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The programme of the 23rd<\/sup> international contemporary dance festival New Baltic Dance featured 20 performances and guests from Cape Verde, Australia, Canada, Lebanon, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Germany and from the neighbouring Latvia and Estonia.<\/p>\n

After two years of negotiations, the festival welcomed a dance performance Origami by French creators Satchie Noro and Silvain Ohl, which was performed in open urban spaces (in Vilnius, Kaunas, \u0160iauliai, Panev\u0117\u017eys and Anyk\u0161\u010diai) on an impressive metal construction.<\/p>\n

Marlene Monteiro Freitas, an artist from the Cape Verde, who is an exceptional creator and winner of many prestigious awards, introduced her performance “Of ivory and flesh \u2013 statues also suffer\u201d in the Arts Printing House based in Vilnius.<\/p>\n

Choreographer Euripides Laskaridis introduced his work Titans in the Lithuanian National Theatre of Drama.<\/p>\n

The festival welcomed a Canadian Manuel Roque for the second time with his piece \u201cbang bang\u201d and Emile Pineault and his work Normal Desires. Australian James Batchelor introduced to the audience his performance \u201cHyperspace\u201d.<\/p>\n

French dance company Nach Van Van introduced a performance \u201cCellule\u201d, Belgian Sabina Scarlet introduced \u201cUniform\u201d, while Annamaria Ajmone introduced \u201cTrigger\u201d. Guests from the Netherlands Guilherme Miotto and Corpo Maquina introduced \u201cEven worse\u201d, while German dance company CocoonDance presented \u201cMomentum\u201d; Lebanese Bassam Abou Diab introduced a very personal work \u201cUnder the Flesh\u201d.<\/p>\n

For the first time, the programme of the festival featured the Baltic Dance Platform, which was organised with the Lithuanian Culture Institute, Latvian Dance Information Centre and Estonian theatre and contemporary dance platform S\u00f5ltumatu Tantsu Lava.<\/p>\n

The audience of the festival saw three Lithuanian premieres: \u0160eiko Dance Group and Danish dance group Granh\u00f8j Dans created \u201cBol\u00e9ro\u201d, Kaunas Dance Theatre Aura introduced its performance \u201cKaunas Zoo\u201d and a solo performance by Lukas Karvelis, \u201cBlank Spots\u201d was presented as well. Latvian Sintija Sili\u0146a presented her work \u201cRock bottom\u201d, while Agat\u0117 Bankava and Andris Ka\u010danovskis introduced “Future Freak”. Estonians W A U H A U S brought the performance \u201cFluids\u201d, while Sigrid Savi brought \u201cImagine there\u2019s a Fish\u201d.<\/p>\n

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