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Laurynas Žakevičius

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About

Laurynas’ goals as an artist and performer reflect the ones in the mission and projects of LOW AIR, a dance theatre he co-founded: to tell more people about the culture of urban dance though building culture communities, introducing dance performances, creating the conditions for education, and initiating various social programmes reachable to anyone.

LOW AIR, Lithuania’s first urban dance theatre, founded in 2012 by Airida Gudaitė and Laurynas Žakevičius, aims to introduce admirers of the theatre to the full potential of street dance.

Having met during an educational project, the two dancers got to really know each other through a dance competition on TV. They won such a contest a few years later, becoming an inseparable creative tandem, certain ambassadors of street dance in the professional scene.

Their debut performance was “Feel-Link”, an emotional duet of urban and contemporary dance, presented in “Atvira erdvė“, the Arts Printing House’s programme for young artists. The creators were nominated for the highest Lithuanian theatre award for this performance and praised by both the theatre community and critics. The play is still being shown today, and it has been performed about 100 times in 12 countries around the world.

Since 2011, the choreographers staged six performances of new dance syntheses, searching for fresh forms in the Lithuanian contemporary dance scene.

Their works have been awarded two Golden Stage Crosses – “Kelionė namo“ [“A trip back home”], a dance, music, theatre, and literature performance, and “Žaidimas baigtas“ [“Game over”], a visual dance performance.

LOW AIR experiments by blending different dance styles and movement forms together, choosing unconventional subjects for their performances, and educating young talents on the stage. Their works travel to art festivals in Lithuania and abroad; the creators also take part in many culture projects, dance seminars, international fairs, representing the urban and contemporary dance of Lithuania.

Videos (choreography/dance)

Visual dance performance "Game Over"

Chor. Airida Gudaitė, Laurynas Žakevičius
Premiere: 2016

Urban dance performance “Feel-Link”

Chor. Airida Gudaitė, Laurynas Žakevičius
Premiere: 2012
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