me two / WE, THE CLIQUE - Low Air Vilnius city dance theatre

The jury’s motivation

me two / We, the Clique is a bold, cheeky and intense performance where the audience is confronted with the authentic storytelling of the young performers. It is naked and stripped down. The personal testimonies are woven into a challenging manifesto using skilful composition that supports individual freedom. The group works generously, collaboratively and consistently to the point. The intimate experience is both young and mature, spiced with self-distance and humour.

The emotional commitment and bravery to speak and discuss individual doubts of youth who are confronted with the gaze of the adults are the cornerstones of the performance. The storytelling of the show is built upon a bonded group of young dancers who documented and dug into archives of their personal experience on power relations, LGBTQ+ developing identities, sexual harassment, and power abuse towards them, that urge the belonging to The Clique, and the necessity to share. The audience is invited to revisit vibrant teen-hood, through the lens of the spectator, a parent, a teacher, and a decision-maker, and to reflect on the boundaries of power in interpersonal and intergenerational relationships. The performance in 2022 was awarded as the Best Dance Piece of the Year for teenagers (2021) and nominated as the best music sound composition of the year 2021.

Credits:

Idea, director, choreographer: Airida Gudaite 

Dancers: Greta Snitkute, Arminas Kazanavicius, Rokas Bugys, Ugne Laurinaviciute, Grete Vosyliute, Elena Milaknyte, Beatrice Saltenyte, Emilija Ieva Giedraityte, Barbora Mickute, Aura Sriubsaite, Saule Buciunaite, Smilte Kavoliunaite 

Director: Jonas Tertelis 

Sound artist, composer: Agnė Matuleviciute 

Visual artist, scenographer: Renata Valcik, Emilis Seputis 

Visual artist, light designer: Julius Kursys 

Producer: Laurynas Zakevicius

From 13 years