24 hours in Daugavpils / HOMO NOVUS

The festival's guest performance program in Daugavpils city.

Creative Team: Various artists

Duration: 24 hours

Place: Various venues in Daugavpils

Language: Latvian. English.

Nearest performance: 13.09.2025 07:00

Nearest performance: 14.09.2025 17:00

Mothers – a song for Wartime / HOMO NOVUS

Creative Team: Marta Górnicka (Poland)

Place: Rīgas Kinostudija, Šmerļa iela 3

Language: Ukrainian. Also in Polish and Belarusian. Over-titled in Latvian and English

Nearest performance: 11.09.2025 19:00

The Making of Pinocchio / HOMO NOVUS

A true tale of love and transition told through the story of Pinocchio.

Creative Team: Cade & MacAskill (United Kingdom)

Place: Latvian Academy of Culture on Miera street, Small hall, Miera street 58, Riga

Language: English, Latvian subtitles

Nearest performance: 03.09.2025 20:30

Sandscapes / HOMO NOVUS

World-known acrobat's tribute to his life in the circus arena.

Creative Team: Ueli Hirzel (Switzerland)

Place: Rīgas cirka arēna, Merķeļa iela 4

Language: English. There is little text, Latvian translation is provided.

Nearest performance: 05.09.2025 19:00

SYN.Tropia / HOMO NOVUS

An innovative dance performance, tactile listening experience.

Directed By: Yola Pinto, Simão Costa (Portugal)

Place: Dirty Deal Teatro, Talsu street 1, Riga

Language: No spoken language

Nearest performance: 04.09.2025 17:00

HA / HOMO NOVUS

Laughter performance

Creative Team: Jana Jacuka (Latvia)

Place: Ģertrūdes ielas teātris, Ģertrūdes iela 101a, Rīga

Language: English. Latvian translation provided

Additional Information: Ticket sales are provided by Ģertrūdes ielas teātris

Nearest performance: 04.09.2025 19:00

MEGASTRUCTURE / HOMO NOVUS

Contemporary dance performance. Selected for Aerowaves #Twenty25

Creative Team: Sarah Baltzinger, Isaiah Wilson (Luxembourg)

Place: Contemporary Art Space KURTUVE, Rīgas street 25a, Valmiera

Language: No language

Nearest performance: 13.09.2025 18:00

Silhouette letters / HOMO NOVUS

Contemporary dance performance. Selected for Aerowaves #Twenty25

Creative Team: Artūrs Nīgalis (Latvia)

Place: Contemporary Art Space KURTUVE, Rīgas street 25a, Valmiera

Language: No language

Nearest performance: 13.09.2025 17:00

Twoness / HOMO NOVUS

Contemporary dance performance. Selected for Aerowaves “40 winks”, 2021

Creative Team: Anna Novikova, Rūta Pūce (Latvia)

Place: Contemporary Art Space KURTUVE, Rīgas street 25a, Valmiera

Language: Latvian

Nearest performance: 13.09.2025 15:00

Blue Carousel / HOMO NOVUS

Contemporary dance performance. Selected for Aerowaves #Twenty25

Creative Team: Lisa Colette Bysheim & Katrine Patry (Norway)

Place: On September 12th venue in Riga, on  September 14th venue in Valmiera

Language: No language

Nearest performance: 12.09.2025 20:00

The Power Game / HOMO NOVUS

Bold, raw and provocative physical theatre performance dealing with manipulation and the abuse of power.

Creative Team: Andrea Miltnerová, Jan Komárek (Czech Republic)

Place: Daugavpils Theatre, Rigas street 22a, Daugavpils

Language: No language

Additional Information: Ticket sales provided by Biļešu paradīze

Nearest performance: 13.09.2025 14:00

The Rest of Our Lives / HOMO NOVUS

Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a joyful dose of dance, theatre, circus and games.

Creative Team: Jo Fong, George Orange (United Kingdom)

Place: Cultural Venue V-13, Vienības street 13, Daugavpils

Language: English. With Latvian subtitles

Additional Information: Ticket sales provided by Biļešu Paradīze

Nearest performance: 12.09.2025 18:00

The Selfie Concert / HOMO NOVUS

Ivo Dimchev only sings and performs when audience members take selfies with him.

Creative Team: Ivo Dimchev (Bulgaria)

Place: Daugavpils Design and Art School SAULES SKOLA, Saules street 8, Daugavpils

Language: English. Concert, improvised part understandable without translation

Additional Information: Ticket sales provided by Biļešu Paradīze

Nearest performance: 13.09.2025 21:00

Fun Fact / HOMO NOVUS

Fun Fact is an international coproduction by three authors from Slovenia and three from Estonia. The team cleverly addresses the context of the national from the position of researching the essence of how the common is constituted.

Creative Team: Primož Bezjak, Eero Epner, Branko Jordan, Mart Kangro, Katarina Stegnar, Juhan Ulfsak (Slovenia, Estonia)

Place: Culture palace Ziemeļblāzma, Ziemeļblāzmas street 36, Riga

Language: English

Nearest performance: 09.09.2025 19:00

Workshop with the Artists of SYN.Tropia / HOMO NOVUS

Alongside the performance, the creators invite participants to explore some of the sound and choreographic materials developed during the creation process.

Creative Team: Yola Pinto, Simão Costa (Portugal)

Place: Dirty Deal Teatro, Talsu street 1, Riga

Language: English

Nearest performance: 05.09.2025 11:30