Her Annas —

anos O nos

ALL OF THEM

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Onago

On—a—go

Ego On

O

No

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Four ONOS. Four invisible beams and a crumbling floor.

Four form space.

Creates an architecture of the body and relationships. Fractured, rebellious, intimate.

protests, waits, breaks the silence, reconciles, accepts/withdraws/withholds.

Collects omitted details of history.

Through their bodies, they allow what remained invisible to return.

Women revive the lost vibrations of their voices.

Onos (re)creates today.

The performances of the Šeikos Dance Theatre are unexpected, multi-layered stage stories that intertwine contemporary dance, music, and visual arts. In the performances TRAVELING CHURCHES, OVERWHELMED, INDIGO. DAS SCHLIEMANN PROJECT, the theatre highlighted the possibilities of dance to transfer relevant issues of history and identity to the contemporary stage.

The new work ONOS continues the line of dance archaeology. This time the creators look back at the world of Lithuanian manors, the everyday lives and destinies of the women who lived there. Choreographers Agnija Šeiko and Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė, together with the creative team, examine how silences, losses and interpretations of stories have shaped our postcolonial identity and erased the sense of belonging to a community.

In the performance ONOS, the body becomes architecture – movement connects space, its elements and the inner world of a person. ONOS – as a common denominator – attempts to collect the scattered fragments of lost history and restore the voice of those who lived and will live.

Choreographers: Agnija Šeiko and Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė and dancers

Dancers: Gintarė Marija Ūsė, Ugnė Kavaliauskaitė, Ema Senkuvienė, Marija Ivaškevičiūtė

Composer: Kristijonas Lučinskas

Set designer: Sigita Šimkūnaitė

Costume designer: Sandra Straukaitė

Playwright: Goda Dapšytė

Lighting designer: Andrius Stasiulis

Producer: Judita Strumilaitė

Production team: Rasa Morkūnaitė, Darius Berulis, Vilma Ramašauskaitė, Gintarė Marija Ūsė, Edvardas Kažarnovičius

The performance uses intense lighting.

The project is financed by: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Klaipėda City Municipality, Neringa Municipality

Partners: Nida Culture and Tourism Information Center "Agila", National MK Čiurlionis School of Arts, Klaipėda Culture Factory.

Acknowledgements: Manor architecture consultant Dalia Puodžiukienė, historian and museum curator Kristina Petrauska

Duration: 60 minutes.