There are few people creating contemporary circus in Lithuania, so LDIC is keen on changing that.

After a break of 26 years, director Eimuntas Nekrošius returned to the Vilnius Youth Theatre, the theatre of his youth. His premiere [i]Zinc (Zn)[/i] is based on the books by Svetlana Alexievich, the laureate of the Nobel Prize.

I would have been quite interested to see what could have been achieved if there’d been a dramaturg and a discernible point.

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that it’s the best video work I’ve ever seen on stage.

That\\\’s the way the world is now – everyone is travelling to meet others. Artists from different countries get together to work on a project and come to Lithuania for two weeks. They are able to discover its creative field, a new city, they get inspired.

In the past few years there has been observed a higher activity and visibility of artists and their groups who offer alternative visions of theatre.

The playwright\’s only mission is to write, and write well. When you think you already know how – persuade yourself that you don\’t and continue to learn.

During these last few years heads of Lithuanian theatres not only discovered international foundations, but also gained more experience in the production area and started reaping fruitful results.

There is nothing to complain about as we do have an entire dance range, i.e. ballet, neoclassical (commercial) dance, “pure” contemporary dance, physical dance with butoh elements, conceptual dance, street dance… In other words, it is not as bad as it seems and there is no need to dramatize.