To mark the 20th anniversary of Lithuania's membership of the European Union
This versatile and dynamic dance evening, which was organised for the first time to celebrate the opening of our new opera house and an exciting fresh start for our ballet company, brings together not only dance artists from different countries, but also ballet principals from the three Baltic countries and internationally acclaimed choreographers, who will share the stage of our new Sea Hall with our resident ballet company. This dance feast will unpredictably fuse and blend various classical and contemporary dance forms, influences from different dance schools, body movement practices and cultural traditions.
PROGRAMME
Part I
Excerpt from the Cacti
Choreography and costumes: Alexander Ekman
Light: Tom Visser
Music: improvisation for string quartet on the theme of Scherzo from Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14 Death and the Maiden (performed from the recording)
Dancers: Yuya Aoki, Elly Bruno, Roman Budko, Seojung Yun, Laura Carolina Figueroa Orduz, Elena Filippi, Alina Jazdauskytė, Yuliia Kovalenko, Mykhailo Mordasov, Tymur Orobchenko, Roman Semenenko, Iryna Suslo, Illia Temchenko, Mantas Ūsas, Brayan Steven Valencia Sarmiento, Daria Verovka (Klaipėda State Music Theatre)
Cries and Whispers
Choreography: Laura Maya y Rosiers
Music: Henry Purcell – Dido’s lament “When I Am Laid in Earth” from the opera Dido and Aeneas (from the record)
Costumes: Andrea Fabbri
Dancers: Laura Maya y Rosiers, Jevgeni Grib (Estonian National Opera)
Pas de deux from Adolphe Adam’s ballet Le Corsaire
Choreography: Marius Petipa; staging choreographer Manuel Legris
Music: Riccardo Drigo (from the record)
Costumes: Luisa Spinatelli
Dancers: Olesia Šaitanova, Jonas Laucius (Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre)
Romance
Choreography: Aleksandras Jankauskas
Music: Apocalyptica – “Romance” from the album Cult (from the record)
Dancer Laura Annika Lehtonen (Kaunas State Music Theatre)
Duet from the Proportions in Palette
Choreography, music and costumes: Gaj Žmavc
Dancers: Anna Chekmarova, Yan Malaki (Klaipėda State Music Theatre)
Whispers of Stillness
Choreography: Elza Leimane
Music: Kaspars Kurdeko (from the record)
Costumes: Madara Botman
Dancers: Yuliya Brauer, Darius Florian Catana (Latvian National Opera)
Playground
Choreography and costumes: Olivier Coëffard
Music: Armand Amar – “Mongolia” from the music for the documentary film Human (from the record)
Dancers: Chloé Albaret, Olivier Coëffard (France)
Part II
Loop
Choreography, music and costumes: Gaj Žmavc
Dancers: Hokoru Akiyama, Yuya Aoki, Oleksandra Borodina, Yan Malaki, Mykhailo Mordasov, Aurora Ruvoletto, Maho Takami (Klaipėda State Music Theatre)
Live
Choreography: Gintaras Visockis
Music: Philip Glass – VI mvt. "Mishima / Closing" from the String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (from the record)
Dancers: Ana Buchovskaja-Zamulskienė, Roman Zavgorodnii (Kaunas State Music Theatre)
Skin on Skin
Choreography and costumes: Clémentine Telesfort & Lisard Tranis
Music: Otis Jones (from the record)
Dancers: Clémentine Telesfort & Lisard Tranis (Spain)
Duet “Happiness” from the Twilight Houses
Choreography: Tiit Härm
Music: Gustav Mahler – excerpt from the Symphony No. 6, 2nd mvt. Andante moderato (from the record)
Costumes: Maarja Meeru
Dancers: Laura Maya y Rosiers, Jevgeni Grib (Estonian National Opera)
Excerpt from the Stabat Mater
Choreography: Edward Clug
Music: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Stabat Mater (from the record) )
Costumes: Jordi Roig
Dancers: Yuya Aoki, Elly Bruno, Roman Budko, Anna Chekmarova, Ksenija Jermakova, Yuliia Kovalenko, Mykhailo Mordasov, Tymur Orobchenko, Nijolė Seriožnikova, Iryna Suslo, Illia Temchenko, Mantas Ūsas, Brayan Steven Valencia Sarmiento, Daria Verovka; duet: Oleksandra Borodina, Roman Semenenko (Klaipėda State Music Theatre)
Duet from the Flesh
Choreography: Iván Pérez
Music: Arvo Pärt, Eric Whitacre (from the record)
Costumes: Carlijn Petermeijer
Dancers: Kristina Gudžiūnaitė, Ignas Armalis (Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre)
Adagio (pas de deux) from Adolphe Adam’s ballet Giselle
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa; staging choreographer Aivars Leimanis
Music: Adolphe Adam (from the record)
Costumes: Ināra Gauja
Dancers: Yuliya Brauer, Darius Florian Catana (Latvian National Opera)
Bidad
Choreography: Parvaneh Scharafali
Music: Parviz Meshkatian – works from the album Twenty Pieces for Santour (from the record)
Costume: Chloé Albaret, Parvaneh Scharafali
Dancer Chloé Albaret (France)