PROGRAM
International Contemporary Dance Festival "LAIKS DEJOT 2026" | June 5-16 | Rīga, Stāmeriena, Valmiera and Daugavpils
R Ī G A
June 6, Zirgu pasts
19:00 Francesco Scavetta/Wee - performance “And Yet” (Italy/Norway)
20:00 DJ set by Francesco Scavetta. Festival opening | Tickets - https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/171479
June 5 - 7 Francesco Scavetta (Italy/Norway) masterclasses (for professionals) Info: https://fb.me/e/6VwZkI6Je
June 8, Hanzas perons
18:00-22:00 Dance performance “TORNADO. Infinity” (Latvia0) | Tickets - https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/170665
June 10, E.Smiļģis Theatre Museum
11:00 – 14:00 Workshop by Marta Ladjanszki (Hungary) (for all interested) | Info - https://fb.me/e/a2hChkVk2
June 10, Noass
19:00 Anastasija Čornaja and the Dance Company “Kuup” - performance “Enwinted” (Latvia), Ksenija Simanova, Arina Buboviča - performance “Dreamers” (Latvia);
20:00 Marta Ladjanszki and Zsolt Varga - performance “Celebration. Ritual. ECSTASY” (Hungary) | Info - https://fb.me/e/6AWt0VuSD
20:30 Presentation of the project ICoDaCo by Latvian dance artists Agate Bankava, Sabīne Neilande and Aigars Larionovs - "Knowledge Hub" | More about the project: www.icodaco.com
21:00 Ksenija Simanova, Alina Mihailova, Arina Buboviča, Glorija Špis - performance “Do not Disturb” (Latvia)
21:30 Indrek Kornel, Katrīna Stepiņa performance “Rewind / Rebound” (Estonia/Latvia)
22:00 Dance and music jam session with Bm/C | Day ticket - https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/en/event/171480
June 14, Emīls Dārziņš Music School Concert Hall
17:00 Rūta Pūce - performance “A Hundred Solitudes” (Latvia) | Info - https://rutapuce.weebly.com/a-hundred-solitudes-2026.html | Free entrance. Pre-registration - https://ej.uz/simts-vietulibas
June 16, Zirgu pasts
19:00 Elīna Gaitjukeviča, Dmitrijs Gaitjukevičs and LDM8 - performance “Metamorphosis” (Latvia);
June 14 - 16 - Andrea Constanzo Martini (Italy) workshop (for professionals, time and place to be specified)
Before or after the performances there will be talks and discussions with the artists.
S T Ā M E R I E N A in collaboration with Stāmeriena Palace
June 11
18:00 Francesca Lettieri (Italy) and Olga Žitluhina workshop
June 12
17:00-18:30 Francesca Lettieri (Italy) and Olga Žitluhina workshop
19:00 Anastasija Čornaja - performance “Twisted” (Latvia); Ksenija Simanova, Alina Mihailova, Arina Buboviča, Gloria Špisa - performance “Do not Disturb” (Latvia); Performances by dance students of the Latvian Academy of Culture
20:30 Allyson
Green, Peter Terezakis (USA), Alan Stone (Great Britain/Germany), Henry Torres
(Mexico) - performative installation "Pendulum"
June 13
13:00-14:30 Francesca Lettieri (Italy) and Olga Žitluhina workshop
16:00 Performance by Francesca Lettieri and the Dance Company “Adarte” - the result of the artistic residency at the Stāmeriena Palace
16:30 Francesca Lettieri and the Dance Company “Adarte” - performance “Vox corporis” (Italy)
D A U G A V P I L S in collaboration with Kultūrvieta V13
June 13 - Kultūrvieta V13 (Vienības Street 13, Daugavpils)
17:00 Elīna Gaitjukeviča, Dmitrijs Gaitjukevičs and LDM8 - performance “Metamorphosis” (Latvia) | Tickets - https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/171705
V A L M I E R A in collaboration with the Dance House in KURTUVE
June 14
16:00 Valmiera Pārgauja State Gymnasium Swimming Pool
Darja Turčenko and the Dance Company “Sixth” - performance from the series "Space Code: Here and Now" (Latvia) | Tickets - https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/lv/event/171687
17:30 Contemporary Art Space KURTUVE
Video lecture on the history of Latvian contemporary dance
19:00 PDJ (Practice of Dance Joy) in the Vecpuišu parks with Allyson Green, Peter Terezakis (USA), Alan Stone (Great Britain/Germany), Henry Torres (Mexico), participants and spectators of the "Laiks dejot" festival
Info - https://fb.me/e/aEf5gvwam
Closing of the Festival`s performances program
The program will be supplemented...