Pynių pynė: A Movement Performance for Babies Aged 6–18 Months

With the performance “Pynių pynė,” LNDT opens its doors to its youngest audience. Bringing together the best practices from various performing arts, the theatre presents a performance for babies aged 6–18 months. It is directed by Birutė Banevičiūtė, who has inspired theatre for babies in Lithuania. Her performances for babies and children are appreciated not only by their intended audiences and parents, but also by professionals. While presenting works based on dance and movement practices around the world, the choreographer began applying her creative principles in collaboration with drama theatres as well. Using the motif of weaving, the choreographer will work with LNDT actors and a long-standing creative team to combine the light, abstract movement characteristic of her work with the discovery, before the young audience’s eyes, of the shapes and colours of the objects chosen for weaving. The performance will also involve the young audience in a tactile experience, allowing them to engage with the work through all their senses and become familiar with the stage as a sensory space open to everyone. “Pynių pynė” draws on motifs from Lithuanian folk art that are abstract yet recognisable. The act of weaving can evoke a braid from a fairy tale, the making of a flower wreath, or associations with expressions characteristic of Lithuanian, such as “our legs got tangled,” and so on. The performance will open both the theatre and its newest audience to one another, inviting children to visit the theatre from the earliest years of life and to see it as a place for experiences and learning. Birutė Banevičiūtė’s children’s performance “Spalvoti žaidimai” received the “Auksinis scenos kryžius” award in 2016, and five other performances have been nominated for this award. B. Banevičiūtė tours extensively with her children’s performances, both in Lithuania and abroad. Tickets must be purchased for both adults and babies.