An intense rehearsal process of the contemporary dance performance \u201c?r?\u201d is taking place as its premiere is planned to come about on December 08.<\/p>\n
The newest performance of choreographer Olga \u017ditluhina is the first attempt in Latvia to talk about complex ideas introduced in Ibsen’s \u201cBrand\u201d by using the format of a full-length contemporary dance performance. The plays of the worldwide known Norwegian playwright are regularly staged in the Latvian theatre since its very beginnings, but the choreography of Ibsen\u2019s work so far has been realized just as part of dramatic plays until now. It has been already reported that the artistic project has gained international support in the competition of 99 applications from 56 countries of the world by becoming one of the four winners of the International Ibsen Scholarships contest.<\/p>\n
An unusually large group of dancers (fifteen) participates in the Latvian contemporary dance performance and they will be also accompanied by well-known musicians Juris Kaukulis and Kaspars Tobis. The performance \u201c?r?\u201d is already the ninth art project, in which Olga \u017ditluhina cooperates with both musicians of the popular band \u201cDzelzs vilks\u201d. They are currently actively involved in the process of rehearsals and along with the choreographer looking for best musical solution for the performance.<\/p>\n
For many years Olga \u017ditluhina also cooperates with costume artist \u0160eila, who, like the musicians, regularly participates in the rehearsals to negotiate with the dancers and find the best costumes for the total concept of the performance.<\/p>\n
For the first time, Olga \u017ditluhina cooperates with stage designer Gints Gabr?ns. The artist is one of the best-known representatives of the Latvian contemporary art who in his works is experimenting with science and art. In 2007 his exhibition \u201cParamirrors\u201d represented Latvia in the Venice Biennial. It has been nominated for the \u201cGrand Prize of Purv?tis\u201d as well, becoming the winner of the audience vote. Stage designs made by Gints Gabr?ns six times are nominated for the Latvian Theatre award \u201cSp?lma?u nakts\u201d, and received the award in the season of years 2001\/2002. By creating stage design for the performance \u201c?r?\u201d Gints Gabr?ns stays faithful to his artistic language based on scientific experiments, using, for example, lasers. Like other elements of the performance the stage design is created in the process of rehearsals by using different artistic means of expression and by raising Brand\u2019s questions which are so topical also today.<\/p>\n
Brand\u2019s motto sounds: \u201cBe forgiven \u2013 if you were not able, but never \u2013 if you did not want.\u201d The performance is created thinking about the fight with darkness, about climbing the mountain, the desire to infatuate and lead people, about doubt and disbelief on the way, about pits in which you must fall to find out the right course to still move forward and motivation to follow the chosen direction. Is it still the way that each one of us must go at some stage of life or is there no time for maximalism and idealism as you have to catch up everything at the same time?
\nThe biggest challenge of the creative team is to talk about these issues, so that young people do not come up to all the laughter or all the noble ideas do not become icy cold concepts. Therefore, it is essential that the dancers in the performance are young people themselves \u2013 contemporary dance choreography students of the Latvian Academy of Culture. One of the fundamental challenges of choreographer Olga \u017ditluhina and dance dramaturge Inta Balode in the process of rehearsals is to ask gnawing questions and set tasks for the young dancers, ensuring that they are \u201cknocked out\u201d from the tranquil passive position of the intellectual and physical comfort: \u201cLet everyone get up and go. Let climb on the table, on the hill, up the stairs, railings. And not as rams and ewes but each of them on his\/her own will and mind. With joy and with a good portion of self-irony.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is intended to show the performance \u201c?r?\u201d only three times in Latvia, in a hall with 70 seats.<\/p>\n
Premiere: December 08, at 18: 00, in Zirgu pasts (46 Dzirnavu Street)<\/p>\n
Performances: on December 09 and December 10, at 19: 00, in Zirgu pasts (46 Dzirnavu Street).<\/p>\n
Tickets in \u201cBi?e\u0161u parad?ze\u201d cash desks and http:\/\/www.bilesuparadize.lv\/<\/p>\n
Producer: Baiba Ozoli?a<\/p>\n
The performance is supported by: <\/strong><\/p>\n Ibsen Scholarships, State Culture Capital Foundation, Latvian Academy of Culture, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Latvia, and Nordic Council of Ministers\u2019 Office in Latvia.<\/p>\n Informational sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n Journal.dance.lv, Kroders.lv, Satori.lv<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An intense rehearsal process of the contemporary dance performance \u201c?r?\u201d is taking place as its premiere is planned to come…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dance.lv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}