LOW AIR 15 | Platform for the future: ON SEEN, BOMBING, SAD DIVA CLUB
Vilnius city dance theater Low Air is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its creative work and is launching “Platform for the Future”—a space where Low Air alumni and their latest works come together.
On Saturday evening, we invite you to see three works by the younger generation of dance artists. Ugnė Irena Laurinavičiūtė will present the premiere of her solo piece “ON SEEN”—about the ever-changing body and its reality, shaped by the gazes of others, cultural habits, and the repetitions of everyday life.
In their performance “BOMBING,” inspired by street dance and graffiti culture, Monika Čibiraitė and Gabija Čepelytė will invite the audience to reflect on the defense of values, rebellion, risk, invisible oppression, the price of freedom, and the euphoria of liberation.
In his solo piece “SAD DIVA CLUB,” Rokas Bugys will invite you to seek out a language of love—inspired by the waacking dance style and the myth of the mermaid—as well as to draw near, pause, observe, and savor the allure.
There will be short breaks between performances during the event.
ON SEEN
ON SEEN – a solo work about the ever-changing body and its reality, shaped by gazes, cultural habits, and daily routines. Gender is revealed here not as a given, but as a construct that has settled over time—an embodied habit that determines how bodies are seen and understood. What seems self-evident begins to shift, change, and take on other forms.
The body is in a state of constant flux here: shifting between different forms, states, and modes of visibility. Movement is deconstructed and reconstructed; it is allowed to fragment, overlap, and lose its clear boundaries—as if viewed through fogged glass.
The choreography unfolds like compost—from layers, remnants, rhythms, tension, and excess. Movements briefly take shape, disintegrate, and come together again, like waves that break into foam and reassemble themselves.
Instead of a clearly defined identity, a shifting landscape unfolds, in which different forms of expression overlap, merge, and lose their boundaries. The work remains in this state of instability—with the possibility that the body will never settle—and with a reality that could still be different.
Duration: 40 min.
CREATIVE TEAM
Choreography: Ugnė Irena Laurinavičiūtė
Music: Emilija Karosaitė
Dramaturgy, choreographic assistance: Maira Darja Shirin Horváth
Lighting design: Tomas Stonys
Mentor: Liza Baliasnaja
Costume Consultant: Thomas Bradley
Producer: OPEN FRAME CREATIVE / Dmitrijus Andrušanecas
Premiere: 2026
Photo: Andrey Motorichev
The performance was created in collaboration with the Contemporary Dance Association and the Žagarė Cultural Center, as well as during a residency at the Akee / Aleknaičių Cultural and Educational Space.
BOMBING
BOMBING – a street dance duo that balances between self-expression and crime, individuality and community, hope and reconciliation. When paint cans start to be treated as dangerous bombs, and the future of the younger generation is painted over with prohibitions, what is left for us? Why do we call young people the future, yet restrict their self-expression? Who decides who is destined to create, and who is destined to remain silent? Who decides who will live, and who will die?
Inspired by street dance and graffiti culture, *BOMBING* is a story about defending values, rebellion, risk, invisible oppression, the price of freedom, and the euphoria of liberation—in reality, in the imagination, or perhaps only in the peace found in each other’s arms.
Duration: 40 min.
Photo: Aleksandra Ivinskaitė
CREATIVE TEAM
Choreography and performance: Monika Čibiraitė and Gabija Čepelytė
Choreography mentors: Airida Gudaitė and Laurynas Žakevičius
Breakdancing and street arts mentor: Fredrick Freeze Herranen
Composer: Rommel Arasa
Additional music and performers: Darkstar – “Blurred,” Jed Kurzel – “Jamie”
Props designer: Jurgis Binkauskas
Lighting designer: TBA
Gabija Čepelytė is a professional dancer, producer, and choreographer working internationally. Her creative practice and core expertise are rooted in the history and culture of street dance, particularly in the styles and techniques of hip-hop, house, and popping. Gabija earned her bachelor’s degree in dance with highest honors from the Surrey/Guildford School of Acting (United Kingdom). She later honed her skills through various programs and courses designed for dancers, producers, and choreographers. Gabija has extensive experience in street dance theater and is a recognized participant and organizer on both the Lithuanian and international street dance scenes.
SAD DIVA CLUB
SAD DIVA CLUB – a solo piece about the desire to love and be loved, about seduction as a way to draw closer to another, and about the body, which can be both alluring and vulnerable at the same time. What is the language of love that words cannot express? The dance style waacking and the myth of the mermaid—these are the companions on this journey.
The body becomes a channel of seduction and connection. A glance, a face, hands, a heartbeat, weight, and energy create an invisible thread between the performer and the viewer. Seduction here is not merely a promise—it is an invitation to draw near, to pause, to look, to taste.
“Sad Diva Club” explores what lies between beauty and vulnerability, between fantasy and reality, between what endures and what is constantly changing. Like a wave—always here, yet always different: approaching, receding, and returning once more. The feet remain rooted in reality, while the body drifts into a dream.
This is a diva who invites you to watch. Or perhaps—to be watched.
Duration: 10 min.
Photo: personal archive
CREATIVE TEAM
Choreographer and Performer: Rokas Bugys
Music: Monika Liu – “Troškimas”
Mentor for the initial process: Sara Wiktorovicz