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The Circle of Everything

Live Painting Meets Aerial Dance

Presented by Kamila CK Artist 

An interdisciplinary solo performance featuring live painting, aerial hoop dance and moving image projection.



Using the symbolism of the circle, the work celebrates the life force that holds us up and gives us momentum to move, think, live and create. Invisible, infinite energy.



It also explores duality of human existence; higher and lower, light and shadow, our sense of connection to oneself, others, and the world, as well as our illusion of separation.



Integrated into the performance is live Japanese Enso painting at a large scale. This allows the human body to move within the shape bringing together the choreographic and visual practices.

Enso painting is a spiritual practice where the iconic circular symbol is painted in one masterstroke, one breath and no corrections afterwards. The practice gives form to the flow of the energy in the moment, making invisible synchronicities visible.

Symbolically, the iconic Zen circle represents the circle of life, unity and connection to all existence. 



In the final scene, the performer pours colour from above onto the Enso, the organic flow tracing the spinning hoop and translating motion directly onto the canvas.

Each performance will finish with a live Q&A and a discussion with the artist lead by actor Caroline Partridge.

 

The artwork will remain on stage afterwards to see up close and will go on display & sale as part of simultaneous Kamila CK’s  solo exhibition with Firepit Gallery, London

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TRAILER: 

Kamila has been working on this project for more than 3 years, and 2026 marks an important moment as the performance is supported by Arts Council England and programmed as part of the UK Mental Health Awareness Week. It is also the first time the performance is programmed in dialogue with artist’s solo visual exhibition at Firepit Art Gallery.

The first iteration of the work premiered in 2024 at Cockpit Theatre as part of Camden Fringe and received critical acclaim for its innovative and meditative approach by Obscurity and Everything Theatre. Following further development, it was performed in Lincoln Arts Centre in a short 20min format including audience Q&A and written feedback.



This year’s third iteration features new original music created with Brazilian composer for dance Divan Gattamorta and visual images reworked in collaboration with Noel Jones, British visual artist for dance.

The exhibition at Firepit Gallery, North Greenwich 13.05- 6.6. 2026 will support the performance by showing Kamila's wider visual practice in response to Enso philosophy and the theme of interconnectivity — exploring emotional and mental wellbeing and reconnecting visitors to themselves, others, and the world. This will allow audiences to engage with artist’s practice more holistically and for longer than a one-off performance.

         
           
   
  
More info about the show & the artist: https://www.emergingvisions.art/thecircleofeverything

Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May - 3:00pm

Further info: 
https://www.emergingvisions.art/thecircleofeverything
Live on Stage dates: 
Friday 15th May - 3.00pm
Saturday 16th May - 3.00pm
Tickets: 
Full price: £15.00 Concessions: £12.00 (Incl booking fees)

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