DANCE FOR A 1000 YEARS

Choreographers: Agnietė Lisičkinaitė and Greta Grinevičiūtė
Composer: Dominykas Digimas
Dramaturg: Sigita Ivaškaitė
Costume Designer: Rūta Kyguolytė
Sound and Light Designer: Povilas Laurinaitis
"Dance Well" dance teachers Adrian Carlo Bibiano, Erika Vizbaraitė, Gabija Blochina, Goda Laurinavičiūtė, Mantas Stabačinskas and Marius Pinigis
Volunteers: Nida Žickytė, Jūratė Stonaitienė, Jurgita Grigaitė

How many times have you danced the 'victory dance'? How often have you walked the 'waltz step' in your life? In everyday language, we use many expressions that bring dance closer to our lives, but how often do we really dare to dance? What is dance for everyone? And what if dance were everywhere?
In 'Dance for a 1000 Years', choreographers Greta Grinevičiūtė and Agnietė Lisičkinaitė invite the audience on an extraordinary journey where the boundaries of dance dissolve, and what we see as everyday movement becomes a form of artistic expression. Drawing on the everyday experiences and personal stories of seniors, the choreographers aim to reveal each person's life as a story filled with hidden choreographic possibilities.
Every gesture here becomes a dance that is often overlooked. In this dance miniature, the choreographers try to dissolve the boundary between "them" and "us" - between the professional and the everyday, between the often marginalised, unnoticed elderly and the "active" members of society. In this dance miniature, the choreographers seek to erase the boundary between "them" and "us" — between the professional and the everyday, between the elderly, often overlooked by society, and the “active” members of society. In this way, the audience is invited into a new space of understanding, where dance, transcending the limits of artistic expression, becomes a universal experience of human connection. A new way to waltz through life together.

The creation of the miniature was partly funded by the Lithuanian Cultural Institute and the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Organised by the Lithuanian Dance Information Centre.

The work Dance for a 1000 Years premiered on October 6th 2024 at 5pm at the Kaunas Picture Gallery.