Song Circus works with experimental music, sound art, and audiovisual projects, and has cultivated an unusually rich and fascinating sound vocabulary. Song Circus has also created projects in the intersection of concerts, conceptual art, installations, and performances, commissioned by galleries, museums, festivals, cultural producers, and artists. The ensemble has a very extensive production and touring activity.
The ensemble emphasizes close and long-lasting collaborations with composers and creative artists in the development of new music and performing arts. Among these are Pascale Criton, Trevor Wishart, Ruben Sverre Gjertsen, Therese Birkelund Ulvo, Tyler Futrell, Ole Henrik Moe, Nils Henrik Asheim, Harpreet Bansal, Morten Olsen Joh, Jaap Blank, and others.
Sangere: Liv Runesdatter, Stine Janvin Joh, Signe Irene Stangborli Time, Ingeborg Dalheim, Silje Aker Johnsen, Vera Sonne og Ingrid Lode
Song Circus has performed at international festivals and stages, and concerts have been broadcast on European radio and TV channels in Germany, Scotland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway on several occasions. The ensemble has released the surround album Anatomy of Sound, which was nominated for the Spellemann Prize, as well as an EP and a short film created in collaboration with the Danish award-winning director Maja Friis. Currently, the ensemble is working on two new releases and a short film directed by Liv Runesdatter and produced by Hinterland/Von Mørner.