Where to next?

It’s like a kaleidoscope somehow, constantly changing. And it is bigger than I thought at first. Some things have a life of their own even though they are just things. Like dreams, I guess. It’s hard to tell if they lead us or if they are the ones following like a shadow. It’s a dance perhaps. Life is holding hands with death. Sometimes impossible to separate them, to distinguish where one begins and the other ends. This is where the violin starts to play.

”The sound of a train rolling by together with the lit windows passing by. The windows counts the milliseconds and the wheels against the edges of the track sounds out the seconds. The passing of the train is releasing like a summer rain. It wakes you up from a bad dream, shakes you up. Your breathing jump starts.

The heart meter besides your hospital bed counts the most precious time you have, your pulse your life pumping through your veins. Are the beats inside slower than the ones of the clock? Or is it just that you’re waiting for the next one to come, the anticipation slowing you down? Are seconds made up from the pacing of your heart? “What time is it?” was his last question and in a way also his first.”

Click here to read more about the show

Australia

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As usual, it has turned out to be the very last priority to write something here. Almost a year(!) since the previous update and that simply adds up to too much to summarize. A few pictures from the most recent tour (in Australia) this Spring hopefully helps a little at least. More than 5 000 kilometers and desert sand in every suitcase. Unforgettable in many ways!

Time to go to work!

till_jobbet_IMG_6711_1024The surgery went well! After 7 months of rest, rehab and training (…and a bit of kitesurfing) the wrist is healed and restored in a better shape than in a very long time. The Social insurance people were the first to proclaim the wrist to be ready for show and now, a few months and a lot of rehab later the doctor and physio therapist is ready to agree. The calendar is basically empty and we’re ready to start filling it up – Time to fly, crash and burn?!

A big thank you for all the fantastic support during the operation and rehab! Especially to Dr. Elisabet Hagert and her team at Hand & Foot Surgery center and to Helena Ewertz på Andromeda Fysikklinik for all her amazing work during the rehab. A big thanks also to Euroaccident (Sweden’s best and nicest insurance company?!) – without your full support this would not have been possible.

What happens now? Read more here!

New year – new arm: Wrist upgrade

handled-Glitch-6068The ligaments in Johan’s wrist are worn or maybe torn off (The Doctor knows about this better than us luckily…). It is a so called TFCC injury that must be operated. The injury happened last spring and after close to a hundred shows with a “loose” wrist it is no longer enough with being stubborn and positive. That is why the touring will be put on hold for a while.

The surgery will be performed at Hand & foot Surgery center in Stockholm on February 3rd. The plan is 5-6 weeks with a cast, appr 2-3 months of “normal” rehab and then a couple of months training to get back in shape around Summer/Autumn 2016.

TFCC is a pretty classic wrist injury; read more here. 

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Now we log out for a looooong coffee break. Have a great day!

Prize in China!

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Johan Wellton won the Bronze with his act BOUNCE! at the 2nd China International Circus Festival, one of the world’s biggest circus competitions that took place in Zhuhai during November 2015.

Around 100 artists from 30 countries took part in the festival. The competition premiered and opened the Chimelong group’s brand new permanent circus building boasting 5 000 seats and will become a metropole for International circus in China.

To manage to get into one of the strongest origins of circus as a Swedish solo act and on top of that grab a prize is to say the least not what you’d expect. We say NI HAO!