12. Berlin Circus Festival /// 5. - 16.8.2026
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art for rainy days "how a spiral works" (ltu)

5.8. – 7.8.2025   I   7.00 pm
“How A Spiral Works” is a quiet revolution—full of grace, grit, and fierce gentleness. ​With a fine choreography, two artists circle around each other - inseparable, symbiotic, intimate. ​

★★★★★ Best contemporary performance & Best dancer | 
Latvian Dance Awards
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"Hypnotic. An absolute highlight of our season." Jacksons Lane
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Duration: 45 minutes


From age of 7 

Language:
No language


        “How A Spiral Works” is a powerful and hypnotic exploration of care under pressure. How do we take care of ourselves—and each other—when everything around us spins out of control? What does compassion look like at great heights, in the middle of a storm, or when pain creeps into the body?

In this intimate duet, one dancer, one aerialist, and one rope are bound together in an ever-evolving relationship. Their movements circle each other in a delicate choreography of trust, resistance, and release. They hang, spin, support, and respond—tethered to one another in a physical and emotional spiral.

Blending hair hanging, aerial rope, contemporary dance, and hauntingly reimagined Baltic folk music, “How A Spiral Works” is a poetic act of care and resistance. 



"Technically brilliant with a powerful emotional impact. Very highly recommended." The Lowry

Created by renowned British director Jason Dupree, Latvian choreographer Alise Madara Bokaldere, and the extraordinary Lithuanian aerialist Izabele Kuzelyte. With their debut performance, they have struck a resonant chord within the contemporary scene and we are proud to be part of their extensive European tour. 
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credits

  • Creation and direction: Jason Dupree, Alise Madara Bokaldere, Izabele Kuzelyte
  • Performers : Alise Madara Bokaldere, Izabele Kuzelyte
  • Music composer: Adam Dupree
  • ​Creative rigger: Jacob Jakobson
  • Lightning design: Edwin Van Steenbergen
  • Hair hanging mentor: Ingrid Eskusson
  • Production: Art For Rainy Days



  • Supported by: Teatronas, Lithuanian Culture Institute, Arts Printing House, Visaginas Cultural Center, Le Plus Petite Cirque du Monde, Epicirq Showcase, Rigas Cirks, La Voliere.
  • Funded by: Lithuanian Council for Culture​​
This performance is supported by the Baltic Culture Fund in the framework of "Baltic circus on the road" 
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