ARE WE (AL) ONE?
Sound and movement performance premiere 13th & 14th of November
Tickets: https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/performance/40110
“Are we (al)one?”
* wordplay: viens [ˈviɛ̯̂ns] - one (the cipher, the cardinal number one), also the amount equal to one
On stage, two young artists meet the most traditional of Latvian musical instruments - the kokle, which they have both played together since childhood. In this performance, in which not a single word is spoken, sound and movement become the language of communication. In their hands, the kokle is not just a musical instrument, it is a responsive playing partner and a living archive, reminding them of personal choices and deep roots that extend beyond a single generation.
Creative team:
Directed and choreographed by Lilija Lipora
Dramaturgy consultant: Laura Stašāne
Sound design: Simone Spampinato
Costumes: Baiba Grīna
Lighting: Egils Kupčs
On stage: Kristīne Tukre and Dzintars Lipors
Project is supported by State Culture Capitas Foundation (SCCF) and Riga City Council.
Kristīne Tukre:
A concert kokle performer, currently completing her master’s degree at the Sibelius Academy in Finland, where she is studying classical kokle performance. Her musical practice focuses on contemporary academic and experimental repertoire, exploring its interaction with an instrument rooted in folk music tradition. A significant part of her creative work involves improvisation and a research-based approach to performance and sound art, as well as her pedagogical work. As a soloist and as a member of various ensembles, Kristīne regularly performs at festivals of experimental and contemporary music.
Dzintars Lipors:An actor and musician who graduated from the acting program at the University of Central Lancashire in England. In addition to his acting career, he plays several instruments, including the kokle, which he has been playing for more than 18 years. He is also active in music composition, improvisation, and dance, incorporating various movement practices into his artistic work. He performs as a soloist with kokle improvisations and has participated in several site-specific dance productions, collaborating with choreographers from Latvia and abroad.
Next performances: 21st & 22nd of January.
Photos: Aivars Ivbulis
TAKTES
About the performance: TAKTES is a dance performance of family consisting of 4 people. The Lipori family performs about living together, separation, family ties, individual aspirations and existence in the modern world.
23 CHROMOSOMES
About the performance: Each person is characterized by a set of 46 chromosomes, mother and daughter share 23 chromosomes. This biological fact has become a living metaphor, reflecting not only the genetic connection that stretches across time, connecting the past with the present, but also the psychological nuances in the relationship between mother and daughter.
NEXT TO YOU
About the performance: She makes links, destroys, and shapes the world while dancing. One cycle replaces another. Sometimes she wants to stop time and not move, but she knows she will keep moving.
The created masculine systems in today's world tend to use and ignore the breath and voice of Nature, but Nature continues to exist, and women carry their existence.
When Nature gets tired of humans creations, it will shake it like small pollen or grains of sand.
Can cyclicality stop entirely at some point?
HOW I WANT TO GO
HOW I WANT TO GO
About the performance: In front of us were Jette Užāne's Diaries. Girls who at the age of 6 were left with immobile legs. Girls whose inner strength, restless spirit made them look for ways of self-expression.
Learn moreCORRECT DISTANCE
About the performance: CORRECT DISTANCE is a concept that emerged during the pandemic, which involves building humane and understanding-based relationships with oneself and others. It was created as a performance in motion, based on the idea of forming mutual relationships between mother and child. Every society's path to a better future is healthy, strong, and understanding-based relationships. It is important to seek ways to create the right distance with your children, teenagers, parents, and also anyone who has experienced trauma.
SHADOWS
SHADOWS
About the performance: the performance encourages the viewer to look at the human body from different perspectives. The play of light and shadow allows one to see the human body in different forms. It is both an illusion and a transformation of the body at the same time.
BIOLOGY OF FREEDOM. THE STORY OF THE EEL
About the performance: This is a story about nature and the natural in us. About primality. About the fact that we are all together and connected in a single ecosystem – algae, fish, waters, earth, insects, birds, animals and humans. We all share one common inhale and exhale. Each of us, simply because we are born, is responsible for our shared home – the world, and we are co-responsible for mountains of plastic, dead zones in oceans and seas, river dams, noise and light pollution, and the disappearance of fish, bird and animal species.