{"id":36841,"date":"2025-11-14T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/news\/rigas-cirka-rezidencu-programma-baltijas-maksliniekiem-gabriele-pencilaite-un-aiste-rekasiute-lt\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:18:36","slug":"rigas-cirka-rezidencu-programma-baltijas-maksliniekiem-gabriele-pencilaite-un-aiste-rekasiute-lt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/en\/news\/rigas-cirka-rezidencu-programma-baltijas-maksliniekiem-gabriele-pencilaite-un-aiste-rekasiute-lt\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Programme for Baltic Artists: Gabriel\u0117 Pen\u010dylait\u0117 and Aist\u0117 Reka\u0161i\u016bt\u0117 (LT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wysiwyg-gallery d-flex flex-wrap\">\r\n            <div class=\"single-gallery-element position-relative overflow-hidden transition-default\">\r\n            <a href=\"\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"#galleryImages0\" 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Reka\u0161i\u016bt\u0117 began with the idea and initial sketch for the solo bouffon performance Zero. The sketch was created at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre while Gabriel\u0117 was completing her Master\u2019s studies in acting. During the residency, the artists aim to further develop this work into a full performance.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the performance lies the human relationship with faith. Through the bouffon\u2019s mocking, grotesque, and at the same time piercingly precise reflection of society, the artists explore its flaws, selfishness, and distortions of belief.<\/p>\n<p>Bouffon Zero is an outcast living on the margins of society. Excluded from the ranks of the \u201cnormal,\u201d he observes the entire theatre of human existence from the outside. He serves as a grotesque mirror of society, revealing its flaws, egoism, and distorted faith. Zero possesses the power of speech \u2013 one that can shake, shatter illusions, and provoke reflection.<\/p>\n<p>Through parody, grotesque, and irony, Zero attempts to reach different kinds of believers, revealing how often a person\u2019s ultimate centre is not God or others, but themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Zero is not a comfortable, but a necessary encounter with one\u2019s own mirror. It invites the spectator to recognise the ridiculed figure within themselves, to reconsider the meaning of faith, and to confront the question: is humankind still searching for God, or merely for a reflection of themselves?<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wysiwyg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Get ready - light!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C6tcCRGEd3k?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Creative Team<br \/>\nActress, Bouffon, Author of the Idea \u2013 Gabriel\u0117 Pen\u010dylait\u0117<br \/>\nDirector \u2013 Aist\u0117 Reka\u0161i\u016bt\u0117<br \/>\nDramaturg \u2013 Dominykas Matulionis<br \/>\nSet and Costume Designer \u2013 Guoda Korsakait\u0117<br \/>\nAssistant Set Designer \u2013 Rugil\u0117 Lep\u0161yt\u0117<br \/>\nMakeup Artist \u2013 Severija Bru\u017eait\u0117<br \/>\nBouffon Mentors \u2013 Thomas Toppler and Gonzalo Villareal Porzio<\/p>\n<p>Supported by:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35570\" src=\"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vkkf_logo.grayscale1-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vkkf_logo.grayscale1-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vkkf_logo.grayscale1-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vkkf_logo.grayscale1-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vkkf_logo.grayscale1-1536x660.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vkkf_logo.grayscale1-1500x645.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cirks.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/vkkf_logo.grayscale1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 4 to 17 November, 2025, bouffon Gabriel\u0117 Pen\u010dylait\u0117 and director Aist\u0117 Reka\u0161i\u016bt\u0117 are developing their performance Zero as part of the R\u012bgas Cirks Residency Programme for Baltic artists. 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