Jazz Happens “Ode to Miracles” PREMIERE
About this event
"Jazz Happens" - the audience-favorite independent theater presents its third and most ambitious production.
What makes "Jazz Happens" a mesmerizing show is the harmony of different performing arts. Live jazz music, masterful magic, expressive dance performances, and subtle humor merge into a seamless theatrical narrative, drawing the viewer into an unprecedented stage experience.
The new production, "Ode to Miracles," transports you to a world standing on the threshold of great change. From the elegant and invention-filled Belle Époque Europe, the audience embarks on a journey toward the dawn of the Jazz Age in America. Mentalism experiments, the spirit of vaudeville, and constantly shifting rhythms of dance and music become a bridge between two eras. The show draws you into the magical world of these periods and reminds you that miracles still exist.
PERFORMERS:
Illusionist - Algimantas Frankonis
Vintage jazz ensemble "The Schwings": Remigijus Rančys (saxophone), Edgar Sabilo (piano), Aistis Kondratas (double bass), Jonas Filmanavičius (drums)
Dancers: Bona Dawn, Mantas Daugintis, Simona Pogosian, Tadas Vasiliauskas, Eglė Namickaitė, Smiltys Andrikonis, Ana Umnova
Director / choreographer
Ana Umnova
Venue: Kaunas Cultural Centre, Vytauto pr. 79, Kaunas
Time: 18:00 - doors open, from 19:00 to 20:30 - show