The dance performance "Youth, or the Scenarios According to Which Parents and Children Live", which has already become a sensation of the last AICH theater season and, based on sales in 2023, was recognized by www.bilietai.lt as the most watched dance performance, continues its journey across Lithuania and into the hearts of the audience in the new - anniversary, already 25th theater season. Full auditoriums, tens of thousands of people who have already seen it, always strong emotional reactions from the audience, always sensitive responses and always thunderous ovations - "Youth" does not leave anyone indifferent, deeply touches the heart of the viewer, encourages reflection on relationships with those closest to them.
The performance, whose central thematic axis is not always simple relationships between parents and children, for the first time intertwined three dance genres: classical ballet, contemporary-modern dance and street dance. Also, for the first time in the history of the A|CH theater, roles are created on one stage by well-known, experienced masters of the performing arts, ballet soloists, actors, dancers and children aged 13-16, the most talented students of ballet, dance and acting schools, young artists of the AICH theater Junior troupe established in 2022. As they grow rapidly, in the returning "Youth" the second composition of little dancers, carefully prepared by choreographer Anželika Cholina herself, will also embody the children on the big stage.
The plot of the play "Youth" intertwines fragments of the lives of six families and two worlds - children and adults - collide. It is a contrasting psychological tragicomedy, in which the dramas of modern family life are conveyed in the language of dance, to the powerful music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Speaking about the new dance performance “Youth”, A. Cholina emphasizes: “I have always been interested in approaching the truth about life by exploring various aspects of relationships between people. The relationship between parents and children is the most complex form of communication between people. Families are created mainly in youth, so most people become parents while still children themselves…
This performance is a kind of art therapy session that allows you to look inside family life. With this work, I want to encourage adults to look at children as equal personalities and see the uniqueness they bring to them. I hope that the behavioral patterns of families seen in the performance will make you think and inspire you to change…”
The strong impact of the play "Youth" and its ability to deeply touch the hearts of the audience has also been assessed by research - in an emotion measurement experiment, in which dozens of spectators participated, and their reactions were analyzed by experienced analysts and psychologists, the effect of the play was identified as indisputably strong, transforming, encouraging not only great aesthetic pleasure and joy, but also reflection and self-reflection of the audience about their own relationships with loved ones.
We also draw your attention to the fact that all our performances will feature a special PATRON TICKET. By purchasing these more expensive tickets than usual, you are additionally supporting AICH Theatre and contributing to its more secure future. Thanks to your support, our independent theatre will be able to plan new premieres and boldly enter its 25th season of creative activity. Thank you, current and future supporters of AIOCH Theatre!
In addition, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary season of the AICH theater, we are taking the lead in educating the public and cultivating the young generation of cultural patrons, therefore we are announcing a new initiative aimed at all young people aged 15-24 - from now on, in addition to special Patron tickets, they will also have special FUTURE PATRON TICKETS for all AICH theater performances. Young people can purchase these tickets with an already applied 50 percent discount, and upon arrival at the performance, we will only ask to present an identity document proving age along with the ticket. Our theater believes that by investing in young people's experience of high culture, from which young people are often limited due to a lack of opportunities, especially financial, we will simultaneously grow a conscious, culture-aware, supportive and personally supportive mature society.
Director-choreographer and libretto author – Anželika Cholina
Set designer – Marijus Jacovskis
Costume designer – Olga Filatova-Kontrimienė
Lighting designer – Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
Hair and makeup artist – Dalia Žakytė-Bučienė
Teacher-tutor – Živilė Baikštytė
21 artists participate in the performance.
