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From 18 to 30 November 2025, the artist-in-residence at the Rīgas Cirks Residency Programme for Baltic Artists is Monika Neverauskaitė, who is currently developing her solo performance The Onion Technique.
At Rīgas cirks, Monika will work on a new project, The Onion Technique, which focuses on psychological health and self-acceptance.
The “onion technique” is a metaphorical problem-solving approach that involves peeling back layers to get to the core issue, much like peeling an onion. In psychology it is used to understand personality and self-disclosure. It suggests that a person’s self-revelation progresses in stages, moving from superficial layers to more intimate ones.
Personality is formed and influenced by many factors: age, gender, name, language, roots, beliefs, goals, fears, fantasies… There’s a long list. During a lifetime we unconsciously learn who and how to be. But do we really know what is under all those layers? The artist aims to reach the real skin, without knowing if it will be pleasant or rather uncomfortable.
The Onion Technique is an invitation to open ourselves up to vulnerability and to discover strength within it. In the end, we are all made of the same flesh and blood.
Monika Neverauskaitė is a Lithuanian contemporary circus artist whose primary discipline is the Cyr wheel. Contemporary circus has become both her way of life and her means of expression.
In 2009, she joined the Norwegian traditional dance programme at Manger Folkehøgskule, and in 2011 she enrolled in the performing arts school Performers House in Silkeborg, Denmark.
In 2015, Monika received her bachelor’s degree from Codarts University in Rotterdam (NL), completing part of her studies in France at Le Lido in Toulouse in 2017.
In 2018, she began collaborating with Marlène Rubinelli Giordano and the company l’MRG’ee, performing in Des Bords de Soi (2018) and Médusé.es (2022).
In 2022, she joined the company Le Grand Raymond for the creation of Ex Ovo. That same year, Monika co-founded a duo Cyr wheel company, Accompany ME, together with Elena Damasio. Their first show, À Mesure – Handle with Care, premiered in June 2024.
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