A complex tension between internal and external. A voluntary—albeit subconscious—seclusion – work-in-progress by the contortionist Marina Cherry. No entrance fee (free ticked needed).
A symphony of acrobatics, sound and light, this is next level circus by Circa. Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting to constant change the only way forward?
Circa is at the forefront of the new wave of contemporary Australian circus – pioneering how extreme physicality can create powerful and moving performances.
Experience the grand opening of the Rīgas cirks arena along with the “La Bande à Tyrex” (France)!
La Bande à Tyrex is a twirling, joyful and exciting, musical cycling ballet. An effervescent swarming of wheels that roll, pile up and sometimes come to a stop, just to speed up again.
Experience the grand opening of the Rīgas cirks arena along with the “La Bande à Tyrex” (France)!
La Bande à Tyrex is a twirling, joyful and exciting, musical cycling ballet. An effervescent swarming of wheels that roll, pile up and sometimes come to a stop, just to speed up again.
Experience the grand opening of the Rīgas cirks arena along with the “La Bande à Tyrex” (France)!
La Bande à Tyrex is a twirling, joyful and exciting, musical cycling ballet. An effervescent swarming of wheels that roll, pile up and sometimes come to a stop, just to speed up again.
Experience the grand opening of the Rīgas cirks arena along with the “La Bande à Tyrex” (France)!
La Bande à Tyrex is a twirling, joyful and exciting, musical cycling ballet. An effervescent swarming of wheels that roll, pile up and sometimes come to a stop, just to speed up again.
Carrying sounds, tricks and other knick-knacks in his suitcase, our clumsy traveller tries to explore a new place. Or is it new? Maybe it feels familiar after all.
Through humorous and unexpected ways Cronopio explores what it means to be a traveller.
“Creative Collective Lekuche” (Ukraine) from Ukraine will be visiting Riga with a contemporary dance and physical theatre show “Tear” and with a short film “Tell Me – Де Ти”. The event will be for free with limited free tickets.
carry on Rigas Cirks, transcending its past, present and future. An intriguing performance-installation that each time is presented in a very different way depending on the place, be it the contemporary arts museum in Leuven, a huge culture complex in Tokyo, or a historical circus building in Riga.
carry on Rigas Cirks, transcending its past, present and future. An intriguing performance-installation that each time is presented in a very different way depending on the place, be it the contemporary arts museum in Leuven, a huge culture complex in Tokyo, or a historical circus building in Riga.
Aerial acrobatics / juggling classes at a circus school – for adults
Subscription for yourself or as a gift! Riga Circus School invites you to fulfill your dream of a circus and learn aerial acrobatics or juggling together with the trainers of the Riga Circus School .
In the frameworks of the festival “Re Riga!” a master class “Young stage” for future performing arts professionals. The young artists will present the result of the masterclass led by Igor Ivashchenko a.k.a. MimiRichi.
Amusing show about a clumsy traveler.
Carrying jokes, sounds and tricks in his humble suitcase, Cronopio the clown arrives and starts to explore the neighbourhood. The sweet but clumsy clown interacts with the new place (or maybe the place he hasn’t been to for a while) and people he meets there.
Additional shows:
August 20, 11.00: “Pachamamo Delux”
August 15, 6.30PM “Pachamamo” at “Re Riga” opening (free entrance – free tickets needed)
“Arrival” is a street performance with blissful time travelers. They came from the not-so-distant past and therefore see the present-day through somewhat different eyes. They appear to be blissfully naïve and willing to help everyone and in every place. They surprise passers-by with their funny behavior, provoke them and make them laugh by creating absurd and surreal situations. Music that is heard from their suitcases is the only clue as to where these two strangers came from.
“Arrival” is a street performance with blissful time travelers. They came from the not-so-distant past and therefore see the present-day through somewhat different eyes. They appear to be blissfully naïve and willing to help everyone and in every place. They surprise passers-by with their funny behavior, provoke them and make them laugh by creating absurd and surreal situations. Music that is heard from their suitcases is the only clue as to where these two strangers came from.
In this show everyday objects such as paper, metal and glass are used to make a surprising and very enjoyable show for children aged 5 to 12 years old, nevertheless it will be an interesting show for all ages. The show suggests an entire world of possibilities, hidden just below the surface of everyday life, waiting to be discovered by everyone!
In this show everyday objects such as paper, metal and glass are used to make a surprising and very enjoyable show for children aged 5 to 12 years old, nevertheless it will be an interesting show for all ages. The show suggests an entire world of possibilities, hidden just below the surface of everyday life, waiting to be discovered by everyone!
Cie Monad in the show “Yin Zéro” combines juggling and dancing. The show invites the audience to shift perception, to travel through time and space, to cross the border between worlds.
For the August 15 show at Rīgas cirks free tickets needed.
