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9. September 2026.19.00

Play Dead. PEOPLE WATCHING

Set in a space filled with everyday objects and accidental memories, Play Dead by the company People Watching explores the strange and comically fragile aspects of human behaviour. Through movement, bodily dynamics, and unusual visual solutions, the performance unfolds into a surreal story about the familiar. With warm irony and a keen eye, it observes the people around it and sees them anew.

Play Dead does not submit to routine. It searches for wonder in the ordinary, allows the everyday to shine, and celebrates life by experiencing it together, fully and wholeheartedly. It lives through every moment and dances, quite literally, through every second of the party’s final song.

Artists:
Concept and direction: Brin Schoellkopf, Natasha Patterson, Jarrod Takle, Jérémi Lévesque, Ruben Ingwersen, Sabine Van Rensburg
Scenography: Emily Tucker
Carpenter: Alastair Davies
Composer and sound artists: Colin Gagne, Francisco Cruz, Olivier Landry-Gagnon, Stefan Bouchard
Style consultants: Row Särkelä
Lighting design: Émile Lafortune

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10. September 2026.19.00

Play Dead. PEOPLE WATCHING

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30. September 2026.19.00

Solo. Agate Bankava. The Translations of My Eyes. Alise Bokaldare. Dance house

An Evening of Two Contemporary Dance Performances

“Solo” Agate Bankava
An intuitive, sensation-led dance performance that invites the audience to become part of the event

Choreographer and performer – Agate Bankava
Produced by Agate Bankava
Co-produced by Rīgas Cirks
Supporters -LAUKKU, Choreographers’ Association of Latvia (HA), HOROS, Sonnenstein Loft (Austria), RedSapata Kulturinitiative (Austria)

“The Translations of My Eyes” Alise Bokaldare
An emotionally nuanced contemporary dance duet about the presence of an inescapable weight. A deeply personal contemporary dance duet reflecting on depression from the perspective of the person standing beside it. Choreographer Alise Madara Bokaldere transforms an emotional personal experience into a poetic meditation on quiet endurance, the invisible labour of love, and the strength it takes simply to remain. Through the literal physical embodiment of heaviness and its gradual accumulation, the performance invites audiences into empathy, vulnerability, and human closeness.

Choreography and direction – Alise Madara Bokaldere
Co-creators – Jana Jacuka, Laura Kušķe
Dancers – Kitija Geidāne, Kristīne Brīniņa
Music – Aurēlija Rancāne, Asante Rancāne, Ilona Dzērve
Music used – Huun Huur Tu – Midnight Tale
Supporters- Latvian Dance Information Centre, State Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF), Valmiera Municipality, Contemporary Art Space KURTUVE, Dance House at KURTUVE

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24. October 2026.11.00

TSIRKUS FOLIE “INFLUENCY”

A performance by young people, for young people.

“InFluency” is created and performed by young artists from the Estonian contemporary circus organisation TsirkusFolie, bringing their own perspectives and experiences to the stage.

Through circus, they explore what it means to grow up in today’s constant flow of information — a world that can feel exciting, surreal and overwhelming all at once.

Moving between the noise of the outside world and a space of imagination and creativity, the young performers search for balance between reality and fantasy, external influences and their own inner voice.

Authors: Terje Bernadt, Astrid Sang, Berta Lember, Elo Lee Aavik, Iiris Tarbe, Sigrid Ojala, Tristan Link
Performers: Astrid Sang, Berta Lember, Elo Lee Aavik, Iiris Tarbe, Sigrid Ojala, Tristan Link
Director: Terje Bernadt
Set design: Olger Bernadt
Lighting design: Anton Andrejuk
Acting coach: Haide Männamäe
Sound design: Terje Bernadt, Olger Bernadt
Rigging: Eero Druus
Producer: Tsirkus Folie, 2025

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13. November 2026.19.00

Elephant. Circus FahrAwaY (CH)

As part of the European Night of Circus, Riga Circus will host the collective Circus FahrAwaY with the family-friendly performance “Elephant.”

The elephant’s time in the circus has passed. Yet this kind-hearted and absurdly large giant embodies the bold spirit of the circus. The performance “Elephant” is also big, unusual, raw, and a little risky—while at the same time refined, gentle, and graceful. A few kilograms of metal, tools, wood, and wool. “Elephant” is an unconventional circus performance that balances thought-provoking moments with warm-hearted humor.

Artists: Nina Wey, Valentin Steinmann, Solvejg Weyeneth
Directing consultant: Luana Volet
Music consultant: Dario Miranda
Costumes: Sandra Frank
Co-producers: Station Circus, Societaetstheater Dresden

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