Premiere

AND SO ON is a choreographic encounter with the unstable nature of meaning, or with the expectation of what might happen, what almost happens, and what never actually happens.

Three dancers perform on a stage where nothing fully settles. A gesture begins but never reaches its expected destination. An image emerges and dissolves. A sequence seems to repeat, yet returns changed each time. What is familiar becomes alien, and what has no meaning suddenly captures attention.

Bodies, a trash bag, and its contents share the stage, constantly moving between being something and becoming something else. Through this instability, AND SO ON creates a space between contemplation and absurdity, precision and error, memory and new creation.

AND SO ON invites the audience into a space where contemplation and absurdity meet, and where the invisible, the unfinished, or the seemingly insignificant can become choreographic material.

Creative team:

Choreographers:

Vaiva Paukštė

Adrian Carlo Bibiano

Dancers and co-creators of the performance

Ema Senkuvienė

Paulius Prievelis

Juozas Veiverys

Composer

Karolis Lasys

Lighting designer

Valdas Latonas

Photos and video

Danielius Kalasauskas

Graphic design

Karolina Latvytė-Bibiano

Performance duration 50 min.

About the creators:

Vaiva Paukštė is a contemporary dance creator, choreographer, and dancer, and a member of the Contemporary Dance Association (ŠŠA). In 2021, she completed her bachelor's degree in dance at the Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam (Netherlands), where she worked with Lucinda Childs, Felix Landerer, and other renowned choreographers. In 2023, she earned a master's degree in theatre directing from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, where she is currently pursuing doctoral studies in arts.

For the performance "Sapnuojanti gražuolė," she was nominated for a "Golden Stage Cross" in the Young Artist category in 2023. In the autumn of 2026, she presented the performance "Sesės" with her former students, and as a choreographer, she worked on the music videos "Meilės mašina" (Solo ansamblis), "Niekas nesupras" (Dargana), and the oratorio "Vienos vasaros giesmė" (Polifonija.lt).

Adrian Carlo Bibiano, known in the dance field simply as Carlo, is a dance artist, choreographer, and facilitator. Born in Canada and raised in Mexico, he is currently building his life and dance career in Lithuania.

Carlo has worked with the companies "Cía. Médula" and "La Quinta danza y teatro," and has collaborated with Lithuanian and international artists. Currently, Carlo works as a freelance artist, is a member of the Contemporary Dance Association (ŠŠA), a participant in the international "Dance Well" project, a member of the dance company "Nuepiko," a guest dancer for the "Šeiko Dance Theatre," and also leads workshops in various spaces.

Carlo was awarded the Ministry of Culture's "Debut of the Year" prize. His choreography "A Fair Distance" won the Kaunas Chamber Theatre's sketch competition "Išeities taškas" and earned the Kaunas theatre award "Fortūna."

Special thanks to Karolina Latvytė-Bibiano, the Kaunas Cultural Centre, and the factory Toke.LT. Without you, this project would not have happened.

The creation of the performance was partially funded by:

Contemporary Dance Association

Vilnius City Municipality

Kaunas City Chamber Theatre

Pasvalys Cultural Centre.

Other premieres of the performance:

November 20, Pasvalys Cultural Centre

December 12, 18:00 and 20:00, Arts Printing House, Pocket Hall.