Birutė Letukaitė
Performance of dance and live music, which analyzes the topics of beauty, fashion cults, the aim of luxury and demonstrates the vanity which living with “masks” brings forth.
The original choreography, the precise movements of the dancers, the trained, incredibly flexible bodies, the luxurious costumes created by Kristina Čyžiūtė, the play of lights by Vladimir Sherstaboyev, as well as live music of improvisation masters from Kaunas make ‘Kaunas Zoo’ a stunning spectacle
Theatrologist, theatre critic Deimante Dementaviciute-Stankuviene
Photo: Dmitrij Metvejev (New Baltic Dance’19)
Choreography
Birutė Letukaitė
Music
Improvisational music band “Kaunas Zoo”
Costumes
Kristina Čyžiūtė
Lights
Vladimiras Šerstabojevas
Dancers
Arno Verbruggen (Belgium), Hayleigh Smillie (Scotland), Hueng Won Lee (South Korea), Julija Mintautė (Lithuania), Lin van Kaam (Norway), Marine Fernandez (France), Matthew Livingston (USA), Natsuho Matsumoto (Japan), Thibault Rousselet (France)
Duration
60 min.
Premiere
May 9th, 2019, Vilnius
Premiere dancers
Blake Seidel (USA), Chiara Corbetta (Italy), Clara Giambino (France), Evgenii Kalachev (Russia), Jasper Narvaez (Philipins), Julija Mintautė (Lithuania), Matthew Livingston (USA), Marine Fernandez (France), Mei Chen (China)
Shows
2019:
LITHUANIA – Vilnius (New Baltic Dance’19), Anykščiai (International Dance Festival “PĖDOS”), Kaunas, Vilnius, Šiauliai (Contemporary Art Festival VIRUS)