Mimi Ke, alongside collaborating artists, will undertake a one-week residency at Windy Goat Acres in Chelsea, Iowa. This residency will provide opportunities for artistic research and development while also fostering community engagement through workshops and a presentation of The Circus of Tensegrity, a site-responsive aerial show accompanied by live music.

• Date: May 31, 2025

• Location: Windy Goat Acres, Chelsea, Iowa

• Program:

  • Work-in-Progress Show

  • Moderated Q&A with Artists

  • Public Masterclass 

    •  The artists will lead participants through an an embodied experience of improvised systems, combining somatic movement with sensory play with guided imagery.

    • Invite movers into their own somatic and sensorial landscape, cultivating a deeper awareness and personal movement language as they connect with their senses, body, and surroundings.

The Circus of Tensegrity is inspired by the sensation of tensegrity:

islands of compression floating in a balanced sea of tension.

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Pushing the boundaries of traditional circus performance, this project moves beyond the proscenium and tent, evolving dynamically with its landscape. Artists utilize multi-ropes, corde lisse, counterweight rigging, and installation techniques to create an immersive, tapestry-like performance set to a live soundscape while audiences traverse the landscape.

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By designing an experience specific to the landscape, this show encourages audiences to engage with their surroundings in new and meaningful ways, forging deeper connections between body, space, and community.