{"id":31112,"date":"2024-07-01T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T11:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/?p=31112"},"modified":"2025-12-11T12:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:58:32","slug":"rigas-cirks-residency-program-for-baltic-circus-artists-lelde-feldmane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/en\/news\/rigas-cirks-residency-program-for-baltic-circus-artists-lelde-feldmane\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Program for Baltic Circus Artists: Lelde Feldmane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, from July 9th to 19th, and on 2025 from August 1st to 5th, the artist Lelde Feldmane will be working on her upcoming solo performance &#8220;Fragile Strength&#8221; as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/en\/news\/rigas-cirks-residency-program-2024-open-call-for-baltic-circus-artists\/\">R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Program<\/a> for Baltic artists.<\/p>\n<p>Combining three contemporary performing arts disciplines \u2013 circus, dance, and music \u2013 the artist is creating a story about the strength that emerges within a person when faced with significant challenges of fate. The focus is on the relationship between two women in a family, where the physical body&#8217;s resources and abilities are merely a fragile shell that balances against the emotional storms of inner experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Lelde Feldmane holds a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in contemporary dance and choreography from the Latvian Academy of Culture. She has worked with Circus Scott (Sweden), Circus Krone (Germany), Cirque d\u2019Hiver Bouglione (France), and other circuses in Europe and the USA, performing pole dance and aerial hoop acts. Since 2022, she has been creating her own circus show, Winter Circus Biel, together with her husband, collaborating with artists from various countries and circus disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31103 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lelde-Feldmane-Fragile_power_2-831x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"831\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lelde-Feldmane-Fragile_power_2-831x1024.png 831w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lelde-Feldmane-Fragile_power_2-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lelde-Feldmane-Fragile_power_2-768x946.png 768w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lelde-Feldmane-Fragile_power_2-1246x1536.png 1246w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lelde-Feldmane-Fragile_power_2-811x1000.png 811w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Lelde-Feldmane-Fragile_power_2.png 1558w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Supported by: The State Culture Capital Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, from July 9th to 19th, and on 2025 from August 1st to 5th, the artist Lelde Feldmane will be working on her upcoming solo performance &#8220;Fragile Strength&#8221; as part of the R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Program for Baltic artists. Combining three contemporary performing arts disciplines \u2013 circus, dance, and music \u2013 the artist is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,598],"tags":[1169,236],"class_list":["post-31112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-open-calls","tag-lelde-feldmane-en","tag-residencies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Program for Baltic Circus Artists: Lelde Feldmane - cirks.lv<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lelde Feldmane has been selected for R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/en\/news\/rigas-cirks-residency-program-for-baltic-circus-artists-lelde-feldmane\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Program for Baltic Circus Artists: Lelde Feldmane - 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