Dance among the Water Lilies • Dovydas Strimaitis – Compagnie Still Waiting, Hairy 2.0
7 pm and 8.30 pm, Water Lilies Room
© Donatas Aliauskas
For Dovydas Strimaitis, who made a name for himself in France as a dancer with (La) Horde at the Marseille National Ballet, as well as with Dalila Belaza, hair driven by centrifugal force has become a symbol of freedom, defying contexts of imposed values, whether political, cultural or sensual. A choreographic piece for a dancer and their hair, Hairy 2.0 is a hypnotic experience on gyration and taking flight, taking the dancer to the very limits of physical performance.
Choreography and interpretation, Dovydas Strimaitis
How do you control the uncontrollable? This dramatic tension is the departure point for Hairy 2.0, a piece the choreographer has been performing in different formats, from solo to group dance, since its creation in 2022. In the midst of Monet’s Water Lilies, the young Lithuanian choreographer will be performing this strange piece solo, as if the form has represented a privileged format for experimentation ever since the advent of modern dance. Making use of numerous symbols connected with hair as a formalist tool – long, loose hair has major symbolic significance in western society, evoking romanticism, naturalness and freedom from tradition and oppression – Dovydas Strimaitis has developed counterpoints that are not only temporal and spatial but also interpretative, in order to present a solo that may well turn more than one head by being as wild as it is aesthetically controlled.
Creation, choreography and performance: Dovydas Strimaitis
Music: original composition by Julijona Biveinytė, Prelude to Bach’s Suite for Cello No.4, played by Yo-Yo Ma
Jointly produced by Conny Janssen Danst and Dansateliers
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