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Concept: Dovydas Strimaitis
Choreography: Dovydas Strimaitis and dancers
Dancers: Ema Senkuvienė, Marija Untulytė, Gintarė Marija Usė, Eivinas Dziena, Artūrs Nīgalis, Edvardas Kažarnovičius
Composer: Maxime Jerry Fraisse
Music arrangement: Irina Bukina
Voices: Andrius Maslekovas (tenor), Izidorius Babkov (tenor), Deividas Edas Kukta (baritone)
Vocal recording sound engineer and editor: Donatas Jarutis
Artistic director: Agnija Šeiko
Producer: Judita Strumilaitė
Duration: 30 min

RECOMMENDED for those who enjoy the dialogue between traditional and contemporary dance

Various dance genres and styles are performed in the circle, but folk dances stand out like no other with their abundance of circles. Circles are used in folk dances all over the world. The circle is a symbol of spirituality, divinity, and transcendence. Folk dances are also said to be such, but during the performance, we will seek an answer to the question of how authentic folk dances are and how much they truly belong to the people.

Spin, spin the wheel, spin it to one side,
Tell me, maiden, will you be mine?
I will not spin the wheel to either side
Do not think, young man, that I will be yours.
You didn't come to me on your own horse,
You didn't give me your own ring.
You came to me on your brother's horse, You gave
me your sister's ring.

The dance performance Suk suk is the first joint work by D. Strimaitis and Šeiko Dance Theater. This project is part of the French-Lithuanian creative collaboration program KlaipeDAnse, which has been running since 2017.

Dovydas Strimaitis is a Lithuanian contemporary dance artist living and working in France and Belgium. At the age of 12, he began learning various dance styles: line dancing, show dancing, and finally contemporary dance. In 2015, Dovydas enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in dance at Codarts (Netherlands). From 2019 to 2022, he was a dancer with the Marseille National Ballet. In 2024, Dovydas Strimaitis was awarded the Golden Cross of the Stage as the best choreographer of the year for his dance performance Duet.
https://www.dovydas-strimaitis.com