Ornament - première
Line up: Dovilė Krutulytė

Like dancing reds beneath an avalanche. Ripping off open. Stomping, kicking, splitting, bending. Muscle memory. 

burn 

emotions 

loving and genuine, entangling and getting closer 

Ornament

Ornament is a 45-minute contemporary dance solo work performed and choreographed by Dovilė Krutulytė. The composition consists of movement phrases and their variations set to an electronic music score. 

Dovilė Krutulytė

Dovilė Krutulytė (b.1998, Alytus, Lithuania) studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London and graduated from the Expanded Contemporary Dance programme at the Academy of Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam in 2023. She works as a freelance dancer and choreographer. 

Choreography and performance: Dovilė Krutulytė | Music and sound curation: Clara Cozzolino | Costume design: Paulina Turauskaitė | Mentor: Suzy Blok | Artistic advice: Ana Glavaš | Production: Mia Malenica | Animation: Deimantė Krutulytė | Poster design: Deimantė Krutulytė and Jana Matošić | Communication: Federica Lovato

Special thank you to my family, Radvilė Janušauskaitė, Titas Vyšniauskas, Ayala Pavo, Kalin Morrow, Roberta Maimone, Beatrice, Elisa Zuppini, Guoda Korsakaitė, Estelle Manuela, Cristina Mastori (Somanatomics), Berith Danse, and everyone who supported, inspired and believed.

Ornament was made possible with funding from Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with additional matchfunding support from het Cultuurfonds through Voordekunst.