The Pile

A flexible circus performance about an unmanageable pile and the desire to break free.
Three unreasonably flexible circus performers navigate an unwieldy pile. They change shape, dissolve and reinvent themselves in startling formations. Through circus, humour and magic, The Pile tells the story of the contradiction of wanting to belong, and at the same time longing to break free.

Kompani Giraff invites young audiences to a work inspired by an absurdist and surrealist art tradition. Through spectacular, movement-based fabric sculptures, existential themes of growth, resistance and liberation are explored.

Kompani Giraff is back again at Dansens Hus after the audience successes Moln (2022) och A Study of Losses (2024).

The show is recommended for children from 6 years old and their adults.

The work has its world premiere at and is co-produced with Dansens Hus

Artists: Thomas Parent, Victoria McPherson, Lisa Angberg
Idea, Scenography, Costume design: Sus Soddu
Directed by: Viktoria Dalborg
Composer: Hans Appelqvist
Light Design: Sofie Gynning
Makeup design: Emma Eastop
Magi: Axel Adlercreutz

Premiere: 20 mars 2026
på Dansens Hus

Length: 45 min

Age: 9-12 years / family audience

Co-produced with:

Thanks to:

Riksteatern
Benny Anderssons Stiftelse

Press Photos
The Pile
Photo: Sören Vilks
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