This dance diptych consists of two choreographic works: Decrescendo by Swiss choreographer Marcel Leemann and Borrowed Landscapes presented by Klaipėda‑born choreographer Agnija Šeiko.
PART I
“Decrescendo”
The dance performance „Decrescendo“ explores the phenomenon of group behavior through traditional and ritual dances as well as folkloric formations. The work reveals the tension between the collective and the individual, where personal expression disrupts established structures and creates moments of resistance. Here, group behavior is interpreted as a human and politically charged process, while tradition appears as a source of communication, safety, and belonging—something to which we repeatedly return.
Marcel Leemann
(b. 1969, Zurich) – choreographer, dancer, theatre director, and educator. He studied dance in Zurich, Stuttgart, and Budapest, gaining professional stage experience with the Dresden Semperoper, the Lucerne Theatre, and theatres in Bern.
Later, as a freelance artist, he founded the company Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theater, touring throughout Switzerland and abroad. Leemann has created choreography and directed productions in dance, opera, musical theatre, and drama across various European stages. A significant part of his career has been dedicated to working with young people and advancing dance education, as well as leading the festival Physical Days Bern. Since September 2023, Marcel Leemann has served as Co‑Director of Dance at the Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck.
The performance is presented with recorded music.
PART II
“Borrowed Landscapes”
A dance performance based on the personal stories of the dancers, Borrowed Landscapes creates a living, constantly shifting fabric of stage action. The key to the second part of the diptych lies in its title, which refers to a Japanese gardening technique (Jap. shakkei) that incorporates external scenery—mountains, trees, the sky, or even buildings—into the composition of a garden. This principle forms the axis of the entire performance: each performer, a kind of “garden,” is no longer a separate entity but becomes part of a shared landscape or another horizon.
In Borrowed Landscapes, dancers move along individual trajectories that reject straight lines or closed forms, forming and breaking connections, allowing visibility and invisibility to meet, and extending what seems to have disappeared. “Beauty arises not from permanence, but from change,” say the creators of the performance, who do not seek to control the stage image but instead transform it into a meditative, ever-changing flow.
Agnija Šeiko
(b. 1977, Klaipėda) – dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and contemporary dance creator; head of Šeiko Dance Theatre, guest lecturer at LMTA Klaipėda Faculty and Turku Arts Academy; recipient of the Golden Stage Cross; honorary citizen of Klaipėda culture.
She completed choreography studies (BA) and theatre studies (MA) at Klaipėda University, and in 2005 graduated from Codarts – Rotterdam Dance Academy. Šeiko has created more than 30 dance performances and projects in Lithuania and abroad, collaborating with artists across various fields and working on choreography for opera, drama, and musical theatre. Her creative work is known for interdisciplinarity, a distinctive aesthetic, and sensitive social themes.
The performance is presented with recorded music.
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