Agnietė Lisičkinaitė presents an experience halfway between a performance and a political intervention, inviting the audience to participate in reconstructing a public space. The Lithuanian artist considers dance a tool for social activism, capable of provoking, stimulating dialogue and triggering thoughts and questions. For a long time, Lisičkinaitė has been investigating the role of the body in protests and how protests are embodied in different cultural, social and religious contexts, starting from the assumption that all protests start and end with human bodies. “HANDS UP” examines the fragile distance between surrender and devotion, reconciliation and resistance. What are the consequences of a non-constructive protest close to recent global movements? What kind of protest do we want to create in the future? Will it be a symbol of freedom or aggression? This ever-evolving research has no single truth or answer.

Idea, choreography and performance: Agnietė Lisičkinaitė

Dramaturgy: Bush Hartsorn

Video: Odeta Riškutė

Costume: Morta Nakaitė

Music: Jokūbas Tulaba

Light design: Povilas Laurinaitis

Produced by: BE COMPANY

Project funded by Lithuania culture council and Lithuania dance information center

 

Content warnings: topless body, very shortly in the end of the show.