Spinneret

Spinneret is a sensory circus performance that explores fear as a force to inhabit and overcome. Performers hang and twist through the air, moving through tension and control, while shadow puppetry and live music accompaniment create an immersive space.

Inspired by Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty, Spinneret allows audiences to encounter emotional and physical dimensions of Fear. The work is further informed by Traditional Chinese Medicine, in which Fear is associated with Winter; the element of water, the kidneys, the scent of decay, the taste of salt, and the sound of groaning. These elemental correspondences shape the performance’s rhythm and choreography.

Spinneret invites audiences to linger within discomfort, to feel it, and to move through it, surrendering to vunerability, and discovering its strange and generative beauty.

About the makers

Judy Young is the founder of Young Hoops, a multidisciplinary artist, facilitator, and show-maker working across circus, theatre, sound, and poetic storytelling. Inspired by folklore, ritual, and somatic practice, she creates experiences that invite imagination, presence, and self-discovery. With a BA in Theatre and over a decade of experience in circus and performance, Judy has directed Young Hoops Cabaret and Sour Silk Cabaret, and premiered COOEE at Paradiso Amsterdam. She is currently studying Traditional Chinese Medicine, integrating Chinese philosophy into her artistic practice.

credits

Director & concept: Judy Young

Aerialists: Ana Lekse, Natasha Smyslova

Sound composer: Daniël Eskens

Puppeteers: Nora Kalabokas, Ratri Notosudirdjo

Scenography: Donja D

Poster: Antonia Milzner

Photos:

Anais Lauwers

Bobbie Wagenaar

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