residencies

Rīgas Cirks Residency Program for Baltic Circus Artists: Lelde Feldmane

01.07.2024.

This year, from July 9th to 19th, artist Lelde Feldmane will be working on her upcoming solo performance “Fragile Strength” as part of the Rīgas Cirks Residency Program for Baltic artists. Combining three contemporary performing arts disciplines – circus, dance, and music – the artist is creating a story about the strength that emerges within…

Myrto Petrochilou – artist-in-residency

12.05.2021.

Myrto Petrochilou – at Rīgas cirks residency programme We are happy to welcome at Rīgas cirks residency programme Myrto Petrochilou – a dance and circus artist from Greece. Myrto will work together with Daphne Tsiouni (music composition and live performance) and Florentia Chatzis (graphic design and visuals). The “project [9]” focuses on how space, objects and…

Circa at Rīgas cirks residency programm

23.04.2021.

“Circa” from Australia – artists-in-residence at Rīgas cirks We are happy to welcome “Circa Contemporary Circus” artists at Rīgas cirks residency programme. Circa Contemporary Circus is one of the world’s leading performance companies.  Since 2004, from their base in Brisbane, Australia, they have toured the world – performing in 40 countries to over a million…

REHEARSALS photo series

06.01.2021.

“Rehearsals” photo series by Nygårds Karin Bengtsson Exactly one year ago – January 2020 – Nygårds Karin Bengtsson was taking part ar Rīgas cirks residency program and together with a few Riga circus school students worked on her photo series “Rehearsals” that have already been exposed at Thomas Wallner gallery in Sweden. Nygårds Karin Bengtsson works with staged photography….

Online conference

20.07.2020.

Online conference “Well-being Residencies: methodology and experience” 17 th –21 th of August, 2020 Through a number of conferences, study visits, think tanks and residency try-outs, this international project culminates in a methodology that helps the participants navigate the well-being residency process, captured in a handbook publication. The publication will be introduced as a part…