Manifest^DK

Experience MANIFEST – an insanely controlled and wildly chaotic circus performance that breaks all the rules on the colorful Dancefloor. 

Five eclectic performers make their own rules in a vibrant stage collage that raises more questions than answers. To the pumping beats of Milla Lahtinen, you’ll encounter a crawling transformer, a pair of identical twins, a body questioning its own ownership, a snake, and something that looks like a flying mermaid – who decides, who adapts? 

In a defiance of norms and gravity, MANIFEST merges circus and club culture into a collective softening of body, gender, and control. The performance is specially created for Roskilde Festival and shaped by the vibrant, high-energy space around Dancefloor. 

On stage: 

Elise Bjerkelund Reine (NO), trapeze, contortion, performer. 

Mau Cugat (AR), head hanger, performer. 

Milla Lahtinen (FI), hair hanger, musician, sound designer, performer. 

Adalberto Fernandez Torres (PR), contortion, performer. 

Julie Bergez (US/FR), contortion, dance-acrobat, performer. 

 
Manifest is a collective creation by all the artists on stage. The performance is part of the How Far Are You Willing to Bend? project, initiated by Elise Bjerkelund Reine in collaboration with Sweden’s Östgötateatern.

Elise Bjerkelund Reine is a circus performer, who graduated from the National Centre for Circus Arts in 2013. By blending theater, dance, performance art, and circus techniques, she has developed a personal expression in her performance. Throughout the years she has worked for several companies throughout Europe such as Le guetteur (FR), Side cirque kunst (IT), Operade Rouen/David Bobee (FR), Glimt (DK). She the artistic director of the experimental circus festival Feral.