{"id":29389,"date":"2025-12-01T15:10:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowair.lt\/du-i-prieki-viens-atgal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T18:45:17","slug":"two-steps-forward-one-step-back","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lowair.lt\/en\/theatre\/two-steps-forward-one-step-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Two steps forward, one step back (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Vilnius dance theater Low Air presents the dance performance “Two steps forward, one step back”. Dance artist Joseph Simon first encountered dance through breakdance culture, and today he explores the intersections of ballet, house, and contemporary dance, seeking dialogue between different techniques and philosophies.<\/div>
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In “Two steps forward, one step back” Joseph collaborates with four young Lithuanian dancers who have completed their dance studies abroad and have a strong foundation in classical and street dance. Two of them are alumni of Low Air theater: Ugn\u0117 Irena Laurinavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 studied dance in the Amsterdam University of the Arts, and Vaiva Pauk\u0161t\u0117 studied in the Codarts University in Rotterdam. Gabrielle Emily Aidulis returned from abroad to Lithuania after studying in ArtEZ University of the Arts in the Netherlands, while Urt\u0117 Groblyt\u0117 studied in P.A.R.T.S. contemporary dance school in Brussels.<\/div>
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Joseph Simon’s latest work, “Two steps forward, one step back”, was born out of his ongoing research cycle “Ballet Fantasies”. The performance expands the boundaries of classical ballet by incorporating street and club dance culture. The performance explores how two different worlds of dance \u2013 institutional dance and dance based on community and liberation \u2013 can coexist in one body. It raises questions not only about aesthetics and technique, but also about power and freedom of action, the relationship between tradition and progress, lightness and weight.<\/div>
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This is the first work by a foreign choreographer produced by the Low Air duo, Airida Gudait\u0117 and Laurynas \u017dakevi\u010dius.<\/div>\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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Premiere: 2025<\/p>

Duration: 45′<\/p>

Dancers and co-authors: Vaiva Pauk\u0161t\u0117, Gabrielle Emily Aidulis, Ugn\u0117 Irena Laurinavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Urt\u0117 Groblyt\u0117<\/div>
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Music: Adas Gecevi\u010dius<\/div>
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Outside view \/ Dramaturgy: Liza Baliasnaja; Zo\u00e9 Lecorgne<\/div>
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Costumes \/ scenography: Izabel\u0117 Nare\u010dionyt\u0117<\/div>
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Lighting design: Tomas Stonys, Valerij Davydov<\/div>
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Graphic design: Sa\u0161a Kochan<\/div>
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Excerpts from: Adaptation of Jules Perrot’s Pas de Quatre by Anton Dolin with Carla Fracci, Margrethe Schanne, Josette Amiel, Kirsten Bundgaard, 1968;
Swan Lake – Pas de Quatre (Dance of the Little Swans);
Gerhard Zacharias “Ballet – Gestalt und Wesen. Die Symbolsprache im europ\u00e4ischen Schautanz der Neuzeit”, Noetzel, Florian Verlag, 1993.<\/div>
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Produced by: Vilnius city dance theater Low Air<\/div>
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Finansed by: Lietuvos kult\u016bros taryba<\/div>
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Special thanks to: Vaiva Pauk\u0161t\u0117, Gabrielle Emily Aidulis, Zo\u00e9 Lecorgne, \u017dilvinas Beniu\u0161evi\u010dius \u2013 “PRO Baletas” academy, Vilnius city dance theater Low Air<\/div>\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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Visaginas “Erdv\u0117s” festival, Visaginas, Lithuania, 2026<\/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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2026 08 19<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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