Sculptural scenography, the details of which allow objects to spin around their axis, roll, hover and collide with other equally energetic objects. “Oyun”, which means game in Turkish, is visual poetry. In Oyun, the juggler builds up a perfectly balanced structure, he creates his own space in the stage outlining the air and especially defying gravity while pursuing harmony among all the elements. “Oyun” is an unusual universe in which kitchen pots, spoons, kettles and other objects actively interact, resolving their relationships and seeking mutual harmony in them.
“Top Down” is a captivating performance by the circus trio La Triochka. The show explores themes of hierarchy, relationships, and the spaces we occupy in society. In “Top Down,” the performers use acrobatics, lifts, and aerial arts to convey a story of three characters who meet in a common space.
Sculptural scenography, the details of which allow objects to spin around their axis, roll, hover and collide with other equally energetic objects. “Oyun”, which means game in Turkish, is visual poetry. In Oyun, the juggler builds up a perfectly balanced structure, he creates his own space in the stage outlining the air and especially defying gravity while pursuing harmony among all the elements. “Oyun” is an unusual universe in which kitchen pots, spoons, kettles and other objects actively interact, resolving their relationships and seeking mutual harmony in them.
In this show everyday objects such as paper, metal and glass are used to make a surprising and very enjoyable show for children aged 5 to 12 years old, nevertheless it will be an interesting show for all ages. The show suggests an entire world of possibilities, hidden just below the surface of everyday life, waiting to be discovered by everyone!
“Top Down” is a captivating performance by the circus trio La Triochka. The show explores themes of hierarchy, relationships, and the spaces we occupy in society. In “Top Down,” the performers use acrobatics, lifts, and aerial arts to convey a story of three characters who meet in a common space.
Cie Monad in the show “Yin Zéro” combines juggling and dancing. The show invites the audience to shift perception, to travel through time and space, to cross the border between worlds.
For the August 15 show at Rīgas cirks free tickets needed.
“Arrival” is a street performance with blissful time travelers. They came from the not-so-distant past and therefore see the present-day through somewhat different eyes. They appear to be blissfully naïve and willing to help everyone and in every place. They surprise passers-by with their funny behavior, provoke them and make them laugh by creating absurd and surreal situations. Music that is heard from their suitcases is the only clue as to where these two strangers came from.
“Top Down” is a captivating performance by the circus trio La Triochka. The show explores themes of hierarchy, relationships, and the spaces we occupy in society. In “Top Down,” the performers use acrobatics, lifts, and aerial arts to convey a story of three characters who meet in a common space.
Cie Monad in the show “Yin Zéro” combines juggling and dancing. The show invites the audience to shift perception, to travel through time and space, to cross the border between worlds.
For the August 15 show at Rīgas cirks free tickets needed.
Melon, Mardi and Rossinyol face an unexpected conflict. Their untamed and clumsy nature and the need to exist take them to an improbable show, where they freely explore any atrocity. This hilarious and terrifying experience transmits the story of a truthful and rough friendship, caused by a sense of responsibility and of guilt. An improbable crime, a suspicious trial and an absurd punishment. As a paradox, they might cause the desire to die from laughter.
In this show everyday objects such as paper, metal and glass are used to make a surprising and very enjoyable show for children aged 5 to 12 years old, nevertheless it will be an interesting show for all ages. The show suggests an entire world of possibilities, hidden just below the surface of everyday life, waiting to be discovered by everyone!
Amusing show about a clumsy traveler.
Carrying jokes, sounds and tricks in his humble suitcase, Cronopio the clown arrives and starts to explore the neighbourhood. The sweet but clumsy clown interacts with the new place (or maybe the place he hasn’t been to for a while) and people he meets there.
Additional shows:
August 20, 11.00: “Pachamamo Delux”
August 15, 6.30PM “Pachamamo” at “Re Riga” opening (free entrance – free tickets needed)
Melon, Mardi and Rossinyol face an unexpected conflict. Their untamed and clumsy nature and the need to exist take them to an improbable show, where they freely explore any atrocity. This hilarious and terrifying experience transmits the story of a truthful and rough friendship, caused by a sense of responsibility and of guilt. An improbable crime, a suspicious trial and an absurd punishment. As a paradox, they might cause the desire to die from laughter.
Cie Monad in the show “Yin Zéro” combines juggling and dancing. The show invites the audience to shift perception, to travel through time and space, to cross the border between worlds.
For the August 15 show at Rīgas cirks free tickets needed.
“<3” (“SMALLER THAN THREE”) is a work-in-progress show that includes unconventional hula hoop manipulation such as odd-shaped hoops, open ended hula hoops and plastic tubes combined with quirky movement.
The artists are discovering a scale of movement from a very Scandinavian-like minimalistic style all the way to more grotesk, even clumsy, movement.
