Dance Triptych
The dance triptych brings together three distinct yet interrelated choreographic works: Decrescendo by Swiss choreographer Marcel Leemann, Borrowed Landscapes by Klaipėda-based creator Agnija Šeiko, and Mammatus by internationally acclaimed Dutch choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Each part offers a unique reflection on the relationship between human beings, their environment, community, and nature, inviting the audience to experience constantly shifting states of movement, structure, and emotion.
PART I
Decrescendo (choreography by Marcel Leemann, Switzerland)
The dance performance Decrescendo examines the phenomenon of group behavior through traditional and ritual dances and folkloric formations. The work reveals the tension between the collective and the individual, where personal expression disrupts established structures and creates moments of resistance. Group behavior is interpreted as both a human and politically motivated process, while tradition is reflected as a source of communication, security, and belonging — something people continually return to.
Marcel Leemann is a choreographer, dancer, director, and educator who has worked in various European theatres and founded the Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theater, with which he has toured internationally. His work bridges physical theatre, contemporary dance, and educational practices.
The performance is presented with recorded music.
PART II
Borrowed Landscapes (choreography by Agnija Šeiko, Lithuania)
Based on the personal stories of the dancers, Borrowed Landscapes creates a living, ever-changing fabric of stage action. The key to the piece lies in its title, referencing the Japanese gardening technique shakkei, in which external elements—mountains, trees, sky, or even buildings—are incorporated into the composition. This principle becomes the axis of the performance: each performer, like a “garden,” is no longer separate but becomes part of a shared landscape.
Through individual, non-linear trajectories, dancers form and dissolve connections, play with visibility and invisibility, and allow images to emerge and fade away. The piece invites the audience to experience constant transformation as a source of beauty — a meditative, unpredictable flow.
Agnija Šeiko is one of Lithuania’s leading contemporary dance artists, director of Šeiko Dance Theatre, and the creator of more than 30 works distinguished by interdisciplinarity and sensitivity to social themes.
The performance is presented with recorded music.
PART III
Mammatus (choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Netherlands)
The dance piece Mammatus takes its name from dramatic cloud formations that hang beneath storm clouds like sculptural shapes in the sky. Beneath this turbulent “sky,” a flock of black bird-like dancers emerges, moving to the powerful rhythms of Michael Gordon’s Weather One.
The work explores the fragile balance between order and chaos, revealing the force of nature and instinctive movement, as if bodies were carried by the wind. It is a dynamic and visually striking choreography where natural elements, sound, and collective motion merge.
This triptych invites the audience on a journey through three distinct aesthetics and ideas — from social structures and the individual’s place within them, to personal landscapes and the powerful metaphors of nature expressed through contemporary dance.
