“CircAbility” – Inclusive Circus for Everyone From 14 to 27 July, 12 young artists from Riga Circus School participated in the Erasmus+ youth exchange project “CircAbility” in Sankt Gilgen, Salzburg. Together with 26 participants from Latvia and Austria, they spent two weeks exploring inclusive circus arts. Project Goals: Encouraging cultural exchange: Young people from…
The “Circus for Climate” project, born out of a collaboration between Riga Circus and the Norwegian circus artists’ network “Acting for Climate” has now come to an end. The project kicked off in spring 2022. The main goal of the project was to explore the collective empowerment that a multidisciplinary approach to education, art, and…
Riga Circus and “Acting for Climate” will present a contemporary circus show DANDELION in the historic building and courtyard of Riga Circus on 19 and 20 May. Dandelion is a contemporary circus performance about the crossroads that our planet is facing. Exploring different realities through spectacular acrobatics, dance, music and the voices of Latvian youth, Dandelion…
We are happy to announce the release of the book “Green Journey”, created by the team and participants of “Circus for Climate” in the aesthetics and style of a comic strip. The book, like the performance DANDELION, is the outcome of this “Circus for Climate” multidisciplinary project, which – in this case through visual art…
DANDELION or how to grow through concrete and co-shape the world. About the show “I’m afraid that we won’t make it”, they said, straight to our faces. Dandelion is a contemporary circus performance about the crossroads we are facing. In a world in climate and biodiversity crisis, what pathway do we take? What will our future…
