Sirkus Aikamoinen

DuoJag - A small scale street show for the youngsters, the grandparents and everyone in between.

Dear audience, the small circus has arrived to the streets! DuoJag awakens the essential tradition of circus, where the small circus troupes would tour from town to another, gathering together the townfolk to enjoy the performance together. The performance dives into the soulscape of the Finns accompanied by golden hits from the 50's guaranteed to make your hips swing. Gather around to see the miracles of the circus; swing dance, Finland's smallest cyr-ring and the most stylish way of exercise: roller skating! Only for you can we reveal the secret behind the mind-blowing tricks of the artists. It is fresh, real coffee.

Duration: about 30 minutes

Concept: Sade Kamppila & Oskar Rask

Performers: Sade Kamppila & Oskar Rask

Director: Sanna Silvennoinen

Production: Sirkus Aikamoinen & Maracat Caravan

Premiere: 20.5.17 at Eastern Block party of Culture Center Stoa, Helsinki, Finland

Residencies: Asematila, Cultural Center Stoa, Subtopia

Supported by: Svenska Kulturfonden

Photograhps: Einar Kling-Odencrants

Technical Requirements

On tour: 3 people. Arrival with their own car. Arrival by plane with 4 pieces of luggage possible if performance area and surface meets specific requirements.

Place: Performance is designed to be played outdoors for an audience situated 270 degrees around the stage of the performers. Indoors performance also possible.

Recommended age of audience: All ages. The performance's theme has a special aim of reaching children 3-9 and old people aged 65+. We are sure everyone between these ages will enjoy the show as well.

Performance area requirements: A flat, even area with maximum 2percent tilt of 5m wide, 6m deep. Free height of 4m (if played indoors a version can be made of free height of 3,5m). Artists arrive with their own circular stage of 3m diameter. A "backstage" area for music equipment and table will be set behind the circuar stage. Audience can be situated on 3 sides around the stage, first row forming a half-circle of 5,5m in diameter. The performers don't provide seating for the audience. 

Weather: Sunny or cloudy, more than +10 degrees celcius temperature. Performance will be cancelled in case of even small rain, snow or hail.

Electricity: Performance needs one access to electricity for the sound equipment

Sound: Artists arrive with their own small sound amplification. If area of performance is especially noisy, additional PA may be needed from organizer. Provided by artist: ukulele, accordeon, loop station, mixer, microphones, 2 micro cube amplifiers, cables for connecting all of this.

Lights: Basic daylight. Performance does not have a light design. If played indoors, a basic light situation covering the whole stage will do.

Rigging: no rigging points required.

Other requirements: access to water

Full dossier with detailed stage plot and specific requirements if team arrives by plane available on request.