{"id":30702,"date":"2024-10-14T20:41:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T17:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowair.lt\/renginys\/puga-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:11:25","slug":"puga-2023","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/lowair.lt\/en\/event\/puga-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"International dance festival P\u016aGA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The winter dance festival P\u016aGA, as it does every year, invites all dance lovers\u2014and everyone else\u2014to gather amidst the major holidays of the year. December 28\u201330 A three-day festival will take place at Vilnius\u2019 cultural hub\u2014Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117\u2014featuring not only Lithuanian dance premieres, practical movement workshops and classes, a party at one of the most beautiful venues\u2014Opera Social House\u2014and dance battles, but also a performance by guests from Iceland.<\/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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December 28 at 6:00 p.m., Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117 (Ki\u0161enin\u0117 Hall)
2IN1: AN UNCONVENTIONAL DANCE CLASS WITH A PARTY VIBE<\/p>

Low Air invites you to an unconventional dance class-party where you\u2019ll feel as relaxed as at a great party while learning street dance moves from real dance professionals.
> FREE. REGISTRATION: ENDED<\/p>


December 28, 7:00 PM, Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117 (Black Hall)
VISUAL DANCE PERFORMANCE \u201cGAME OVER\u201d<\/p>

Awarded the Golden Stage Cross (Best Dance Work of the Year, 2016)
Nominated for the Golden Stage Cross (Best Dancer of the Year, 2016)
The performance has toured: Lithuania, Ukraine, Italy, Israel, China, Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Georgia, France, and South Korea.<\/p>

\u201cJoking aside, we are immortal,\u201d \u2013 Julio Cort\u00e1zar
When visiting the grave of one of the most famous 20th-century Argentine writers, Julio Cort\u00e1zar, it is customary to leave a glass of wine and a sheet of paper on which the game \u201cClasses\u201d is drawn. Inspired by this tradition and the author\u2019s rules for playing with the imagination, the \u201cLow Air\u201d team presents an innovative performance that combines the fields of dance and visual art. The visual dance performance \u201cThe Game Is Over\u201d explores dreams and analyzes how they might be interpreted in real life. The performance is full of symbols and codes that the audience, together with the creative team, will attempt to decipher.<\/p><\/div>

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December 28, 8:30 p.m., Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117 (Ki\u0161enin\u0117 Hall)
IMPROSESIJA + OPENING PARTY<\/p>

We will conclude the first day of the festival with a dance improvisation session that brings everyone together to move to the rhythm of dance. The term \u201cimprovisation,\u201d frequently used in the dance community, will be the main focus of the evening\u2014during the session, movement will be created \u201chere and now,\u201d listening to the DJ, observing the surroundings, and watching one another.
> FREE. REGISTRATION: ENDED<\/p>


December 29 at 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM, Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117 (Ki\u0161enin\u0117 Hall)
PREMIERE: DANCE PERFORMANCE \u201cTHE DREAMING BEAUTY\u201d<\/p>

\u201cThe Dreaming Beauty\u201d is a movement-based performance inspired by Charles Perrault\u2019s fairy tale \u201cSleeping Beauty\u201d and its predecessor, Giambattista Basile\u2019s \u201cThe Sun, the Moon, and Talia.\u201d Drawing on these two tales, the performance creates an autonomous dream space not described in either of them. Vaiva Pauk\u0161t\u0117, together with the creative team, explores the connection between gender and narrative. The creators aim to shift the perspective from an external, masculine gaze to the inner experience of Sleeping Beauty, her dreamlike reality, thereby dismantling the fictional image of \u201cwoman.\u201d
*A meet-and-greet with the creative team will follow the performance.

Co-producer of the performance: LMTA<\/p><\/div>

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December 29, 7:30 p.m., Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117 (Black Hall)
DANCE PERFORMANCE \u201cWAITING FOR DANCE\u201d (ICELAND)<\/div>

\u201cWaiting for Dance\u201d invites the audience to surrender to an intimate moment of anticipation. What does a person experience in a state of waiting? If we wait together, can we collectively experience the longing for change? The unfolding of the performance\u2019s duration through repetition and absence heightens the anticipation that something will happen. Perhaps something we do not yet know how (\u2026) This soundscape was created by the choreographer Yelena Arakelow herself, and it is her first sound piece. It is based on field recordings made by Yelena on her iPhone. The field recordings were made during moments of waiting in Reykjav\u00edk, the Westman Islands (Iceland), Riga, and Vanga\u017ei (Latvia).<\/div>
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December 30 at 12:00 p.m. Low Air Dance School
CONTEMPORARY DANCE WORKSHOP WITH YELENA ARAKELOW (Iceland)<\/div>
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Yelena Arakelow is a Swiss-born choreographer, dancer, and artist who has been living and working in Reykjav\u00edk, Iceland, since 2015. In 2018, she completed her bachelor\u2019s degree in contemporary dance at the Iceland University of the Arts. She is currently a member of the Reykjavik-based collective \u201cImprov for Dance Enthusiasts,\u201d works with the North Atlantic Islands Dance Network to promote greater sustainability in dance in the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland, and is pursuing a master\u2019s degree in dance at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.<\/div>

> PRICE: 10 EUR (cash payment at the Low Air dance school)
> REGISTRATION: ENDED<\/div>
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December 30, 6:00 p.m., Men\u0173 spaustuv\u0117 (Black Hall)
PREMIERE: INTERACTIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE \u201cTRUTH OR DARE\u201d<\/p>

The present moment of this dance performance is a dialogue between the past and the future. Is it possible to win a game whose goal is to see untruth within one\u2019s own truth? Or perhaps the answer lies not in struggle, but in dialogue? We know only one thing\u2014such a move will certainly require courage! \u201cTruth or Dare\u201d is a game well-known to many, and everyone is invited to play. The rules of this game are simple: dare to defy the rules of the game-regime, or let someone else decide for you what your truth is? But does courage always equal truth? Or is truth >< courage? We are all pawns in this global game, constantly moving across the space like a game board so that at the end of our turn, we are on the right side.<\/p>

*A meet-and-greet with the creative team will follow the performance.<\/p>


December 30, 8:00 PM, Opera Social House
WHAT\u2019S YOUR FLOW: ALL-STYLES DANCE BATTLES + PARTY<\/p>

The festival will close with all-styles dance battles, where dancers, drawing on different dance styles, will fill the space with their authentic flow of movement. Through improvisation, they will showcase techniques from various street dance styles.
All festival visitors and dancers are invited to the P\u016aGA closing party.<\/p>

> FREE FOR AUDIENCE
> REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPANTS: ENDED
> PARTICIPANT ENTRY FEE\/DONATION: 5 EUR (cash payment at the entrance)
(The money collected goes to the winner of the evening\u2019s battles and DJ)<\/p><\/div>

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Festival Organizer: Vilnius City Dance Theater Low Air
Media partners: LRT Plius, Media Traffic, 370diena.lt, VAGA bookstore chain
Sponsors: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality
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