HORSE is an experimental performance at the crossroads of contemporary circus, performance art and live electronic music. Created by circus artist Elise Bjerkelund Reine and composer Fernanda Alemán, it is part of the Det Frie Felt Festival 2027 programme.
Using the horse as a metaphor, the work explores our relationship with control, adaptation and escapism. Two female figures wake up in a sci-fi landscape and, through repetition, exhaustion and physical distortion, try to become stronger and more resilient, though the transformation comes at a cost. Trapeze, contortion, light and hypnotic synthesizer soundscapes drive the piece forward.
