The Ring of Fire (2021)
New performers have recently moved into the 130-year-old building of the Riga Circus. Having built a stage in the stables, actors Ance, Āris, Klāvs, Reinis and the other members of the theatre company Kvadrifrons are reinvigorating and preserving the tradition of live art in the circus. The name of the group is an acronym in Latvian that conveys their ethos: they are an organisation that can chill with their friends, have bursts of amazing creativity, and whose members are far from unintelligent. And all the while, the strong smell of elephants wafts through the building. Here and there, the life of the previous inhabitants makes itself known. Soon shamanistic rituals alternate with clowning around, fortune-telling with illusion juggling, stagecraft with personal choices. Then suddenly, out of Nothing… emerges Theatre.
Director: Signe Birkova
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Ance Strazda as Self |
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Āris Matesovičs as Self |
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Klāvs Mellis as Self |
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Reinis Boters as Self |
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Vyacheslav Polunin as Self |
| Directing | Signe Birkova | Director |
| Camera | Dāvids Smiltiņš | Director of Photography |
| Production | Uldis Cekulis | Producer |
| Editing | Andris Grants | Editor |
| Sound | Edvards Broders | Music |
| Sound | Edvards Broders | Sound Director |
| Production | Agne Skane | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jurate Silakaktiņa | Costume Design |
| Sound | Arvīds Ceļmalis | Sound Engineer |
| Visual Effects | Ģirts Korps | Animation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vita Radziņa | Costume Design |
| Writing | Signe Birkova | Writer |
