The performance

Onnellisten maa / The Land of the Happy is a finely handcrafted musical circus piece in the spirit of Federico Fellini’s film ”Clowns”. The finnish company Sirkus Aikamoinen created together with finnish contemporary circus pioneer Maksim Komaro an intimately acoustic performance, that will fascinate and exhilarate both adults and youngsters. The driving theme throughout the performance is circus itself: the memories circus carries, the small movements and actions that make circus special, and the ways circus connects us to the world around us. Circus ranging from classical to contemporary is performed, presented and displayed accompanied by live music played by the artists.

Duration: 65 min
Performers: Sade Kamppila, Oskar Rask, Jouni Ruuth, Tuomas Vuorinen
Director: Maksim Komaro
Planning: Komaro & Performers
Composer: Tapani Rinne
Light: Team
Set design: Komaro & Jakobsson
Director trainee: Anna Lehtonen
Producer: Petteri Jakobsson
Production: Sirkus Aikamoinen, Circo Aereo & Maracat Caravan
In collaboration: Cirko Centre, Subtopia
Supported by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnish Cultural foundation, Huber
Foundation, Kordelin Foundation, New Nordic Circus Network
Premiere: May 2014, Cirko Festival, Helsinki Finland

Photographs from performance seen on the website: Ben Hopper, Jouni Ihalainen, Sakari Laurila