Dance, theatre, installation, street performance and more all mixed together for a breath-taking show of balance and survival. At times dangerous, at times full of harmonious movement, this show defies the laws of physics.
After a year-long work alongside youngsters from different regions of Latvia a site-specific performance is created, based on the ideas on climate change and activism expressed by the youngsters involved. Directed by the artists from Acting for Climate (Norway) in collaboration with contemporary circus and dance artists from Latvia, using the language of circus and other movement based art fields, to express these concerns.
FREE TIKCETS!
After a year-long work alongside youngsters from different regions of Latvia a site-specific performance is created, based on the ideas on climate change and activism expressed by the youngsters involved. Directed by the artists from Acting for Climate (Norway) in collaboration with contemporary circus and dance artists from Latvia, using the language of circus and other movement based art fields, to express these concerns.
FREE TIKCETS!
“A-Tripik” by CirkVOST is a show of clowns, acrobats and vocal polyphony for an adult audience. A show that through these techniques reasons together with the public on the power of money, friendship, seduction, in an intimate and powerful journey at the same time. “A-Triptik” is a show for a “warned” public. A show that makes you laugh, cry, feel fear and feel joy, sometimes all this at the same time.
“A-Tripik” by CirkVOST is a show of clowns, acrobats and vocal polyphony for an adult audience. A show that through these techniques reasons together with the public on the power of money, friendship, seduction, in an intimate and powerful journey at the same time. “A-Triptik” is a show for a “warned” public. A show that makes you laugh, cry, feel fear and feel joy, sometimes all this at the same time.
“A-Tripik” by CirkVOST is a show of clowns, acrobats and vocal polyphony for an adult audience. A show that through these techniques reasons together with the public on the power of money, friendship, seduction, in an intimate and powerful journey at the same time. “A-Triptik” is a show for a “warned” public. A show that makes you laugh, cry, feel fear and feel joy, sometimes all this at the same time.
Water seeps across the stage. On its flowing surface four artists explore the balance between control and recklessness. A stunning performance filled with liquid acrobatics and stylish imaging. It is the water itself that sets them in motion, where to find balance? Familiar Faces search for the limits of the possible.
Water seeps across the stage. On its flowing surface four artists explore the balance between control and recklessness. A stunning performance filled with liquid acrobatics and stylish imaging. It is the water itself that sets them in motion, where to find balance? Familiar Faces search for the limits of the possible.
Water seeps across the stage. On its flowing surface four artists explore the balance between control and recklessness. A stunning performance filled with liquid acrobatics and stylish imaging. It is the water itself that sets them in motion, where to find balance? Familiar Faces search for the limits of the possible.
“Rollercoaster” is a one-hour solo show by Wes Peden that uses ultra-modern, pop-punk juggling to talk about finding the balance between freedom and security
Surrounded by huge inflatable blue structures and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted rollercoaster sounds, Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of the past; an epic 3 ball disco juggling evokes the evolution of rollercoasters; a 4-meter transparent tube turns into a path around Wes’ body to make balls flow through loops, helixes, and corkscrews. Rollercoaster twists the stage rules to create a safe space to perform some of the most difficult and unique juggling ever done on stage!
“Rollercoaster” is a one-hour solo show by Wes Peden that uses ultra-modern, pop-punk juggling to talk about finding the balance between freedom and security
Surrounded by huge inflatable blue structures and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted rollercoaster sounds, Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of the past; an epic 3 ball disco juggling evokes the evolution of rollercoasters; a 4-meter transparent tube turns into a path around Wes’ body to make balls flow through loops, helixes, and corkscrews. Rollercoaster twists the stage rules to create a safe space to perform some of the most difficult and unique juggling ever done on stage!
“Rollercoaster” is a one-hour solo show by Wes Peden that uses ultra-modern, pop-punk juggling to talk about finding the balance between freedom and security
Surrounded by huge inflatable blue structures and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted rollercoaster sounds, Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of the past; an epic 3 ball disco juggling evokes the evolution of rollercoasters; a 4-meter transparent tube turns into a path around Wes’ body to make balls flow through loops, helixes, and corkscrews. Rollercoaster twists the stage rules to create a safe space to perform some of the most difficult and unique juggling ever done on stage!
Ready for champagne and bubble flood in Spring? Your beloved Bubble Parade is returning on March 4, when it will sparkle at the renovated Rigas cirks (Riga Circus)!
Ready for champagne and bubble flood in Spring? Your beloved Bubble Parade is returning on March 4, when it will sparkle at the renovated Rigas cirks (Riga Circus)!
“Rollercoaster” is a one-hour solo show by Wes Peden that uses ultra-modern, pop-punk juggling to talk about finding the balance between freedom and security
Surrounded by huge inflatable blue structures and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted rollercoaster sounds, Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of the past; an epic 3 ball disco juggling evokes the evolution of rollercoasters; a 4-meter transparent tube turns into a path around Wes’ body to make balls flow through loops, helixes, and corkscrews. Rollercoaster twists the stage rules to create a safe space to perform some of the most difficult and unique juggling ever done on stage!
