LAIKS DEJOT 2022 PROGRAM

12 June, 2022

Dirty Deal Teatro pl. 19.00

In collaboration with Dirty Deal Teatro

“Sixth” | “Ceļos” | Latvia

Opening of the festival

13 June, 2022

LKA Zirgu Pasts pl. 19.00

Gruppen Fyra & Kauri Honkakoski | “Soiree” |  Finland

A satirical and visually expressive performance exploring social rituals and collective norms through physical theatre and the language of silence.

14 June, 2022

Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum | 19:00

Zoé Lacorne and Rémi Thibault | “FATAL.E” | France

A performance duet reflecting on the image of women in art and everyday life.

Short Film Programme

Vilnis Bīriņš | “Brālis” | Latvia (8’)
Sintija Žīgure | “LILOU” | Latvia / Canada (8’)
Agnese Vanaga | “reQUIem Part One” | Argentina / Latvia (17’)


15 June, 2022

Hanzas Perons | 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00

Olga Žitluhina, Valerijs Oļehno, Juris Kaukulis, Oskars Pauliņš | “Tornado” | Latvia

A storm of movement and music where dance, sound, and space merge. Four performances, each offering a unique perspective.

16 June, 2022

Zirgu Pasts | 19:00

Petra Hrašćanec & Saša Božić | “Kolo” | Croatia

A performance about the transformation of folk dance into a contemporary collective body.

Noass | 21:00

Anna-Marija Adomaitė | “workpiece” | Lithuania / Switzerland (30’)

Skopje Dance Theater & Adrijana Dančevska | “Don’t Touch My Eyes” | North Macedonia (25’)

An evening of two contemporary solo explorations on the body, space, and intimacy.

17 June, 2022

Noass | 16:00
Open Stage

Noass | 19:00

Anton Ovchinnikov | “MonoChrome” | Ukraine

A dance film exploring unity and contrast within a black-and-white world.

Totem Dance Theatre & Jaroslav Kajnár | “Annihilation” | Ukraine

A powerful visual metaphor of collapse and rebirth through the movement of the body.

Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum | 21:00

Nantea Dance Company | “Brīdis – Wakati” | Tanzania

A meditation in African contemporary dance on time, presence, and identity.

18 June, 2022

Eduards Smiļģis Theatre Museum | 11:00

Smirna Kulenović | “Our Family Garden” | Bosnia and Herzegovina

A performance-workshop exploring memory, roots, and communal experience.

Rūta Pakalne & Indrek Kornel | “Between Two Bottoms” | Latvia / Estonia (15’)

A humorous take on the physical aspects of humanity and relationship dynamics.

Conversation with Vija Vetra | 14:00

21 June, 2022

Stāmeriena Palace | 18:00 & 21:00

“RAZDEDAUCH” | “BET – Body Experience Time through 45+ dancers” | Baltic and Northern European countries (80’)

A large-scale dance collaboration featuring 45+ dancers from Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. A performance about the body as a vessel of experience and memory.