PYNIŲ PYNĖ. 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, it 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. Having presented works based on dance and movement practices around the world, the choreographer has begun 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 engage young viewers in a tactile experience, allowing them to take in the work with all their senses and become familiar with the stage as a sensory space open to everyone. “Pynių pynė” brings together abstract motifs from Lithuanian folk art that are also recognisable. Here, weaving can become the fairy-tale-like image of a braid, the making of a flower wreath, or evoke associations with expressions distinctive to us, such as “our legs got tangled,” and so on. The performance will open both theatre and its newest audience to one another, inviting children to visit the theatre from their first years of life and experience it as a place for learning and discovery. Birutė Banevičiūtė’s children’s performance “Spalvoti žaidimai” received the “Auksinis scenos kryžius” award in 2016, and five other performances were nominated for this award. B. Banevičiūtė tours extensively with her performances for children, both in Lithuania and abroad. Tickets must be purchased for both adults and babies.