The International Contemporary Dance Festival “New Baltic Dance” during 10 years of existence became one of the main and most prestigious dance festivals in the North of Europe. In 1997 it gathered participants mostly from post-Soviet countries where contemporary dance had just been only starting. Since the first festival, the geography of the guests participants had expanded – festival has presented companies from all Nordic and Baltic countries, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Israel, Canada, Slovenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Poland.
Program of the festival includes famous productions of well established companies with famous productions as well as new young companies/choreographers and their experimental works. One of the main principles of The Festival, which is organized by Lithuanian Dance Information Centre nad Vilnius Festivals, is to present the most recent productions, thus the event is open for premieres, postpremieres and works in progress. The festival also provides the opportunity for the Lithuanian choreographers to present their newest works (mostly premieres).
The Programme of International Contemporary Dance Festival “New Baltic Dance’09”, May 5–11 Vilnius (Lithuania)
May 5, Tuesday
18.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Main Hall
• Carte Blanche (Norway)
Uprising (26’)
Choreographer – Hofesh Schechter (UK)
Killer Pig (41’)
Choreographer – Sharon Eyal (Israel)
Tickets: 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 Lt
20.00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall
• resistdance & friends / Silke Z. (Germany)
private spaces (70’)
Tickets: 40 Lt
22.00 Arts Printing House, II Studio
• Caroline Simon (Germany)
Piece (45’).
Tickets: 30 Lt
May 6, Wednesday
19.00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall
• Club Fisk (Denmark)
Forestillinger (20’)
Choreographer – Kasper Daugaard Poulsen
• Steinunn Ketilsdóttir & Brian Gerke (Iceland)
Love always, Debbie and Susan (25’)
Tickets: 40 Lt
May 7, Thursday
19.00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall
• Dewey Dell (Italy)
à elle vide (25’)
Choreographer – Teodora Castellucci
• Leonardo Diana (Italy)
Verso la Luce (30’)
Tickets: 50 Lt
FranceDanse Vilnius
May 8, Friday
18.00 Sereikiskiu park
• Beau Geste (France)
Transports exceptionnels (20‘)
Choreographer – Dominique Boivin
19.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Main Hall
• Cie Illico (France)
Switch (65’)
Choreographer – Thomas Lebrun
Tickets: 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 Lt
21.00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall
• Kaunas Dance Theatre Aura (Lithuania)
Back (26’).
Choreographer – Raimonda Gudaviciute
• Tautvilas Gurevicius / Arts Printing House (Lithuania)
Four-and-a-half visions. Perceptions (30‘)
Tickets: 30 Lt
May 9, Saturday
16.00 Sereikiskiu park
• Beau Geste (France)
Transports exceptionnels (20‘)
Choreographer – Dominique Boivin
17.00 Arts Printing House, Pocket Hall and II Studio
• Jone Dambrauskaite / Arts Printing House (Lithuania)
Homo sum (25‘)
• Agnija Seiko & Dovile Binkauskaite (Lithuania)
Parallel Fantasy (35’). Premiere
Tickets: 20 Lt
19.00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall
• Thomas Lebrun / Loreta Juodkaite (France / Lithuania)
To do this, don't do that (15’)
Choreographer – Thomas Lebrun
• Loreta Juodkaite / Arts Printing House (Lithuania)
Sibyl (40’)
Tickets: 50 Lt
May 10, Sunday
16.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Small Hall
• Olga Zitluhina Dance Company (Latvia)
Quick Time Player (30’)
• Cie Illico (France)
Many Dreams for Exercising Waltz (20’)
Choreographer – Thomas Lebrun
Tickets: 50 Lt
18.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Main Hall
• Systeme Castafiore (France)
Manuel du Merveilleux (85’)
Tickets: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 Lt
20.00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall
• Compagnie Ariadone (France)
Sora no ao, le bleu du ciel (60’)
Choreographer – Carlotta Ikeda
Tickets: 50 Lt
May 11, Monday
18.00 Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Main Hall
• Compagnie Rêvolution (France)
Urban Ballet (60’)
Choreographer – Anthony Égéa
Tickets: 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 Lt
20.00 Arts Printing House, Black Hall
• Cie Illico (France)
La constellation consternée (42’)
Choreographer – Thomas Lebrun
Tickets: 50 Lt
NB: Organizers reserve the right to change the program.
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