Dance performance YOUTH
Based on music by J. S. Bach
Director-choreographer and librettist – Anželika Cholina
Set designer – Marijus Jacovskis
Costume designer – Olga Filatova Kontrimienė
Lighting – Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
Ballet tutor – Živilė Baikštytė
Hair and make-up artist - Dalia Žakytė
Premiere: July 17, 2023
Duration: 100 min.
Parents
Beata Molytė
Olga Konošenko
Paulina Čistovaitė
Indrė Mickus
Stefanija Nosovaitė
Aurimas Tiškevičius
Jokūbas Nosovas
Rokas Spalinskas
Pijus Mickus
Jonas Laucius
Children
Adas Urbutis
Adrija Bartusevičiūtė
Augustyn Bortkevič
Elzė Lazauskaitė
Guostė Rudinskaitė
Izabelė Baravykaitė
Kristupas Šėmis
Luknė Mackevičiūtė
Meda Bukauskaitė
Rasa Praspaliauskaitė
Sofija Laurinavičiūtė
The dance performance Youth, or the ways parents and children live, is the unique première of the 23rd season at the A|CH Theatre, in which three genres of dance are combined for the first time: Classical ballet, contemporary-modern, and street dance.
In addition, well-known and experienced masters of stage art, ballet soloists, actors and dancers, and 13 to 16-year-old children, the most talented students from ballet, dancing and acting schools, are taking on roles together on one stage for the first time in the history of the A|CH Theatre.
The plot of the play Youth combines episodes from the lives of six families, and brings two worlds into collision, the world of children and the world of adults. It is a contrasting psychological tragi-comedy, in which modern dramas in family life are expressed through the language of dance, set to the powerful music of J. S. Bach.
As part of the creative process, the director has delved deep into the origins of basic family conflicts, referring to the insights of psychologists.
@ Dmitrijus Matvejevas
Speaking about the new dance performance Youth, Anželika Cholina points out: “I have always been interested in getting close to the truth about life and exploring various aspects of relationships between people. The relationship between parents and children is the most complex form of communication between people. Families are basically started at quite a young age, so that most people become parents while they are still children…
This is a kind of art therapy session that lets us look into family life. In this work, I want to encourage adults to see children as equal personalities, and to appeciate their individuality. I hope the models of family behaviour shown in the play will make people think and inspire them to change...”
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