Ikarus Stage Arts – Jardin Rouge

Ikarus Stage Arts is an international ensemble based in Holstebro, Denmark, consisting of performers from 10 different countries. The group is a part of Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium and is led and directed by Carolina Pizarro and Luis Alonso, both of them actors in Odin Teatret’s ensemble.

Ikarus Stage Arts’ repertoire is very diverse, including street theatre, parades, theatrical concerts and stage performances, where music and movement is at the core. The group has participated in numerous events and festivals in Europe, Asia
and America, addressing all sorts of audiences.
Alongside performing, Ikarus Stage Arts also work with community art and social including projects that opens up for new human encounters; focusing on personal development and creating new communities through performing arts.
Furthermore, there is Ikarus Cultural Platform that serves as a platform for theatrical research and as a network consisting of professional artists from around the world.

‘We want to develop and amplify our creative abilities in order to have a positive influence in our society through art. We want to create an international network, regardless of language, age and cultural differences, in order to bring performing arts closer to people who are not usually in contact with performing arts’
Carolina Pizarro – director of Ikarus Stage Arts

Performance piece: Ikarus Stage Arts

Ikarus Stage Arts will present three different shows during the festival.

The Southern Cimbalom. Metamorfosis. (18 March 21.00 & 20 March 15:00)

In this performance Ikarus Stage Arts will share two extracts of their concerts The Southern Cimbalom and Metamorfosis. The Southern Cimbalom is a concert of solo cimbalom – a Eastern European string/percussion instrument – performed by the Chilean musician Rodrigo Contreras. In a journey through Balkan traditional melodies, original compositions and adaptations of Latin-American music for cimbalom, this concert invites the audience to think over the yearning for home from the point of view of a foreigner.

For the second part of the concert, the rest of the musical ensemble will join the cimbalom in order to perform metamorfosis, a piece that invites to reflect about what can blossom between the ashes of the difficulties life sometimes bring our way . The whole ensemble will continue this journey through international music bringing energy, joy and just the right amount of melancholy to everyone in the room.

Echoes of Celebration (19 March 18:00 & 21.00)

Echoes of celebration is a theatrical concert that wants to celebrate life, express gratitude through songs and create a space to remember those who are no longer among us. In all cultures baptisms, weddings and funerals are the most important celebrations in society.

Amongst these common rituals and manifestations, the singing voice, as an instrument, has always been an important form of expression. This performance will try to recreate old traditions using poems, dance and music from all around the world, sharing with the audience North European, Latin American and Balkan music among others.

Ikarus Stage Arts & Moon Cabaret (18 March 18:00)

Moon Cabaret & Ikarus Stage Art worked together for the past week to create a new show together, where they are celebrating the end of the world. Combining music, dance & physical theater.