Culture Nerve Podcast. Art for those for whom the church is not enough
Juta Liutkevičiūtė, Culture Nerve2021.05.22 12:00
Book of Job, theatre production by Eimuntas Nekrošius / E. Blaževič/LRT
There is a popular saying in Poland that God created theatre for those for whom the church does not suffice. Theatre and religion are two things that Lithuania and Poland have in common. TR Warszawa theatre programme director, playwright Roman Pawłowski discusses these links with theatre critic, head of Jaunimo Teatras in Vilnius Audronis Liuga.
Roman Pawłowski: in 2015, we celebrated the anniversary of the opening of the first public theatre, which happened in Warsaw in 1765. These 250 years were very important for theatre and for the nation, because from the very beginning the public theatre became a public institution – a platform for debating the most important issues. Especially it was important in the time when Poland didn t exist as an independent nation.
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LRT English Newsletter: Lithuanian vaccines in Latvian bottles
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Vaccine / J. Stacevičius/LRT
LRT English Newsletter – May 14, 2021
Lithuania could be one of the countries to produce coronavirus vaccines, government ministers enthused this week, saying they are holding talks to make it happen. One company in particular, Vilnius-based Northway Biotech, said it had a ready production line for making the active substance, but not for the bottles that would be required in the millions. The solution could be partnering up with the Latvians, suggested the company’s chairman.
Earlier, Northway Biotech announced it had developed a drug to treat Covid-19 patients which was already undergoing clinical trials in Switzerland.
Culture Nerve Podcast. Contemporary dance ‘still a niche thing’
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International Dance Day in Vilnius. / E. Blaževič/LRT
Contemporary dance is a universal language that requires no translation although that does not mean that dancers all over the world hold their bodies in the same way.
LRT podcast Culture Nerve presents Jerusalem-based choreographer, CEO of the Machol Shalemmm Dance House Ruby Edelman in conversation with art critic and producer, co-founder of Seiko dance company Goda Giedraitytė.
Ruby Edelman: When I think about what we do, sometimes I lose proportion because I m so much into it. But it is still a niche thing. When I look to those people that I m supporting in my studio, I take time to look on it in a perspective of how ‘normal’ people will look at it, so I see that it is still a very, very uncommon, very unorthodox way of expecting what to see on stage.