Conceived for a retired ballerina and a saxophonist using the circular-breathing technique, Pirouette is an intimate and experiential meditation on physical endurance, ageing, movement, displacement and fragility. The work is rooted in Lapelytė’s research into the physical and psychological disciplinary regimes of traditional live art forms.
Lina Lapelytė is a Vilnius and London based artist, exploring the topics of gender, ageing, working within the remit of pop music architecture, folk songs and sound art.
Valentina Pace is Marseille based performer and works as a rehearsal assistant at the Ballet National de Marseilledirection (LA)HORDE.
Emmanuel Recht is a Manosque based saxophone player. He teaches at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental des Alpes de Haute Provence.
Roots to Routes aims to build a bridge between Southern and Northern Europe: between people, organisations and networks from the Baltic States and South of France. The project challenges the relation to a particular territory; it questions concepts such as homebase, belonging and identity by considering them as fluid and changing in the 21st century. As a reference to From roots to routes (2002) by Jonathan Friedman, this project takes as its starting point the idea of “roots” that are ever-changing and formed within the context of globalisation, network economy and constant traveling.
Curated by Merilin Talumaa (EE), Maija Rudovska (LV) and Justė Kostikovaitė (LT), the project is a collaboration between artists, curators and non-profit organisations from Marseille and the Baltic countries. It will unfold across a series of exhibitions, performances, screenings, workshops, lectures and walks in Marseille from end of August until November, 2020.
Don’t miss the Roots to Routes programme:
– Pirouette | Roots to Routes
Participant: Lina Lapelytė
Performance
Venue: 93 rue de la République
– Insula | Roots to Routes
Participants: Maarja Tõnisson, Dovydas Strimaitis, Maarja Nuut & Ruum, Kadi Adrikorn, Claudia Lepik
Performance
Venue: 93 rue de la République
– Same door different street | Roots to Routes
Participants: Evita Vasiļjeva, Antoine Nessi
Exhibition, performance et meet ups
Venue: 93 rue de la République
– Palette | Roots to Routes
Participants: Daria Meļņikova and guests
Workshops, exhibition and performances
Venue: Salon du Salon
– AGENTS | Roots to Routes
Participant: Anastasia Sosunova
Film
Venue: 93 rue de la République
– Grandeur Nature | Roots to Routes
Participant: Anne-Sophie Turion
Walk and performance
Venue: La Valentine
– Double Explosure | Roots to Routes
Participants: Emilija Škarnulytė, Katrīna Neiburga, Ieva Epnere, Eglė Budvytytė, Anastasia Sosunova, Ingel Vaikla, Kristina Norman
Screening programme
Venue: Unité d’Habitation Le Corbusier et Ciné-Club
