Co-production of Sheiko Dance Theatre and Klaipėda Puppet Theatre
Project is partly financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
"When you stare into the darkness for a long time, the outlines begin to appear"
The performance is a man's inner journey into himself and an encounter with his own darkest darkness. An encounter with a force that draws you in and from which it is sometimes very difficult, even impossible, to break away. Sometimes that darkness overwhelms to such an extent that it turns into a desire to simply not be. But if you dare to look at it, it can become recognisable. Then the outlines of concrete feelings and emotions appear in it, and can be named, accepted, let go of, or allowed to be. The darkness may not disappear, but one can always look for something to help one to be with it, to help one to survive, to lead one forward, to be the counterbalance to the light. That is your own body. Your own beautiful, dancing body. After all, the desire to live is determined by the desire to act.
"With the play of light, darkness, dance, words and music, we create a story of approaching, of meeting the Other - the one who is hard to touch, but who is always very close," Dovilė Binkauskaitė shares.
"To turn inward is to see the whole content of your heart... Both light and darkness. We all have our shadow - our fear, jealousy, mistrust, anger, frustration, lack of meaning, doubt. According to C.G. Jung, the shadow is the part of us that we do not recognise as our own, that we do not identify with, that we do not pursue, that we push away from ourselves, thus growing it even bigger. But the shadow is also part of us. It is important to stop, recognise, acknowledge and learn to be true to the Self we have found. It is not easy, but it is the first step towards liberation," observes Gintarė Radvilavičiūtė.