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
“Christmas dust” is a winter themed family show, where circus, theatre and a Uniwintercorn comes together. How does that look like and what does it mean? You have to join us to find out!
The show is in Latvian, but the circus parts will be understandable to every audience member.
The two acrobats of Be Flat have prepared a unique tour of Riga for a select group of followers. The streets of the city, the facades of the buildings and the cobblestones below are transformed into an urban circus arena. But “Follow Me” is not only a performance to be watched, it is a playful collective journey through public space.
FREE ENTRANCE (registration needed)
The two acrobats of Be Flat have prepared a unique tour of Riga for a select group of followers. The streets of the city, the facades of the buildings and the cobblestones below are transformed into an urban circus arena. But “Follow Me” is not only a performance to be watched, it is a playful collective journey through public space.
FREE ENTRANCE (registration needed)
“Up to this Point” is researching connection points between the practices of three circus artists: each of them is finding their artistic way in harsh conditions. How do their bodies change, how does it effect their mental state? How do their thoughts translate to their bodies?
Marina Cherry squeaks, zooms, and tiptoes through a micro-space. Fragmenting pieces of a spunky personal universe puddle over the stage for her solo performance, “Only Bones v1.6”.
Marina Cherry squeaks, zooms, and tiptoes through a micro-space. Fragmenting pieces of a spunky personal universe puddle over the stage for her solo performance, “Only Bones v1.6”.
“Up to this Point” is researching connection points between the practices of three circus artists: each of them is finding their artistic way in harsh conditions. How do their bodies change, how does it effect their mental state? How do their thoughts translate to their bodies?
Double You is a social/circus experiment in borders and identity. It is two performances which happen simultaneously, mutually exclusive yet interwoven, to create one universal experience. Five multi-faceted artists share two stages separated by one wall. The result is a performance without borders, offering each spectator their own exclusive experience.
Double You is a social/circus experiment in borders and identity. It is two performances which happen simultaneously, mutually exclusive yet interwoven, to create one universal experience. Five multi-faceted artists share two stages separated by one wall. The result is a performance without borders, offering each spectator their own exclusive experience.
Three magical days in Āgenskalns and Sporta Street quarter in Riga – see the highlights of contemporary circus and street art festival “Re Riga!”! Get a subscription to all the shows with tickets for only 22 Euros as well, as visit all the free shows and creative workshops of Riga Circus School!
Subscription includes:
Thursday, August 18, 8PM, Sporta Street 2 “Secret Spot” – “Double You” by Be Flat (Belgium)
Friday, August 19, 8PM Sporta Street 2 “Secret Spot” – “Up to This Point” by Taigi cirkas (Lithuania, Latvia)
Saturday, August 20, 5PM at Āgenskalns suburb, Zeļļu Street 25, Theater Hall – “Only Bones v1.6” by Marina Cherry (SE/BE)
Sunday, August 21, 6PM 14.00 Sporta Street 2 “Secret Spot” “Follow Me” by Be Flat (Belgium) (free show but with a very limited amount of tickets).
Circus company “Machine de Cirque” (Canada) back in Riga: this time they are to perform their teeterboard show “Ghost Light” that is centred around the way the world is built – the fall and the flight, the triumph of the light over the dark. For all ages.
Circus company “Machine de Cirque” (Canada) back in Riga: this time they are to perform their teeterboard show “Ghost Light” that is centred around the way the world is built – the fall and the flight, the triumph of the light over the dark. For all ages.
“Materia” by Andrea Salustri (Italy) – a curious show for all ages.
MATERIA explores the possibilities of one material, polystyrene, to the point it becomes alive and protagonist of the events on stage.
O’DD by Race Horse Company (Finland) is visionary contemporary circus and an adventure story of humanity in the guts of gravity. The extremely physical show of a solo acrobat plays with the laws of physics until they bend and one can break free from their grasp.
O’DD by Race Horse Company (Finland) is visionary contemporary circus and an adventure story of humanity in the guts of gravity. The extremely physical show of a solo acrobat plays with the laws of physics until they bend and one can break free from their grasp.
Are the magicians a pair of twins? Are they interchangeable or complementary? Together with four other performers, they deliver delicate and ephemeral scenes in which they interchange identities, transcend objects, and suspend bodies in the air. Their magic disrupts the flow of matter, time, air, and life itself.
Are the magicians a pair of twins? Are they interchangeable or complementary? Together with four other performers, they deliver delicate and ephemeral scenes in which they interchange identities, transcend objects, and suspend bodies in the air. Their magic disrupts the flow of matter, time, air, and life itself.
