Her Onos –
anos O n o s
viSOS O N O S
–
Onago
On-a-go
Ego On
On O
No
– –
–
The four ONOS. Four invisible beams and decaying floors.
Four shape space.
Creating an architecture of the body and of relationships. fractured, rebellious, intimate.
protesting, waiting, breaking the silence, reconciling, on/off/on/off-hold.

Through their bodies, they allow the return of what has remained invisible.
Onos revive the lost vibrations of voices.
Onos (re)create today.

Sheiko Dance Theatre’s performances are unexpected, multi-layered scenic narratives that interweave contemporary dance, music and visual arts. The performances of TRAVELLING CHURCHES, FORGOTTEN, INDIGO. DAS SCHLIEMANN PROJECT, the theatre highlighted the potential of dance to bring current issues of history and identity to the contemporary stage.

The new work ONOS continues the line of dance archaeology. This time the creators turn to the world of Lithuanian manors, the everyday life and fates of the women who lived there. Choreographers Agnija Šeiko and Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė together with the creative team explore how silences, losses and interpretations of history have shaped our post-colonial identity and erased the sense of belonging to a community.

In ONOS, the body becomes architecture – movement connects space, its elements and the inner world of the human being. ONOS – as a common denominator – attempts to collect the scattered fragments of a lost history and to give voice back to those who have lived and will live again.

Choreographers: Agnija Šeiko and Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė and dancers
Dancers: Gintarė Marija Ūsė, Ugnė Kavaliauskaitė, Ema Senkuvienė, Marija Ivaškevičiūtė
Composer: Kristijonas Lučinskas
Set Designer: Sigita Šimkūnaitė
Costume Designer: Sandra Straukaitė
Playwright: Goda Dapšytė
Lighting Designer: Andrius Stasiulis
Producer: Judita Strumilaitė
Production team: Rasa Morkūnaitė, Darius Berulis, Vilma Ramašauskaitė, Gintarė Marija Ūsė, Edvardas Kažarnovičius

The performance uses intense lighting.

The project is financed by: the Lithuanian Council for Culture, Klaipėda City Municipality, Neringa Municipality
Partners: the Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, the National M.K Čiurlionis School of Arts, the Klaipėda Culture Factory
Acknowledgements: to Dalia Puodžiukienė, consultant of manor architecture, Kristina Petrauskei, historian and museologist
Duration: 60 min.
Photo. K. Meliauskas