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Her approach to circus is as a tool that enables her to question, suggest, and shift perspectives. She is particularly interested in how the body interacts with everyday objects and in the valorization of these varied physicalities. Following this line of thought, the question that drives her artistic propositions centers on the notion of the invisible: What do we see in the everyday, and what is rendered invisible through the automatism of gestures.
As circus, video is a central axis of her work. It is a medium that allows her to reproduce what has been experienced. Through these pieces, life and performance often become blurred. The camera becomes both witness and choreographic partner, framing gestures that might otherwise go unnoticed. She uses video not to document, but to extend the temporality of performance and offer new readings of presence. By working with repetition, fragmentation, and close observation, she creates visual essays where the invisible is made perceptible. This practice reinforces her ongoing inquiry into the subtle negotiations between the body, space, and objecthood. It also reflects her interest in how meaning is generated not only in what is shown, but in what escapes capture.
This exploratory and embodied approach has been shaped through embodied encounters. One of the most significant was her work with Micha Goldberg, where performance and circus ceased to be separate disciplines and began to speak through one another. From there, her path has unfolded not as a straight line but as a web of gestures, shared time, and complicities with visual and performance artists in a collective format. She has learned with and through artists such as Doris Uhlich, Benjamin Loyauté, Marit Shirin-Carolasdotter, Caroline Strubbe, and Rimini Protokoll. These collaborations expanded her experience as a performer and sharpened her understanding of what it means to build something collectively through friction, trust, and the unpredictability of being many.
Laleshka Salas Salazar (b.1995, Lima – Peru) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. She studied Circus Arts at ESAC (École Supérieure des Arts du Cirque) and completed a Master in Visual Arts with a focus on Artistic Practice and Critical Tools at ERG (École de Recherche Graphique). Her work lies at the intersection of performing circus and visual arts projects.