Dance performance “Man on the Moon” / Nuepiko (Lithuania)

Idea, choreography author: Marius Pinigis

Music author and choreographic collaborator: Andrius Stakelė

Assisting choreographer: Tadas Almantas

Scenographer and costume designer: Arvydas Gudas

Light designer: Renaldas Bartulis

Author of visual identity: Eglė Simonavičiūtė

Project coordinator: Vaida Virbickaitė

Head of project communication: Agnė Pinigienė

Project is financed by: Lithuanian arts council

Project partners: Lithuanian Dance Association, Cultural Center of Prienai, Mokslo sala

Location: @Culture Factory (Bangų str. 5A, Klaipėda)
Duration: 50 min.

Recommended age: 12+

Music and dance performance. Journey of music and dance into the self. In an age of rush and chaos, the moon becomes a metaphorical space of encounter – a place where we can pause, face ourselves in the light, and touch the hidden depths that lie in shadow.
 

Balancing dualities – music and dance, light and darkness, framed structure and pure weightlessness – dance artists Marius Pinigis and Andrius Stakelė embark on a voyage across their inner and outer cosmos.

Marius Pinigis is a representative of contemporary dance, developing his activities as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher not only in Lithuania but also abroad. He was a dancer at Kaunas Dance Theatre Aura for a long time. One of the founders of the Nuepiko dance company. For his active artistic activity, Marius has been awarded several professional performing arts awards. He is actively involved not only in educational activities, but also regularly trains in dance seminars, workshops, and intensive courses abroad. Member of the Contemporary Dance Association.
 

Having started his career as a dancer and choreographer, artist Andrius Stakelė is working as an electronic music composer for some time already, creating music for dance performances, documentaries, and other creative projects, intensively collaborating with independent Lithuanian and foreign creators.

Nuepiko is a dance company from Kaunas (Lithuania) founded in 2016. Having started its activities with the performances "(g)roundzero" and "Overheated", which were awarded or nominated for the most important Lithuanian and Kaunas performing arts awards, the company is currently engaged in creative dance performance projects, collaborates with other Lithuanian performing arts and culture institutions, organizations, also actively engages in educational, community initiatives promoting the spread of contemporary dance, looking for different formats to develop their activities. https://www.nuepiko.lt/

 

Photo: from company archive