debris.
An eVening About Oblivion.
DEBRIS (English / French deɪˈbriː, dɛˈbriː, remnants, rubble) tells a story of what has been lost and forgotten by using the means of contemporary circus and music. Inspired by the marginal phenomenon of circus history, the evening looks into the shadows cast by the great lights of circus history and embarks on a musically sensual search for the lost and the invisible.

Performance
Ruth Biller, Philipp Schörghuber
Staging
Viktoria Halper, Kai Krösche
Stage design and masks
Matthias Krische
Live-music
Philipp Schörghuber
Sound design
Kai Krösche
Costumes
Alma Kugic
Production
Armin Kirchner
Performance
Ruth Biller, Philipp Schörghuber
Staging
Viktoria Halper, Kai Krösche
Stage design and Masks
Matthias Krische
Live-music
Philipp Schörghuber
Sound design
Kai Krösche
Costume
Alma Kugic
Production
Armin Kirchner

Who thinKs of traditional circus today ...
… usually associates it with one of the big names. Roncalli, Krone, Renz: These are the names that have survived for decades, that have been able to assert themselves in a constantly changing world, that carry on their own tradition at the same time, put it to the test and finally rethink it again and again.
What happened To the Others?
They have been pushed aside: sometimes in specialist literature or in museum archives, more often in the legacies or private memories of those who remained.
There is no place for them in the collective memory – at best they have been forgotten, often banished, at worst they have been eradicated. Perhaps because their relevance was lost, because they clung too much to the past; perhaps because their size was insufficient to hold their own against the even larger ones. In the most egregious case – as at the time of the Third Empire – because their origin or religion was “wrong” and in the eyes of the fascist rulers no other place beyond the exile or extermination camp was intended for them. Their history and legacy often ended up as leftovers in the form of historical documents, names, and fading photos and stories in dusty folders in damp basements.



Pictures: ©Philipp Ehmann



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