Danish Arts Council Committee for Performing Arts and The Danish Artist Union.