Friday, August 21, 7 pm
St. Catherine’s Church (30 Vilniaus St., Vilnius)

ORNAMENTS OF SHANGHAI

A dance and music spectacle using a unique instrument – the xala
Concert organized in cooperation with the PROHELVETIA Foundation
DUO LOSINGER ESER (Switzerland):
ANIA LOSINGER (dance, composition, choreography)
MATS ESER (composition, percussion)

Do you know what the xala is? It’s a unique percussion instrument based on chiming bands, under which there are resonating plates.
And playing it is no mean feat, as sound is produced by dancing. Thus, Ania Losinger takes the stage, wearing flamenco shoes, and holding two long (about a person’s height) sticks, and the xala comes to life, bringing on the magic of sound and movement.
For the first time in Lithuania, the duo of dancer Ania Losinger and composer, percussionist Mats Eser will transport you to the city that never sleeps or rests, the “Dragon City” – Shanghai.
The dancer’s expressive body language and acrobatic hand movements convey the city’s soul, while the rhythms of the percussion instruments set the pace to which one of the world’s largest cities lives.
A spell-binding sight, impossible to resist.
Programme – dance and music spectacle “Ornaments of Shanghai”

Concert duration: 90 min.

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Performers' official website http://www.xala.ch/en/