Anatomy of an Aspen: presentation of artistic research and performance

On 11 December at 7 pm at Kaunas Artists' House, guest residencies participant and choreographer Agnė Auželytė will present an artistic research, in which the artist, through the character of Drebulė (Aspen), from the well-known fairy tale “Eglė Žalčių Karalienė” (Eglė the Queen of Serpents), explores her family's women's histories, the themes of betrayal, power, and weakness, as well as the search for a queer identity in post-Soviet society.

The trembling of the body is used as a catalyst to unlock images encoded in the body's memory, which can be re-lived when they surface. This performance-open rehearsal and debut concert by Drebulė is inspired by Baltic mysticism, drag aesthetics, 90s rrriot girl punk, and rave spirit, inviting us to rethink folklore as a living and ever-changing lace.

Agnė Auželytė is a choreographer, dancer, and vocalist, born in Kaunas and since 2012 living and working in Berlin, often at the intersection of dance, music, and visual art. Her work explores themes of community, collective authorship and memory, feminism, Eastern European (queer) identity, and the interplay between movement and sound.

More: agneauzelyte.com

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The artistic research and presentation are funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.