International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
Programme
Whirl
8, 10 September 19:00, Former 'Boļševička' textile factory | 10, 7 Eur
In Whirl the young choreographers Krišjānis Sants and Erik Eriksson bring together their keen interests about body in movement, research of traditions and new way of perception.
Building on rhythmic structures of folk melodies and one single movement common in traditional dances of many nations, Krišjānis and Erik bring pure physicality in focus and create a picture of perpetual movement of body in space and time.
Spectators are invited to leave behind the position of onlookers and become collaborators in this performance. The artists propose a new mode of perception where the perceiver is a part of what is being perceived.
The performance is commissioned by the festival with the support of [DNA] Departures and Arrivals and EU programme Creative Europe.
About artist
Krišjānis Sants and Erik Eriksson are recent graduates of PARTS dance school in Brussels and this is their first collaborative project.
Krišjānis Sants is a Latvian dancer who after graduation of the Latvian Academy of Culture and PARTS works both in Latvia and Belgium, collaborating with several acknowledged artists like musician Laima Jansone and choreographer Daniel Linehan. In his own work Krišjānis explores the ways to transmit the rythmic codes of Latvian ornaments and folk songs into movement.
Erik Eriksson is a Swedish dancer based in Sweden and Belgium. Deriving from a acrobatics and break dance background, he is passionate about the moving body in every possible aspect. After having graduated from PARTS in Brussels he continues to work in Europe and investigates a cinematic perspective of the human being and its relation to its surroundings.
Credits
By and with: Krišjānis Sants and Erik Eriksson
Musicians Laima Jansone and Mārtiņš Miļevskis
Production: New Theatre Institute of Latvia
Premiere in Riga, 2015
8, 10
September
19:00
10 and 7*
Eur
Language
No text
Duration
1h
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* Reduced price for pupils, students, seniors, people with disabilities