CLOSING OF THE FESTIVAL. Dance performance “Indigo. Das Schliemann Projekt” / Šeiko Dance Company (Lithuania)
Choreography: Agnija Šeiko
Dramaturgy: Goda Dapšytė
Music: Donatas Bielkauskas
Set designer: Sigita Šimkūnaitė
Costume designer: Sandra Straukaitė
Light designer: Andrius Stasiulis
Choreographer‘s asistant: Inga Kuznecova
Idea: Goda Giedraitytė
Location: @Žvejų rūmai Cultural Centre (Taikos pr. 70, Klaipėda)
Duration: 60 min.
Creators of this performance were awarded with three Golden Stage Crosses – most prestigious national theatre awards in Lithuania. Awardees: Agnija Šeiko for the choreography, Sandra Straukaitė and Sigita Šimkūnaitė for the costume and set design, Andrius Stasiulis for light design.
The performance is inspired by the colorful and contrasting biography, personality and story of 19th century businessman, polyglot, discoverer of historic Troy, Heinrich Schliemann. Man, who spoke eighteen languages and recited the Iliad by heart, visited most of the world’s continents, but finding personal happiness and achieving scientific recognition was far more difficult for him than commerce or archaeological excavations. H. Schliemann brought Troy back to the world, but historians, archaeologists and even biographers have mixed opinions about him.
The creators of the dance performance were inspired not only by H. Schliemann’s historic discoveries, but also by his dynamic life story filled with personal losses, disappointments, stubbornness and will, incredible coincidences, lies and self-deception, love and longing for it. The performance creates a subjective narrative based on impressions, which not only interprets a historical figure, but also presents creators’ self-reflections.
“Indigo. Das Schliemann Projekt” is about an (un)achievable dream, passionate and fierce pursuit of a goal, truth and lies, simulation and reality and endless search for the true self, a kind of archeology of self.
Founded in 2012 in Klaipėda, Šeiko šokio teatras is one of the most actively creative professional contemporary dance companies in Lithuania. Led by choreographer Agnija Šeiko, the dance company creates and presents dance performances of various genres and forms that have been awarded the highest national awards, as well as engages in dance education, organizes public performances in the city, and collaborates with various communities. Šeiko Dance Company has already visited international festivals and stages in more than a dozen countries around the world: the USA, Iceland, Italy, China, Latvia, France, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Malta, Estonia, and Belgium. https://seikodancecompany.com/
Important: During the performance, intense light and sound installations are used, which may affect individuals who are more sensitive or have epilepsy. The performance is not recommended for children under 7 years old. The stage design (“blue ashes”) are safe and only fall right in front of the stage and do not reach the audience. Additionally, we recommend wearing face masks for extra protection.
Photo: from company archive
