Circa | Franui Musicbanda: URLICHT PRIMAL LIGHT, Gustav Mahler goes Circus
Jon Bonaventura
Holly-Rose Boyer
Helga Ehrenbusch
Scott Grove
Chelsea Hall
Sam Letch
Daniel O'Brien
Darby Sullivan
Christina Zauner
Klara Baumann
Henni Bichler
Aurelia Fischbacher
Marianne Hagauer
Emelie Kramer
Anna und Lena Loferer
Ella Obenauer
Viviana und Avila Thaler
URLICHT PRIMAL LIGHT
Gustav Mahler goes Circus
A creation by Yaron Lifschitz and Franui Musicbanda with the Circa Ensemble and students of the Tyrolean Ballet School
Urlicht Primal Light brings Austria and Australia together: the local Franui Musicbanda and Circa, a circus company from Brisbane. The production creates a novel combination of acrobatics and musical theater. Based on a shared love of Gustav Mahler's songs, Franui's Mahler Lieder album forms the musical backbone, which has been reworked, expanded and adapted for this live performance. To this end, the artistic director of the dance company, Yaron Lifschitz, developed a physical score of body worlds and sculptures with the acrobats of the Circa group. The production celebrated its acclaimed premiere in April last year at the Salzkammergut 2024 Capital of Culture in Bad Ischl.
Co-production European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 with Circa, Franui Musicbanda, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg and Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi.
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Photography by Edward Husic