{"id":28236,"date":"2025-07-29T18:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowair.lt\/mokytojai\/aretas-piaseckas\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:52:42","slug":"aretas-piaseckas","status":"publish","type":"mokytojai","link":"https:\/\/lowair.lt\/en\/teachers\/aretas-piaseckas\/","title":{"rendered":"Aretas Piaseckas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Aretas Piaseckas is a contact improvisation teacher and contemporary dance performer. Dance entered Aretas\u2019s life in 2016, when he began attending popping classes \u2014 a street dance style \u2014 where he learned the nuances of this unique dance technique and body control. Around the same time, he began attending the \u201cExperimental\u201d classes taught by Kamile Karpalovaite-Kamilla. In these classes, he discovered a freer way of moving within himself, and most importantly, Aretas was introduced to movement while maintaining constant physical contact with a partner or group \u2014 Contact Improvisation.<\/p>

In 2021, Aretas decided to enroll in the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA), specializing in contemporary dance. This plunged him into entirely new experiences; tried himself both in dance performance and in choreography, and gained a wealth of diverse knowledge, including contact improvisation lectures at the academy led by Giedre Kirkile, where Aretas learned the fundamentals of this dance practice, had the opportunity to hone his skills, and experiment.<\/p>

During his studies, together with Sandra Konovalova, he created the contemporary dance piece \u201cDesert\u201d, in which the dancers drew heavily on the principles of contact improvisation.<\/p>

He participated in various contact improvisation and partnering workshops, learning from Aist\u0117 Jan\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Giedre Kirkile, Nica Andrea Portavia, Benno Voorham, Katja Mustonen, Marion Sparber, and Alan Fuentes Guerra.<\/p>

During his studies in 2022\u20132023, he participated in various dance and creative workshops in Finland and Estonia.<\/p>

During his studies from 2021 to 2025, he participated in various dance performances:
\u201cWreck – list of extinct species\u201d (choreographed by Pietro Marullo);
\u201cDruska\u201d (choreographed by Aira Naginevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117);
\u201cNail salon next to the graveyard\u201d (choreographed by Elina Pirinen);
\u201cRave of Riot\u201d (choreographed by Agniet\u0117 Lisi\u010dkinait\u0117).<\/p>

In 2024, together with Sandra Konovalova, he led a contact improvisation workshop at the international dance event \u201cCN D\u201d in France.<\/p>

In 2025, he taught contact improvisation classes to the advanced \u201cGrow Air\u201d group at the Low Air dance school and created a short performance for International Dance Day in the \u0160nipi\u0161k\u0117s district.<\/p>

THREE KEY EVENTS:<\/p>

\u2013 Studies in dance and related pedagogy at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater.<\/p>

\u2013 A desire to provide teenagers with a safe space to connect with their peers.<\/p>

\u2013 A passion for creating, experimenting, and sharing with others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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