THE PERFORMANCE

The family show RAAF, by artists Klara Sköldulf Phillip and Ronja Breuk, is Sweden's first modern high-wire show.
The traditional art of balancing on a tightrope high above the ground crosses with Below Zero's warm and choreographic aesthetic in a poetic dance at high altitude.

RAAF means raven in Dutch. The raven is an animal with a mythical meaning, a messenger, hovering between heaven and earth. An intelligent animal that lives in pairs for most of it’s life. 

Experiencing RAAF is like looking at the clouds, a choreographed play where you can see shapes if you look long enough. The story revolves around friendship, sisterhood and life itself, where the dancers go their own way, but always stand by each other's side. 

HIGH WIRE 

The traditional circus discipline high-wire is defined by the wire dancers balancing on a metal cable high above the ground, often with a long balance stick in their hands. Sometimes the wire dancers are secured, but usually not. High-wire is a circus discipline with a high tension level, where every mistake can be devastating. RAAF promises a high technical wire dance for the whole family, with the aesthetics of a watercolor picture book.

RAAF

TOUR DATES

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Dynamo Workspace, Odense, Denmark. 13, 14 of April 2024

PAST PERFORMANCES:

14th of February 2024 - Kulturumteatern, Sigtuna, Sweden.
11th of December 2023 - Circus Station, Vilnius, Lithuania
8th of December 2023 - Circus Station, Visaginas, Lithuania
13th September 2023 - SUBTOPIA, Stockholm, Sweden
25th, 26th August 2023 - WAVES festival, Vordingborg, Denmark
20th August 2023 - BORKHULTSDAGEN, Borkhult, Sweden  14.00h RAAF PREMIÈRE

ARTISTIC TEAM

KLARA SKÖLDULF PHILIPP - Tight Wire Dancer and Creative Director.

Klara is a Swedish tight wire dancer and one of the founders of Below Zero.
As a child she fell in love with the wire as it was one of the few places in a chaotic circus hall where she could be by herself and focus on that fragile balance that solely exist on a wire.
In RAAF she finally shares that balance with another.

RONJA BREUK - Tight Wire Dancer and Creative Director.

Ronja is a Dutch tight wire dancer with her practise incorporated with the worlds beauty.
Since 2015 she’s been touring the world with her balancing both on tight wire and high wire.
In RAAF she will share her reflections on beauty with another.

Idéa and concept: Ronja Breuk & Klara Sköldulf Philipp
Direction: Camilla Hammarström
Artists: Ronja Breuk & Klara Sköldulf Philipp 
Choreography: Camilla Hammarström, Naomi Bratthammar, Mariona Moya Monsuñer
Costume: Saara Ahola, Ute Hinz
Scenography: Josefina Enevold, Joel Jedström, Ben Collins, Bruno Tardat
Photo: Jonathan Morell, Isak Stockås, Vivian Klein
Video: Jonathan Morell, Mathias Rohdin
Technical supervising: Ulf Poly Nolin, Mattias Lindström, Math Horton, Stefan “Drake” Karlström
Production: Below Zero

WITH SUPPORT FROM:

KULTURRÅDET, Stockholms Stad, Konstnärsnämnden, Riksteatern, Subtopia, Cirkus Cirkör, Cirkuslyftet Sundsvall, Centre Europeen de Funambulisme, Circanaria, Coraggio Culture Centre, Idéfarmen, Ytterjärna Kulturhus, Naked Ape.