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

Aurimas Tiškevičius / Adomas Čėpla

Beata Molytė

Indrė Mickus

Jokūbas Nosovas

Jonas Laucius 

Olga Konošenko / Auksė Mikalajūnaitė

Paulina Čistovaitė

Rokas Spalinskas

Stefanija Nosovaitė

 

Children

Adas Urbutis

Adelė Jasiūnaitė

Izabelė Baravykaitė

Izabelė Muznikaitė

Kristupas Šėmis / Vilius Kajus Bagdonas

Luknė Mackevičiūtė

Martynas Šveikauskas

Mėta Meškytė / Sofija Buinauskaitė

Nida Didvalė

Rūta Vilčinskaitė

Saulė Rudokaitė

The dance performance Youth, or the ways parents and children live, is the unique première of the 23rd season at the ACH 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 11 to 13-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 ACH 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...”

REPERTOIRE:

August 9 – Palanga

October 30 – Vilnius

November 23 – Kaunas