WHAT DO I CRY FOR?
Creative team
Maker, performer: Grėtė Šmitaitė
Adviser: Karl Saks
Stylist: Alissa Šnaider
Light designer: Oliver Kulpsoo
Awards
Previous Shows
Sōltumatu Tansu Lava, Tallinn (7 shows)
Uus Theater, Tartu
Theater of Academy of Performative Arts, Viljandi
Arts Printing House, Vilnius
Het Veem, Amsterdam;
Si:said Gallery, Klaipeda;
Academy of Fine Arts, Athens
Uferstudios, Berlin;
Winner of STL Theater Tallinn Premiere Programm - competition for young choreographers
What do I cry for? celebrates crying as one’s bodily need. The structure of the piece first guides one through the social and theatrical elements that make the performer cry. Until the performer starts to rage against the structures and cries against the logic of social and theatrical agreements.
Crying is observed as fragility as well as monstrosity; as something that isolates as well as connects diverse people; crying is exposed as the means to express one’s honesty as well as one’s ability to manipulate the other. The audience is invited to empathize, enjoy or question the performer’s crying as well as observe theater as a social agreement.
Reviews
I have to admit that in terms of energy, Grėtė Šmitaitė had the most impact on me. She gave me such a mental and physical kick, something to carry with me, something to go on the road with. She didn't leave me confused and disappointed but led me into a kind of meditation on the world, a vibrating, mournful passage: a state of being frenzy, sometimes between the smiling, but inside, on the surface.
Jurgen Rooste for Teater. Muusika. Kino journal (2019/04).
What do I cry for? creates a public space where it’s okay to cry, loudly and proudly, illustrating the strength of vulnerability.
Kerli Ever for dance.lt
