TORNADO'S EYE
A poetic solo between outer turbulence and inner stillness.
TRAILER
A glimpse into the universe of Tornado´s eye.
Tornado’s Eye is a poetic solo performance that spirals between outer chaos and inner stillness. Music, circus, and dreamlike imagery merge into a hypnotic journey of transformation.
A forgotten childhood dream reawakens in motion and sound.
Everything spins – between chaos and stillness.
DATES
TRY-OUT SHOWS:
15.05.25 @Dynamo Odense DK
PRE-PREMIERE:
20.06.25 @LOFFT - DAS THEATER Leipzig DE
21.06.25 @LOFFT - DAS THEATER Leipzig DE
TRY-OUT SHOWS:
19.07.25 @Cie. Pas de Deux, Überlingen DE cancelled
24.07.25 @Cie. Pas de Deux Überlingen DE
26.07.25 @Cie. Pas de Deux Überlingen DE
16.08.25 @Cie. Pas de Deux Erlach DE
30.08.25 @Cie. Pas de Deux Sonnenerden DE
06.09.25 @Cie. Pas de Deux Leipzig DE
11.09.25 @Cie. Pas de Deux Leipzig DE
19.09.25 @www.circusluna.de Würzburg / Elfershausen DE
20.09.25 @www.circusluna.de Würzburg / Elfershausen DE
21.09.25 @www.circusluna.de Würzburg / Elfershausen DE
PREMIERE:
11.10.25 @PERPLX Kortrijk BE
TOUR:
08.11.25 @TheaterTotal Bochum DE
09.11.25 @TheaterTotal, Bochum DE
20.11.25 19:30 @EWERK, Freiburg DE
21.11.25 16:00 @EWERK, Freiburg DE
21.11.25 19:30 @EWERK, Freiburg DE
22.11.25 19:30 @EWERK, Freiburg DE
About
Tornados Eye
Tornado's Eye, the quiet heart of the storm, the inevitable base for powerful external movement. Also called 'eye of the storm’.
The show dives into the polarity and struggle of keeping a calm and controlled center while joining the whirlwinds in the outside. The Balance from one and the other.
Tornado's Eye is a poetic solo performance that unfolds like a lucid dream – a journey through sound, movement and spinning objects, where music and circus merge into a world of transformation and self-discovery.
A cellist enters the stage in a familiar way, but soon the boundaries between concert, circus and dream begin to blur. Water floats weightlessly, the cello bends into unexpected forms, objects spin beyond the edge of dizziness. Everything begins to orbit – and gradually, a new world emerges.
Inspired by a nearly forgotten childhood dream to unite cello and diabolo, artist David Eisele creates a hypnotic experience of inner alignment, balance and artistic liberation.
Tornado's Eye explores the tension between outer turbulence and inner stillness – between societal expectations and personal truth. It is a gentle, powerful invitation to pause and remember what lies at the center: clarity, play, presence.
A dreamlike dance spiralling around its own axis – and a contemporary circus piece that invites its audience to look inward while everything around keeps spinning.
Team:
Outside Eye: Federico Gagliardi
Inside Eye: Birgit Haberkamp
Artistic Support: Paramjyoti (Carola Stieber)
Music: Juliano Abramovay, Gabriel Milliet
Technique Props: David Eisele, Wanja Grimm, Jan Ole Sierck
Light Design: Federico Gagliardi
Costume: Joona Huotarii, Lena Martin
Special thanks: Kolja Huneck, Elias Oechsner, Marina Waldhoff & Jacoba Harm
& Thanks to everyone else who supported this project in so many different and important ways.
Coproduced by:
LOFFT - DAS THEATER
PERPLX
Supported by:
CIRCUSSTAD
DYNAMO
KORZO
THEATERTOTAL
CIRQUE INTENSE
Funded by:
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
as part of the funding program Neue Künste Ruhr
About
David Eisele
David Eisele grew up at the black forest near Freiburg, Germany. He is an energetic person with a minimalistic lifestyle. Translating the emerged qualities of Diabolo and Cyr wheel into different context is in the focus of his work. The intense work with those objects made him arrive in his artistic signature: The quality of spinning.
He has presented his act, "SENSES," in over 120 performances across ten different countries. Since autumn 2018 numerous people have experienced his first solo show „CYCLE“ involving Cyr Wheel and Cello. In 2021 Eisele created „BARK" with the scandinavian collective "Acting for Climate“. Presently David Eisele is touring with "Senses" and his creation as an author and performer, "SAWDUST SYMPHONY“. This show has been touring since 2021 and was presented more than 120 times.
What sets David Eisele apart is his unique approach to experience his art from every angle available to him. Beyond his work as a performer, he engages with his creations from a craftsperson’s perspective — designing and building most of his own props — as well as through dance, music, and a deeply intuitive, spiritual lens.
