Džiazo šokio ir muzikos spektaklis „LINDYHOPERA“ (Choreografė Elzė Višnevskytė)

Lindyhopera

Jazz dance and music performance

Duration - 1 hour.

Premiere - 2024 December 14.

Great hall

Creative group:

Choreographer - Elzė Višnevskytė

Composer - Remis Rančys

Set designer and costume designer - Paulina Turauskaitė

Lighting designer - Povilas Laurinaitis

Ensemble " The Schwings Band":

Remigijus Rančys - saxophones

Gedimin Svilas - double bass

Jonas Filmanavičius – drums

Jūris Benaitis – guitar

Assistant director - Eglė Kuzienė

Starring:

Telman Ragimov, Viacheslav Lukyanov, Artur Svorobovich, Maksim Tuchvatulin, Igor Abramovich, Vera Stasenia, Yevgenia Karpikova, Yelena Ragimova, Aleksandra Metalnikova, Yevgenia Rusakova, Viktorija Aliukone-Miroshnikova, Larisa Popova, Edita Goncharova, Ekaterina Makarova, Angela Bizunovič, Aleksandr Kanayev, Yevgenia Gladij, Inga Maškarina

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Live music, jazzing, almost speaking bodies, the feeling of freedom and frenzy, the grace and elegance radiated by the dance - this is "Lindyhopera", which will take you out of everyday life, awaken the slumbering life, and transfuse the sleeping blood. All this and the energy of the vintage jazz ensemble "The Schwings Band", the movement architecture designed by choreographer Elzė Višnevskytė, the jazz and swing cascades of composer Remi Rančis will guarantee an upbeat evening.

The main part of the performance the playwright is the body, and more precisely, the actors of the Vilnius Old Theater and their bodies. The director is music and rhythm. It is not for nothing that jazz and swing have become synonymous with freedom, and lindyhop is undoubtedly a rehearsal of freedom. Jazz dances (Charleston, black bottom, tap, lindy hop, tricks, solo jazz, balboa, etc.) were born from the need for liberation and joy.

Jazz is all kinds and everywhere, his language is based on rhythmicity, improvisation, individuality and expression. These elements have the power to create identity, connection with self and others. Jazz dances were born and developed as club dances, but were danced both on the streets and in living rooms. Lindyhop is a highly energetic pair dance that was born in the 1920s in Harlem, New York, in the black community.

The performance explores the relationship between freedom and structure. Is freedom possible without boundaries, without structures? Can the structure provide security? What kind of freedom do we seek? How and what does jazz say to us today, what can it teach?

Live music, choreography creates a theatrical miracle, which we all look forward to every day as a promise, although never fulfilled. This fiesta of expression is for everyone: young, mature, elderly, someone who likes jazz and doesn't want to worry about "serious matters", i.e. i.e. minors Nobody loses here.

"We have been playing jazz for dancers for many years. When we were young, most of the time we only cared about the notes. Now that the notes are floating by themselves, there is time to watch the dancers. Music is the wind, and dancers are the forest responding to the wind. Learning to dance so that you are light as the wind is not easy - you have to learn the steps, like a sheet of music, and then forget everything, surrender and dance." (Remis Rančys)

Elzė Višnevskytė – jazz dancer, choreographer, educator. Since 2017 runs the What a Jazz studio. Participates in international jazz dance festivals in Europe, Asia, USA.

Remis Rančys – musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator. Actively participates in Lithuanian and foreign jazz scenes, one of the country's most talented jazz performers. Founder of vintage jazz, swing and New Orleans jazz ensemble The Schwings Band.

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