Agniete Lisickinaite & Igor Shugaleev: Clap & Slap + Inka Romaní: Volvamon al Baile

Clap & Slap is a dance performance about the tensions that have intensified in Eastern Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In it, Agnietė Lisičkinaitė and Igor Shugaleev draw on their own experiences with civil protest, fear, anger, and the need to take action. Igor participated in the Belarusian protests in 2020 and was forced to leave the country; at the same time, Agnietė was protesting in front of the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius. On stage, they engage in a dialogue about guilt, responsibility, solidarity, and the line between resistance and aggression. The work combines precise physicality, humor, and the open question of how to defend one’s own values without harming others.

Clap & Slap was selected for Aerowaves Twenty26, which annually showcases twenty notable works from the emerging European dance scene.

Agnietė Lisičkinaitė (Lithuania) is a choreographer, performer, and educator who, in her work, combines contemporary dance with civic engagement and themes of protest, solidarity, and social responsibility. She is a co-founder of Be Company and also works at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Igor Shugaleev (Belarus) is a choreographer, performer, and actor living in Warsaw. His work draws on physical theater, performance art, and political activism in response to state violence in Belarus and his forced departure from his homeland.

Volvamon al Baile is a dance piece about the memories hidden within movement. In it, Inka Romaní draws on the dance of her grandmother and her friends, a tradition that gradually disappeared from courtyards, streets, and communal life. Through the body, film archives, memories, and personal intimacy, she explores how the Franco dictatorship in Spain shaped women’s bodies through dance, gymnastics, and notions of discipline. The production returns to a movement that survived outside of official history and asks what can remain inscribed in the body even when it is no longer publicly remembered.

Volvamos al Baile was selected for Aerowaves Twenty26, which annually presents twenty notable works from the emerging European dance scene.

Inka Romaní (Spain) is a choreographer and performer from Valencia. She studied at the Valencia Conservatory of Dance and the Centre Chorégraphique de Toulouse, and has also worked in London, where she was based at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. In her work, she explores the relationship between the body, archives, memory, and social history. She won the Me, Myself & I Award and, in 2024, a danceWEB scholarship at the ImPulsTanz festival in Vienna.

This event is intended for audiences 16 years of age and older.

Contains nudity.