A calm plastic bag air ballet - An Afternoon of Foehn

An Afternoon of Foehn - Version 1
Umeå 7 Sept 15:00


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This might have been my favourite performance during the whole Umeå contemporary circus festival. The program said "A plastic bag dances across the stage". After seeing this show I now understand how plastic bags can dance.

An Afternoon of Foehn is a solo show and starts out very peacefully and slow. A man dressed like an old sailor entered the stage, and almost ritually he makes a "mini human" out of two plastic bags. The he slowly turn on the fans that surrounds the stage, slowly one by one. The fans make some whirlwind that the seaman can control i different ways to make the "mini plastic human" dance around in the wind to a classic music peace. It really is peaceful and beautiful.

The the story starts with more dancing platic humans, some interactin, and umbrella and different mood changes. The end is filled with melancholy and almost made me cry, so I don't want to give it away. In some was it reminds me of  Studie Ghibli films.

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This is sometimes labeled as a childrens show, but I would recommend this so any age. It is more of a performance than circus, but still full of emotions and afterthought.