{"id":362,"date":"2018-03-12T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/?p=362"},"modified":"2018-03-12T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T17:15:00","slug":"kaunas-artists-house-liza-baliasnaja-lt-be-and-sidney-barnes-uk-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/en\/2018\/03\/12\/kaunas-artists-house-liza-baliasnaja-lt-be-and-sidney-barnes-uk-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaunas Artists&#8217; House: Liza Baliasnaja (LT \/ BE) and Sidney Barnes (UK \/ BE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In March 2018, contemporary dance artists Liza Baliasnaja (LT \/ BE) and Sidney Barnes (UK \/ BE) will reside at Kaunas Artists&#8217; House. During the residency the artists will develop the final part of their dance performance \u201eFigures\u201c, resulting from a year-long collaboration of both choreographers. The premiere of \u201cFigures\u201d will take place at Kaunas Artists&#8217; House on March 16, 7 pm.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-360\" src=\"https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FIGUROS-710x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FIGUROS-710x399.jpg 710w, https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FIGUROS-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FIGUROS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FIGUROS-1100x618.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FIGUROS.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2016 both artists met at P.A.R.T.S contemporary dance school in Belgium and in 2017 started working on \u201cFigures\u201d as a duo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn \u201cFigures\u201d we perform geometrical and physical relations choreographed as a sequence of illusionary events that challenge the visual experience of the observer. There are some ambiguous two-dimensional figures that, when viewed, can give rise to experiences that offer different phenomenal characters, and these differences can be observed in sharp or distinct ways. The switch from seeing an image in one way to seeing it in another can happen suddenly or gradually, due to certain saccadic features of our visual perception \u2013 this is known as the Gestalt shift. Although one can have a certain autonomy over the phenomenon of Gestalt switching, it often happens without one&#8217;s control, unrecognizable and perplexing. What is happening when one undergoes the Gestalt switch is that one\u2019s visual, intellectual or even emotional knowledge of an experience changes. One experiences several different phenomenal characters one after another. As a result, it evokes introspective thinking, a consideration of one&#8217;s interior state in relation to the exterior input. Figures invite the spectator to focus on one&#8217;s own trajectory of thought stimulated by a cascade of physical landscapes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duration of the performance: 45 min.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free of charge.<br \/>\nSpecial thanks to the Lithuanian Culture Council, Nida Art Colony, Rosas \/ P.A.R.T.S, House of Gaesbeek and Kaunas Artists&#8217; House.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/210150155\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"FIGUR&sum;S TRAIL&sum;R\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Artists&#8217; biographies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liza Baliasnaja<\/strong> is a Lithuanian-born dancer and choreographer currently residing in Brussels. She started her dance education in Artez Institute of the Arts in the Netherlands. After one year of studies Liza was selected to join the Training Cycle in P.A.R.T.S, an international school for contemporary dance in Belgium. Since her graduation from P.A.R.T.S in 2016, Liza has been involved as a performer in the works of M\u00e5rten Sp\u00e5ngberg and Eszter Salamon.<br \/>\nIn her work Liza takes on a playful approach to the choreography of movement, often using cross-reference and re-appropriation as methods of developing her material. Her latest work can be placed at the intersection of sculpture and dance, formal and visual, abstract and meditative.<br \/>\nIn 2015 she choreographed \u201cKlymaxless\u201d for Aura Dance Theater in Lithuania \u2013 a piece, which was then performed in New Baltic Dance&#8217;16 festival in Vilnius as well as LitauenTanzt\u201917 festival in Berlin. Her work \u201cCommensurate\u201d has been presented in Kaaistudios (Brussels) and Vooruit (Ghent) as a part of graduation tour in 2016. In 2017 she choreographed \u201cFigures\u201d \u2013 a collaborative project with Sidney Barnes, which has been previously performed in Kelim Choreography Center in Tel Aviv, Arts Printing House in Vilnius and Kaunas Artists&#8217; House. Liza is a guest teacher at Vilnius Academy of Arts as well as the National M. K. \u010ciurlionis School of Art.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sidney Barnes<\/strong> is a UK-born visual artist, composer and dancer currently residing in Barcelona.<br \/>\nAfter his education at The Arts Educational School in London Sidney was selected to join the Training Cycle in P.A.R.T.S, Belgium. After graduating in 2016, Sidney has performed for Eszter Salamon and M\u00e5rten Sp\u00e5ngberg.<br \/>\nIn his work, he mainly focuses on music and auditory listening. Through a process of choreographic creation, Sidney seeks to find ways in which choreography can induce listening and vice versa.<br \/>\nIn 2017 \u201cFigures\u201d was created together with his collaborator Liza Baliasnaja and has since been performed in Kelim Choreographic Centre in Tel Aviv, Arts Printing House in Vilnius and Kaunas Artists\u2019 House. Also, Sidney is developing an extended musical documentation called \u201cFigures E.P\u201d that seeks to establish alternative ways to document, support and conceive works of dance. It\u2019s not treated as a musical accompaniment but rather a memory trigger after the show or even just a piece of sonic immaterial art that stands on its own. Sidney is also engaged in non-performative practices, working for artist Tommo Hammik on collection of prints named \u201cLunar Voyage\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2018, contemporary dance artists Liza Baliasnaja (LT \/ BE) and Sidney Barnes (UK \/ BE) will reside at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kaunas Artists&#039; House: Liza Baliasnaja (LT \/ BE) and Sidney Barnes (UK \/ BE) - Lithuanian Dance Centre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dance.lt\/new\/en\/2018\/03\/12\/kaunas-artists-house-liza-baliasnaja-lt-be-and-sidney-barnes-uk-be\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"lt_LT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaunas Artists&#039; 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