Aylish Bik & Rhea Slootweg are two Dutch circus makers who started their collaboration at the beginning of 2026 after side-lining each other’s solo work for years. Appreciating each other’s way of storytelling, they found they share a vision for circus as a medium that can frame raw reality within its tension and lightheartedness, a form that can reach outside the confines of the theatre and, through its spectacle, can and may appeal to a broader audience, offering the capacity to physically underwrite the power of a story.

After their separate experiences in partner acrobatics, they moved to creating solo work that looked to show the person doing the technique, rather than the doing of the technique. A similarity rested on their tendency to work both analytically andsensitively. Their paths now converge in making work that addresses unconventional and daring themes with honesty and playfulness. They are currently working with the intimate experience of (female) anger on a piece they want to spill outside of the black box, using their experience in street theatre. By working together, a story can emerge in relation to one another, combining their individual voices into a sound that dares to be heard louder.

About Spilling the Body:
In Spilling the Body this duo uses contemporary circus to create an immersive, safe space where female anger is transformed from a suppressed, destructive force into a radically honest, shared, and empowering physical expression.