Armour Circus Works: Stygian

Circus Ruska Festival <3 Arctic Ensemble

Stygian is built on the 9-year collaborative practice of music and juggling research between Onni Toivonen and Konsta Leinonen. In the creation of Stygian we have focused on ambient soundscapes, deep rumblings of bass and how that translates into the material and pace of the juggling. 

We had the urge to create something that embodies the full emotional range of object manipulation. The name refers to river Styx, a mythical place between the afterworld and our world in Greek mythology.

Stygian however, is not inspired by Greek gods, but rather the darkness and liminal nature of Styx.