The forest has been stripped bare with the coming of autumn, the birds have made their way south. Only the harsh cries of ravens are heard, proclaiming the waking of the forest-carcass from its b-e-d. A thick layer of filth has covered the land, and mold now rules the hut, in the pitiful shadow of what once was a threshing barn. There is no more grain to beat, nor any left to k-n-e-a-d b-r-e-a-d from. The cramp held tight by the long sleep of summer is released with a f-a-r-t-i-n-g. At the sound of that rumble, Old Nick comes flying in through the hole of a f-l-e-a-s-c-o-c-k, his e-y-e-s dumb and hollow, and begins a riddle-game — each time w-h-i-s-t-l-i-n-g more heat into the sauna. The game is played until the c-o-c-k droops down, yet s-m-o-k-e keeps rising from the sauna c-h-i-m-n-e-y. Finally, a creature reveals itself, one that no one knows whether it's a ghost or a h-u-m-a-n.

Kristin Kalam (b. 1999) is completing her BA studies in Performing Arts at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, with a major in Dance Arts. She is a graduate of Tallinn 32nd Secondary School and has previously studied Philosophy at Tallinn University (BA studies not completed).
She has taken part in various workshops, including Ofir Yudilevitch’s movement workshop “How to Overcome Fear?”, movement sessions with Fine5 Dance Theatre, online Gaga classes, a floorwork workshop with Amalie Stitz, and the Ground Grooves floorwork workshop in Milan. She has performed in stage productions such as “Bakhandid” (directed by Liisbeth Horn and Elina Masing) and “Quote on Quote ehk räägime sellest” (directed by Sigrid Savi). In 2025, she was awarded the Kalju Komissarov Scholarship. Kristin currently continues to expand her physical vocabulary through the practice of karate and Estonian folk dance.