“Dance for a Cigarette and a Best Friend” analyses friendship. The bond between best friends, which is not based on blood ties or romantic partnerships, often becomes one of the longest lasting relationships in a person’s life. Friendship witnesses the breakdown or formation of other relationships, influences the formation of the other’s personality and inspires inner changes. We move away and come closer, we touch and go into distance. We are naked, vulnerable, sometimes jealous, but always stay in touch.

“Dance for a Cigarette and a Best Friend” is fourth work of choreographer Greta Grinevičiūtė

from the series on a concrete or abstract object and a family member/friend and his idea or memory.

CREATIVE TEAM:

Idea author, choreographer, director: Greta Grinevičiūtė

Creative team:  Birutė Kapustinskaitė, Agnė Matulevičiūtė, Agnietė Lisičkinaitė, Aistė Zabotkaitė, Morta Nakaitė, Julius Kuršis

Videographer (music clip): Martynas Norvaišas

Videographer (during the performance): Nidas Kaniušas

Outside eye: Bush Hartshorn Sigita Ivaškaitė, Liza Baliasnaja

Producer: Rusnė Kregždaitė

Coordinators: Domantė Tyrilaitė, Greta Senkutė

Head of communication: Rasa Kregždaitė

Head of technical team: Vlad Bajaznyj

Poster design: Dovilė Šidlauskaitė

Premier: 29th November, 2024

The performance features nudity, recommended age range N-16

Produced by MMLAB

Partners:  Lithuanian National Art Gallery, Be kompanijos, Cinevera, Akropolis

Funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality

Draugystė bitersweet, Ugnė Kačkauskaitė, Menų faktūra

Utopiško(s) ryšio paieškos, Goda Dapšytė, 7md

Photos by: Dainius Putinas (performance), Martynas Norvaišas (photoshoot)