The dance performance by two B-Boys Laurynas Zakevicius (Lau) and Rokas Saltenis (Rukus) is constructed as a dialogue with another, but in essence with oneself. While studying the movements and flow of Breaking, juxtaposing them with the Lithuanian folk dance, a physical, tangible form is sought for the spreading of the male or a dancer’s identity. By becoming each other’s mirror images, in today’s bustle of norms, prejudices, and stereotypes, one tries to turn back to oneself, firmness in sensitivity, sense of self in alteration or other, in a duality.
“Together Alone” is an artistic research of the canons of identity in hip-hop dance, inviting artists and audiences to explore breaking as a performing art form. The performance is an opportunity to reflect on the concept of a world without borders, using the links between cultures to rethink topics of migration in art and cultural forms.
Idea, concept author: Airida Gudaitė
Choreography: Rokas Šaltenis, Laurynas Žakevičius, Airida Gudaitė
Performers: Rokas Šaltenis, Laurynas Žakevičius
Composers: Agnés M & Marta Finkelštein
Lighting designer: Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
Lighting operator: Edgaras Varkulevičius
Costume designer: Rūta Kyguolytė
Costume designer’s assistant: Asami Imanishi
April 12 at 17:00
Lviv, Jam Factory Art Center, 124 B. Khmelnytskoho St. (Big Exhibition Hall, 1st floor)