Dance ALL IN is an artist-led touring platform by five partners from Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Portugal and Spain, presenting five diverse dance performances in three countries through the principles of solidarity and fairness. Dance ALL IN focuses on intergenerational, diverse, and inclusive dance productions which are accompanied by a series of workshops and talks open for everybody, i.e. all in.

Performances: 

PROGRAMME FOR ADULTS

03.20  (Thursday)
Venue: Menų Spaustuvė | 19:00 

Together Alone (Lithuania)
Topics: freedom of expression, identity.

The dance performance by a choreographer Airida Gudaite and two B-Boys Laurynas Zakevicius (Lau) and Rokas Saltenis (Rukus) is constructed as a dialogue with another, but in essence with oneself. While studying the movements and flow of Breaking, juxtaposing them with the Lithuanian folk dance, a physical, tangible form is sought for the spreading of the male or a dancer’s identity. By becoming each other’s mirror images, in today’s bustle of norms, prejudices, and stereotypes, one tries to turn back to oneself, firmness in sensitivity, sense of self in alteration or other, in a duality.

“Together Alone” is an artistic research of the canons of identity in hip-hop dance, inviting artists and audiences to explore breaking as a performing art form. The performance is an opportunity to reflect on the concept of a world without borders, using the links between cultures to rethink topics of migration in art and cultural forms. The Western masculinist dance, Breaking, is juxtaposed and connected with the movement codes of the pair dance existing in the Lithuanian folk dance heritage. Artists ask: what kind of men are we, what does this dance talk about when we go on stage and what is it like when we participate in dance battles, and sports competitions, such as the Olympics?

Discourses of appropriation and homogeneity are raised, which also touch on the ethical issues of the use of images. Creative explorations of this field of art and the stories of its origin invite mutual dialogue beyond the performance.

Idea, concept author: Airida Gudaitė
Choreography: Laurynas Žakevičius, Rokas Šaltenis, Airida Gudaitė
Performers: Laurynas Žakevičius, Rokas Šaltenis
Composers: Agnés M, Marta Finkelštein
Light designer: Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
Light Operator: Edgaras Varkulevičius
Costume designer: Rūta Kyguolytė
Costume designer’s assistant: Asami Imanishi

03.21 (Friday)
Venue: Menų spaustuvė
19:00 

Mabel Revival (Finland)

Topics: ageing, feminism.

Mabel Revival is a hilarious mix of dance, performance, and cabaret. The choreographer Liisa Pentti together with musician Robert Kock are taking their audience into a charmed world of female divas, adored icons, and objects of our desire. Mabel is a woman without remorse, a female diva and shaman-performer. To celebrate life one needs to speak about death and embrace the realms where we can enter only in our dreams – thus the story of Mabel Revival.

Mabel is a celebration of femininity and ageing and asks the question of how women in their 60s are still relevant on stage and how they are represented.

Diva: Leila Kourkia
Musician: Robert Kock
Diva coach: Frans Poelstra
Make-up coach: Tuija Luukkainen
Costumes: Terttu Torkkola
Production: Liisa Pentti +Co
Duration: 40 min.

20:00

WITH US. Episode 1 – Karel (67) meets David (27) (Germany)

Topics: disability, ageing, inclusion.

This is an intergenerational and inclusive dance performance by choreographer Silke Z., from Cologne, Germany. Karel, a dancer aged 67 and David a 27-year-old dancer with Down syndrome meet and share their bodily landscapes, measure their individual bodily shapes, and challenge each other’s movement forces. They encounter each other in a completely human way: like father and son or like best friends.

During the performance, one part of the trilogy will be shown: Karel (67) meets David (27).
Choreography: Silke Z.
Performers: Karel Vaněk, David Winking („Die Metabolisten“ company)
Light designer: Garlef Keßler
Sound director: Liam Giles
Managers: Carina Graf, Hanna Held
Duration: 20 min.

PROGRAMME FOR KIDS

03.22 (Sunday)
Venue: Menų spaustuvė | 17:00 

A&S Space travellers (Spain)
Topics: environment, new technologies, youth.

A&S Space travellers is a performance created with children for intergenerational audiences. It is a scenic proposal that aims to generate empathy, fantasy, dialogue and communication, within a fantastic Martian universe. Performers build an unknown place filled with volumes, circles, and spheres. Beings from another planet come to this world to interact and play with terrestrials. It is a surreal work with plastic and pictorial magic created through objects, dance, the relationship with technology, and audience participation.

Concept and author: Catalina Carrasco
Interactive technology, visuals and lighting: Gaspar Morey
Performers: Catalina Carrasco & MAX + collaborators from the audience
Music & text: Enrique Barrenengoa
Voice-over: Aitor Quiñonero, Susan Power & Aina Compte
Costumes: Angie Vallori
Scenery assistance: Arquitectives
Distribution: Marta Guzmán Management

+seminar by BAAL (Spain)
For families, multigenerational participants
Venue: Low Air dance school / 12:00 (60 min.)

For families with or without accompanying persons. For different age groups (from 5 to 90 years) // All ages are welcome. We will play with materials such as rubber bands, sheets of paper, dry brushes and other elements of dance, and we will trace the space as if we were drawing – individually, in pairs and in groups. Together we will create a space filled with shapes and colours.

03.23 (Saturday)
Venue: Menų spaustuvė | 17:00 

Somatati (Portugal)

Topics: disability, youth.

SOMATATI is a performance for audiences aged 4-12 years, that transcends boundaries and embraces inclusivity. Presented by CiM Dance Company, this production features a cast of artists diverse abilities, fostering a sense of unity and belonging within the community.

Follow the journey of four characters as they come alive and embark on a profound exploration of newfound superpowers. Through the art of dance, ideas meld together, creating a powerful tapestry of emotions that spans across time, from the echoes of the past to the vibrant pulse of the present, and into the boundless potential of the future. 

Artistic Director: Ana Rita Barata, Pedro Sena Nunes
Choreography: Ana Rita Barata
Dancers: André Garcia, Bruno Rodrigues, Joana Gomes, Mara Pacheco
Dramaturgy: Manuel Henriques
Original Music: Philippe Lenzini
Costumes: Mafalda Estácio
Direction: Pedro Sena Nunes
Editing: João Dias
Photografer: João Pedro Rodrigues
Light Design: Sérgio Joaquim, Diogo Zózimo
Programming and Light Operation: Diogo Zózimo
Production: Inês Baptista & Francisca Miguéis
Production Support: Margarida Silva
Communication: Inês Baptista, Francisca Miguéis and Madalena Sobral
CiM executive coordinator: Célia Carmona
CiM Executive Director: A. Barata

+Seminar by Silke Z. (Germany)
Venue: Low Air dance school
The Aging Body / 60+