“The Circle of Everything”
An interdisciplinary solo performance featuring live painting, aerial dance and moving images.
Using the shape 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.
Simultaneously, the work reveals the duality at play; higher and lower, light and shadow, our sense of connection to oneself, others, and the world, as well as our sense of separation.
Integrated into the performance is live Japanese Enso painting, a circle 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 symbol represents the circle of life.
In the final scene, vibrant colours were poured from above, using the momentum of a spinning aerial hoop to create a unique blend of deliberate action and chance.
Performance Timeline:
Premiered: Camden Fringe, Cockpit Theatre, London (2024)
Current: Film adaptation of the work (2025), created for presentation as part of a 2026 exhibition.
Upcoming in 2026: Cockpit Theatre, London — May 2026 as part of “UK Mental Health Week” and a parallel visual exhibition at Firepit Gallery, London.
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REVIEWS
“Things this beautiful and genuine don’t come around too often”
“An invention of a new performative arts genre”
“Both the execution and the result are really quite mesmerising.”
“Mesmerising, Risky and Hypnotic”
Credits:
Kamila CK - Concept, Choreography, Performance
Julian Kessler - Photography, Creative Collaboration
Original Music Collaboration;
Divan Gattamorta (Brazilian composer for dance) & Kamila CK
Original Digital Projections Collaboration:
Noel Jones (British new media artist specialising in immersive productions for dance) & Kamila CK
Music track used with permision:
”Enso” - Mookee, Skysia, Equanimous
Performances:
Cockpit Theatre, London - 40min version.
18th August 2024, part of Camden Fringe.
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, UK - 20min version.
22nd November 2024
Technical Information:
DURATION: 20min or 40min (extended theatre version)
Performance space:
- Dark room/stage
- Aerial rigging frame, minimal height 3.7m
- Projector and screen/wall space minimum 4sq/m
- Floor 4m x 4m / Height 3.7m
Audience size: 20-400 people
Installation: 1-1.5h with prior aerial rigging test
Deinstallation: 30min
“Aerial Enso - The Dance of Colour and Chance”
A new collection of abstract performative paintings, created as part of The Circle of Everything performance.
Each piece is brought to life through circular aerial movement, with colours applied from above during the live performance.
Inspired by themes of duality, energy, and synchronicity, these works capture the balance between deliberate action and chance.
