In this contemporary dance performance, the protagonists convey the audience to an island filled with genuine confessions, where memories merge in an elegiac dance of self-reflection. The stage is being transformed into an ever-shifting landscape that mirrors the inner world of the characters, providing a safe space from the constraints of societal expectations.

The dancers take center stage as they explore the depths of their desire to understand each other. Experiencing both: acceptance and rejection, their movements become a manifestation of the resilience of the human spirit, a poignant reflection of the intricacies of intimacy and the eternal quest for connection.

Lukas Karvelis (1997) is a Lithuanian freelance dance artist currently based in Amsterdam. Upon graduating from Codarts in 2019 on a Jiri Kylian Foundation scholarship, he began collaborated with Royal Danish theatre, Münich Kammerspiele, Göteborgs Operans Danskompani, Dansatelier’s crew and Korzo Theater.

In his artistic work, Karvelis seeks to find this crucial point at which change occurs within the body as it diverges away from trauma within society and oneself. This point leads to research within the movement as he examines these moments with a curiosity about the past. He is currently linking this movement exploration to the social phenomenon of addiction, correlating to the body and mind. Alongside his work as a performer and choreographer, Karvelis developed a movement exploration practice that examines the motion of free fall, which challenges the mover to feel the freedom from gravity in order to find weightlessness.

His own choreographic work has received multiple residencies at Atelier de Paris/CDCN, the Arts Printing House, Cetro Coreografico Gomera and Teatri Di Vita. Karvelis has received the second-place prize at the Stuttgart Solo Competition and was nominated for the Piket Kunst Prijs.