In the performance in I'clrpete (vortex), the creator and performer Erik Eriksson and Krishj Animtnis Sants take as a starting point the principle of rotating para – movement, which is better known in plays and folk dance. They develop it into a dance of precision, speed, confidence and enthusiasm. As they swirl hand in hand through space, the performers bring the audience together. Thus, everyone participates in dynamic repetition patterns. Vērpete accompanied by live music, vibraphone and guitar, which creates a dense and objemno the sound of the scenery, which is implemented by mr mārtiņš Miļevskis and Rihards Lībietis. The audience shares the same space as the performer, and many have described their experience as finding themselves in the midst of a natural force felt first by the body and then by the mind. The performance premiered in 2015 at the Homo Novus festival and received the Latvian Performing Arts Award as achievement of the year in contemporary dance (2016). In 2022, it was staged again at the HOROS festival and toured Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania. In 2024, Baltic Dance platform was included and selected for the Swedish tour Dansn Contactt.
Erik and Krishj Animtnis met in Brussels while studying at the P. A. R. T. S. dance school and have since collaborated on many projects. Erik Eriksson (Sweden) received his master's degree from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2022. He works as a dancer, pedagogue and choreographer in Sweden, Latvia, Belgium and Finland, with a special interest in sharing the physical experience of dance. In 2018, krisj animtnis Sants (Latvia) completed his master's degree in scenography at the Latvian Academy of Arts. He is part of the artistic duo IevaKrish, and together with Ieva Gaurilchikaite-Sants (Lithuania/Latvia) they create performances that focus on the quiet communication of space and rhythm and a modern reinterpretation of Baltic traditional polyphonic singing. As a performer, Krishj Animtnis collaborates internationally with field animatorks/Heine Avdal & Animatukiko Shinozaki. He is also the leader of the horos Dance Residency and festival in western Latvia. M'lutti'lutsi Mi'lutevskis is a versatile percussionist who has played with several well-known Latvian bands such as H2O, Astro'n'out, Otra Puse, and with the folk group Au'lutsi, as well as with Riga orchestras and Liep'lutsi. Rihards L'ultbietis plays acoustic guitar, writes music and has released four albums with his instrumental group Rihards L'ultbietis Orchestra.
Author, choreographer and dancer: Krisj Animalnis Sants, Erik Eriksson
In: mr mārtiņš Miļevskis (vibraphone), Rihards Lībietis (guitar)
Costume Designer: Ieva Gaurilchikait / Sants
Production: TUVUMI (2022) / New Theatre Institute, Latvia (2015)
With financial support: Creative Europe Programme [DNA], Latvian state foundation for cultural capital, fund s Alce-Lat
In collaboration with Dance Theatre Ljubljana
V predstavi Vērpete (vrtinec) ustvarjalca in izvajalca Erik Eriksson in Krišjānis Sants za izhodišče vzameta princip vrtečega se para – gibanja, ki je bolj znano v igrah in ljudskem plesu. Razvijeta ga v ples natančnosti, hitrosti, zaupanja in navdušenja. Ko se z roko v roki vrtinčita skozi prostor, izvajalca združita občinstvo. Tako vsi sodelujejo v dinamičnih vzorcih ponavljanja. Vērpete spremlja glasba v živo, vibrafon in kitara, kar ustvarja gosto in objemno zvočno pokrajino, ki jo izvajata Mārtiņš Miļevskis in Rihards Lībietis. Občinstvo si deli isti prostor kot izvajalca in mnogi so svojo izkušnjo opisali, kot da bi se znašli sredi naravne sile, ki jo najprej začuti telo in nato um. Predstava je premiero doživela leta 2015 na festivalu Homo Novus in prejela latvijsko nagrado za uprizoritvene umetnosti kot Dosežek leta v sodobnem plesu (2016). Leta 2022 je bila ponovno uprizorjena na festivalu HOROS ter gostovala po Švedski, Latviji in Litvi. Leta 2024 je bila vključena Baltic Dance platform in izbrana za švedsko turnejo Dansnät.
Erik in Krišjānis sta se spoznala v Bruslju med študijem na plesni šoli P.A.R.T.S. in od takrat sodelujeta pri številnih projektih. Erik Eriksson (Švedska) je leta 2022 magistriral na Danski nacionalni šoli za uprizoritvene umetnosti. Deluje kot plesalec, pedagog in koreograf na Švedskem, v Latviji, Belgiji in na Finskem, s posebnim zanimanjem za deljenje telesnega doživetja plesa. Krišjānis Sants (Latvija) je leta 2018 zaključil magistrski študij scenografije na Latvijski akademiji za umetnost. Je del umetniškega dua IevaKrish, skupaj z Ievo Gaurilčikaite-Sants (Litva/Latvija) pa ustvarjata predstave, ki se osredotočajo na tiho komunikacijo prostora in ritma ter sodobno reinterpretacijo baltskega tradicionalnega večglasnega petja. Kot performer Krišjānis sodeluje na mednarodni ravni z fieldworks/Heine Avdal & Yukiko Shinozaki. Je tudi vodja plesne rezidence in festivala HOROS v zahodni Latviji. Mārtiņš Miļevskis je vsestranski tolkalec, ki je igral z več znanimi latvijskimi skupinami, kot so H2O, Astro'n'out, Otra Puse, in z ljudsko skupino Auļi, pa tudi z orkestri v Rigi in Liepāji. Rihards Lībietis igra akustično kitaro, piše glasbo in je izdal štiri albume s svojo instrumentalno skupino Rihards Lībietis Orchestra.
Avtorja, koreografa in plesalca: Krišjānis Sants, Erik Eriksson
Glasbenika: Mārtiņš Miļevskis (vibrafon), Rihards Lībietis (kitara)
Kostumografinja: Ieva Gaurilčikaitė-Sants
Produkcija: TUVUMI (2022)/Novi gledališki inštitut, Latvija (2015)
S finančno podporo: Program Ustvarjalna Evropa [DNA], Latvijska državna fundacija za kulturni kapital, sklad Swe-Lat
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