Movement/Performance
Kamila CK is an interdisciplinary artist creating performances using aerial movement (on trapeze, silks or a hoop), physical theatre, contemporary dance and live painting.
The characters and narrative are created based on a universal subject of the human journey, showing recognisable experiences, emotions and duality within our own lives.
“The Circle of Everything”
Interdisciplinary Performance, London, 2023.
Location: Clarence Mews & Moving Architecture, London.
Movement based performance drawing on artist’s practice of Enso circle painting and aerial movement juxtaposed with moving images.
All mediums are connected and complementing each other.
Using the shape of the circle, the performance explores our place in the universe. It also touches on themes of duality; our sense of connection to oneself, others and the world and the opposite therefore our sense of separation.
“Odyssey of the Circle”
Collaborative Performance, France, 2022.
Location: Lola and Yukao Meet Residency, Clamecy, France.
Combining movement on Aerial Hoop with Enso Circle Painting and Digital Art Projections.
An imaginative and immersive Zen experience, taking a viewer on a journey through circular forms (including aerial hoop and the moon) culminating with a live painting of Enso circle (known as Zen Circle in the art of Japanese caligraphy).
The work explores the states of altered consciousness awakened by the connection to something bigger than ourselves.
The piece draws inspiration from Enso, the iconic circular symbol, considered to be the pinnacle of Zen Buddhism. Spiritually, Enso circle is considered a mirror of the moon.
“A Walk In Between”
Aerial Trapeze & Live Painting Performance, 2021.
Music: “Walk” by Ludovico Einaudi
Live Pianist: Lîlâ bâ
Location: NG Art & Creative Gallery & Residency, Provence, France.
Can we combine our passions into something bigger and richer, instead of being torn between them?
Featuring a live painting performance of Japanese Zen caligraphy, dance and trapeze chirography.
The artist creates a live artwork which magically disappears once it’s completed (thanks to Buddha Board and its ingenious design).
Developed as a response to a residency space set in a historic 17th century Olive Mill.
“Encounter With Mt. Fuji”
Aerial Silks Performance, 2020.
Music: ‘Alone in Kyoto’ by Air
Location: Bloomsbury Theatre, London, UK.
Can we connect to things outside of ourselves? A painter travels to Japan where she accidentally comes across Mt. Fuji and an aerial silk connected to it.
A dreamlike and visually engaging act on aerial silks, set against a projection of Mt. Fuji.
“The Pendulum of Life”
Aerial Hoop Performance, 2019.
Music: ‘Requiem for a Dream’ by Scott Benson Band
Location: AirCraft Circus Academy, London, UK.
Can struggle and failure limit our potential or move us to the next level?
Powerful and dramatic act on aerial hoop (swinging and spinning), telling a story of an injured performer overcoming all odds to victory.
PERFORMANCE JOURNEY
Kamila CK’s became an aerialist relatively late in life (at the age of 32, when most sport/dance performers retire). She also had no dance, performance or gymnastic background when she started. She believes people can follow their passions, no matter what age or experience they have to begin with.
Her training started in 2017 on aerial silks in local London studio in Camden and on trapeze with legendary Genevieve Monastrese (ex Cirque de Soleil Performer). Since then she continued her aerial training and also enrolled in contemporary dance at Trinity Laban, London and The Place in London. In 2019 completed a professional course in circus arts at AirCraft Circus Academy in London. The course was crucial to her development as an artist, allowing her to develop her first performance work and use movement and circus in her ongoing interdisciplinary practice.
