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HAIRY 1.0 / 2.0 / 3.0

2022-2023

photo by Robin Plus

Hair is one of the few parts of the human body that one cannot move voluntarily and directly. For the most of dance history this has been a nuisance for choreographers, as control of one’s movements is primordial in dance training. To venture into creating a choreography for hair, is to venture into a battle between chaos and order. Loose hair has been a symbol of freedom, liberation and carelessness. These values and aesthetics of released hair have accompanied both revolutionary choreographers, such as Isadora Duncan or Pina Bausch, and various subcultures, such as head banging in metal scene or hair-whipping in ballroom scene. In Hairy, rich historical and social background that hair movement carries within itself is combined with the tensions of choreographing involuntary movement, controlling the uncontrollable. This, together with Strimaitis’ devotion to minimalism and formalism, bears a multilayered choreographic and visual experience marked with counterpoints not only in timing and space, but also in conceptual and historical narratives.


The piece exists in three short versions: a 10-minute trio called Hairy 1.0, a 20-minute solo called Hairy 2.0, and a 25-minute trio called Hairy 3.0.


For the full-evening piece, please refer to Hairy.

choreographer and author

Dovydas Strimaitis


dancers

Hairy 1.0

Benoît Couchot/Lucrezia Nardone, Hanna-May Porlon, Dovydas Strimaitis


Hairy 2.0

Liza Wallerbosch/Dovydas Strimaitis


Hairy 3.0

Lucrezia Nardone, Hanna-May Porlon, Dovydas Strimaitis


soundtrack by

Julijona Biveinytė;

The Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite No. 4 played by Yo-Yo Ma is used in the piece


lighting designer

Hairy 1.0

Lisa M. Barry


Hairy 2.0

Remko van Wely/Lisa M. Barry


Hairy 3.0

Lisa M. Barry


duration

Hairy 1.0

10'


Hairy 2.0

20'


Hairy 3.0

25'


supported by

Hairy 1.0

Lithuanian Dance Information Center, Le Ballet National de Marseille – direction (LA)HORDE, Théâtre de Vanves – Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national « Art et création ».


Hairy 2.0

Conny Janssen Danst, Dansateliers (co-producers)


Hairy 3.0

New Baltic Dance, Festival DANCE Munich (co-producers)

upcoming dates


Hairy 2.0

28-29 11 2024 - Maison de la Danse (Lyon, FR)

previous dates

Hairy 1.0

25-26 06 2022 - premiere - Danse élargie, Espace Cardin (Paris, FR)

14 10 2022 - 37e festival international de mode, de photographie et d’accessoires, Villa Noailles (Hyères, FR)

01 04 2023 - ArtDanThé (Paris, FR)

20-21 09 2023 - Théâtre des Abbesses (Paris, FR)


Hairy 2.0

01 10 2022 - premiere - Nederlandse Dansadegen, Kumulus (Maastricht, NL)

06-09 + 13-16 10 2022 - Huis Conny Janssen Danst (Rotterdam, NL)

19-21 10 2022 - Verkadefabriek (Den Bosch, NL)

26-27 10 2022 - De Schuur (Haarlem, NL)

28-29 10 2022 - Theater Bellevue (Amsterdam, NL)

03-04 11 2022 - Stadsschouwburg (Utrecht, NL)

05-06 11 2022 - TR Schouwburg (Rotterdam, NL)

11 11 2022 - Posthuis Theater (Heerenveen, NL)

12-13 11 2022 - Korzo (The Hague, NL)

04 05 2023 - New Baltic Dance festival (Vilnius, LT)

06 05 2023 - New Baltic Dance festival (Ukmergė, LT)

28 09 2024 - Biennale de Toulouse (Toulouse, FR)


Hairy 3.0

13-14 05 2023 - premiere - DANCE festival (Munich, DE)

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