Arina Trostyanetskaya and Erika Vizbaraitė / CREATIVE LAB FOR YOUNGSTERS

A creative dance laboratory is inviting you to experience a variety of movement possibilities and find your own way of moving. Two different professional dance artists will share their own approaches of body, space, time, presence, and will bring you some tools to play with. This workshop will help you to understand better your own body, its moving possibilities, and special qualities. It is a shared physical experience with a space for your own research and expressions. 

The day is constructed of ballet (45 min.) and contemporary dance (45min.) classes in the morning and creative session (3 h) in the afternoon. Each day is going to have a different theme to explore. On Saturday we might have a small open rehearsal/presentation for friends and family.

Schedule Monday to Friday (August 10-14th):

• 10:00–10:45 h Ballet technique class
• 11:00–11:45 h Contemporary technique class (some days the order will switch)
• 12:30–15:30 h Creative session

Requirements:

1. Participants age – 12-14 years.
2. Participants should have 2-3 years of dance experience and strong desire to create (program will emphasize creative, improvisation work, not teaching steps/choreography).
3. Participants should speak and understand English.

Important info:

1. Participants should be able to take part in all program from Monday to Friday (attending part of the program is not allowed).
2. Group size – 15 teenagers.
3. Price for the program is 120 eur.

REGISTER HERE.

 

BIOGRAPHIES

Arina Trostyanetskaya (Russia) graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and taught modern dance both at the Academy and the Ballet School. In 2009 Arina joined the troupe of the Netherlands Dance Theatre (NDT 2) where she worked with Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Paul Lightfoot, Sol León, and Ohad Naharin and began creating choreographies. In 2012 – 2015 she worked with the Danish Dance Theatre (Dansk Danseteater). According to Arina, she explored different styles: neoclassical, pantomime, grotes-que, expressionism, modern. Among her productions – “A big ballet in the village of Peremilovo” (Danish Dance Theatre), “Goodbye Prince Charming” and “A farewell lullaby” (Lucent Dance Theater). Over the years Arina have been teaching at Balettacademien in Stockholm, Dansehallerne and Pantomine Ballet in Copenhagen, Vaganova Ballet Academy and Eifman Ballet Academy in Saint-Petersburg.

Arina’s dance video (chor. Jiří Kylián, Ivan Perez, Lukáš Timulak)

Arina’s dance improvization video

Erika Vizbaraitė – dancer, teacher, choreographer, member of the Contemporary Dance Association. In 2001 she graduated from the Rambert College of Classical and Contemporary Dance in London, in 2010 she obtained an actor-contemporary dance master’s degree from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Since 2015 Erika teaches classical and contemporary dance, stage practice at Vilnius College, and also works as a dance teacher at M.K. Čiurlionis Art School.

Erika Vizbaraitė creates and performs in contemporary dance performances (recent works: dance miniature “In the Water”, performance “K.I.D”, research work / installation “Transparent”, research dance performance “Apnea”), creates dance films (“Aš tau siunčiu Labų Dienų“, “Didžioji Kometa“, “Šounuolynas”), creates choreography for musicals, operas, various cultural and art projects. Frequently attends dance and theater creative laboratories and professional development workshops in Lithuania and abroad.

“Apnea” dance performance short video (chor. Erika Vizbaraitė)

“Vandenyje” dance miniature (chor. Erika Vizbaraitė)