Šokio spektaklis ''DUETAS''

In the contemporary Western society, more and more people radicalize their relationship to tradition, either by blindly following it or claiming to annihilate it. An intermediate path does not seem desirable anymore. How does one build on tradition while staying critical towards it?

In A Duet, this tension is exposed through dance. Ballet is the beloved mother and the despised father of the Western concert dance tradition. In the piece, the performers are fighting the classical dance and it fights back. However, the goal of this battle is not to defeat but to elevate each other. Ballet is forcing performers to search for the essence of classical worldview, while the performers are urging it to talk with a voice of current times. Witnessing this infinite battle is the audience who is invited to reflect on their personal and societal role in defending, destroying or neglecting tradition and its relationship to today.

Credits
Choreographer: Dovydas Strimaitis
Dancers: Clara Davidson, Ibai Jimenez
Lighting designer: Lisa M. Barry
Costume designer: Taylor Wishneff
Sound engineer: Maxime Jerry Fraisse
Music: Adolphe Adam, Giselle No. 20 - Allegro feroce (London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas)

Rehearsal director: Tomer Pistiner

Producer: Inga Galvanauskaitė
Production: Still Waiting (FR), BE COMPANY (LT)
 

The performance was awarded the “Golden Stage Cross” for choreography in 2024.

Partially funded by the Lithuanian Council of Culture.
Co-production: CCN Ballet national de Marseille.
With the support of Théâtre de Vanves, Montévidéo, Lithuanian Cultural Institute.
Special thanks to Austė Zdančiūtė, the Lithuanian Cultural Attaché in France.

World premiere took place on 30 March 2023 at the Théâtre de Vanves in Paris during the festival ArtDanThé.