Autobiografinis šokio spektaklis STRIPPER / Ieva Navickaitė / Be kompanijos

STRIPPER is an autobiographical contemporary dance solo performance about the body as a workplace, political field and creative instrument. The project was born from more than a decade of Ieva Navickaitė's experience in the field of "sex work" and the parallel development of her career as a contemporary dance creator, existing between the theater stage and an erotic nightclub. Grounded in transfeminist and queer philosophy, the piece explores the relationship between purchased intimacy, bodily autonomy, and power, rejecting both moralization and romanticization. The body here is understood as agentic, changing and intersectional – operating at the intersection of economics, politics and imagination.
STRIPPER consciously flirts with academic language, but conveys it through humour, irony and personal experience. It is a politically conscious, but very personal work that invites not to judge, but to rethink - who looks, who evaluates and who has the right to define the body and its choices.

Surprise after the performance. It is red, sweet and slightly effervescent. We invite you to experience it.

IEVA NAVICKAITĖ is a contemporary dance artist living in Lithuania who works internationally as a creator and performer. She began her professional training at the Idyllwild Arts Academy (USA), where she studied after receiving a full scholarship for young talents. Since then, Ieva has collaborated with various troupes and independent artists across Europe and beyond, from repertory theater to experimental performances and interdisciplinary stage practices. Her career as a performer includes work with Van Huynh Company, Staatstheater Kassel, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Cienfuegos Danza, Reut Shemesh Dance Company, Dance Theater Aura, Candela Capitán, Kristel Van Issum, United Cowboys, Jerome Meyer, Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, Noa Wertheim, Maciej Kuźmiński and others. In addition to her activities as an international performer, Ieva conducts creative workshops in Lithuania and various European countries, creates choreography for the theater and teaches in Lithuania and abroad. Currently, her artistic research focuses on the body in the contexts of power, agency and performativity.

BE KOMPANIJOS is an independent contemporary dance art organization founded by choreographers Agnietė Lisičkinaitė and Greta Grinevičiūtė in 2019. The organization is engaged in the production of performances by dance artists and takes care of their dissemination in Lithuania and abroad, bringing together more than 20 independent creators. Be company aims to promote dialogue between art and social activities, to increase the accessibility of contemporary dance and to search for new, unconventional forms of understanding and experiencing contemporary dance. The organization has a progressive approach to performing arts and actively contributes to the development of the modern dance field. During her activities, she created about 30 works of stage art and is active both in Lithuania and internationally.

CREATIVE TEAM

Author and performer of the idea and choreography: Ieva Navickaitė
Composer: Agnė Matulevičiūtė
Playwright: Bush Hartshorn
Costume designer: Rūta Kyguolytė
Lighting artist: Povilas Laurinaitis
Video projection author: Sofija Laurušonytė
Mentor: Liza Baliasnaja
Producer: BE KOMPANIJAS / Agnietė Lisičkinaitė and Edita Martinavičiūtė
Photographer: Vismantė Ruzgaitė
Design: Mykolas Budraitis
The project is partially financed by: Lithuanian Culture Council
Project partners: Art Printing House, Lithuanian Dance Information Center and Contemporary Dance Association
Duration: 50 min
N-18

When buying 10 or more tickets, you can contact: vipklientai@bilietai.lt

Doors open: ~21:10
Event duration: ~0:50
Intermissions: none
Event language: -
Children admitted for free: no
Age limit: N-18, younger persons not admitted
Discounts: not applicable

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