SOUND
Sayonakidori (the Japanese word for nightingale) is a project by the MMLAB theatre company from Lithuania (composer and director Agne Matuleviciute, choreographer Pawel Sakowicz and producer Rusne Kregzdaite). The project was inspired by Nightingale floor in Nijō castle, Kyoto. Artists are visiting Japan and doing sound and movement study while meeting Japanese artists from different fields: from traditional kōwakamai dancer and kabuki theatre makers to organ makers and sculptors. Part of the research was implied in MiSHŌ Fujino residency, where artists had interviews with the community members and facilitated workshops for them. Also, the sound and movement installation was presented in Shinmei Shrine. The premier in Japan (Fujino) was presented on 24th July, 2024.
The performance Sayonakidori (40 min performance with actors and musicians) will be presented in Lithuania March, 2025 and hopefully will also be presented in Japan next year.
The project partners: Embassy of Lithuania in Japan, Lithuanian council for culture, Vilnius city municipality, LATGA.
Special thanks for to Vika Mnozina Hashimoto and Kohei Hoshimoto, Yoshida Yukihiko, Keika Wakayagi, Gabija Cepulionyte, and all the Japanese artists that have shared their experiences.
CREATORS
Agnė Matulevičiūtė
Composer, Director, Author of the idea
Agnė Matulevičiūtė is a sound artist and composer, with a particular focus on music for theatre and film. Media and interdisciplinary art contexts, musical performances, experiments based on sonic expression are her field of activity. She is currently studying PhD at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, where she is researching and developing the concept of "after-sound" in contemporary music.
Since 2014 she has been actively participating in group exhibitions, art and contemporary music festivals, artist residencies in Lithuania and abroad. Her music written for cinema has been recognised with a national award. She has also composed music for more than 30 productions in the biggest Lithuanian theatres (twice nominated in national theatre awards). Her works were presented not only in Lithuania, but also in Austria, Czech republic, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, Pakistan.
Paweł Sakowicz
Choreographer
Paweł Sakowicz is a choreographer and dancer. He graduated from the University of Warsaw with a degree in political studies and holds an MA in performance and choreography from the London Contemporary Dance School. He has collaborated with Ramona Nagabczyńska, Marta Ziółek, Iza Szostak, Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, Rebecca Lazier, Isabelle Schad, Peter Pleyer, Joanna Leśnierowska, Magda Szpecht, Łukasz Twarkowski, Michał Borczuch, and Anna Smolar.
Sakowicz’s artistic development was supported by a scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, a residency programme run by the Institute of Music and Dance in Warsaw, by the Alternative Dance Academy of the Art Stations Foundation by Grażyna Kulczyk, by the Centre National de la Danse in Paris, and 2017 danceWEB scholarship. He was nominated for the 2016 Polityka Passport Award. Currently, he is a guest teacher at the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw.
TEXTS
GALLERY
