‘The same walls, the same people, the same never changing landscape that makes you want to scream for change, yet the same familiarity that brings you comfort. And every time you say you're leaving, you’re just going to get milk... ‘

GONE TO GET MILK

Gone To Get Milk is a physical theatre performance that balances delicately between the comic absurdity of domestic life and the hopelessness of a ‘dead end’ situation. Three people connected by mutual history and utility bills, locked in interlacing relationships that both suffocate and comfort them. Through awkward duets and solos dancers relationships fluctuate between tenderness, suppressed aggression and apathy.

The piece premiered to a sell-out theatre in January 2013 at The Place, London as part of Resolution! season. Following an incredibly warm audience reception and some great reviews (you can read them here) we were invited to perform at the New Baltic Dance Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania.

After a few more performances in the UK we are now preparing for our trip. That’s where you can get involved…

YOUR FUNDING

We are looking to raise £500 to cover our flights to Lithuania.

FUTURE PLANS

We have big plans for Gone To Get Milk, including several more performances in the UK, a film and development into a full-length work. So any additional funds raised here will go straight into a money jar to support these ventures.

WHO IS INVOLVED

Ieva Kuniskis – Choreographer
Ieva began dancing in Vilnius, Lithuania and completed a BA Hons in Dance Studies at Middlesex University, London. She makes dance for theatre and screen, also working in site-sensitive contexts and immersive performance, occasionally performing in other choreographers’ work. She has presented work at The Place, RichMix and Cornwall Film Festival amongst others. Ieva’s approach to dance making is rooted in Lithuanian theatre and the folk tradition of story telling, and is heavily autobiographical.

Helen Aschauer - Dancer
Born in Caracas with a Cuban mother and an Austrian father Helen trained at 1 Linzer Ballettschule, Linz and Iwanson School of Contemporary Dance, Munich. She has performed works by Minka-Marie Heiß, Jan Kodet and Jochen Heckman, as well as a solo “Barrier” by Pia Fossdal and a duet “Nous Deux” by Patrick Delcroix (former NDT dancer). Helen moved to London in 2012 after successfully auditioning for Arthur Pita’s “Gods Garden” where she performed the role of the murdering bride.

Charlie Cooper Ford - Dancer
With a background in fine arts (Manchester Metropolitan University) and a degree in Dance Studies (Middlesex University) Charlie brings a unique edge to his performance and choreographic work. He further honed his skills in both mediums at Goucher College, USA. Charlie exhibited at Kraushaar Gallery in Baltimore, USA and presented a video dance installation at Alba Festival in Ostrava, Czech Republic. His personal work currently entails researching methods to document and formulate human motion through alternative mediums.

Zoe Georgallis - Dancer
Zoe began dancing in her home of Nicosia, Cyprus and continued her training at Trinity Laban, London. In 2011 she became a member of Transitions Dance Company whilst also completing her MA in Dance Performance. She has worked with choreographers Gill Clarke, Valerie Preston Dunlop, Rosemary Butcher and Lizzi Kew Ross amongst others. Zoe currently works as a freelance dance artist with the London Soundpainting Orchestra and is a founding member of On The Roof Collective.

THE NEW BALTIC DANCE FESTIVAL/
NAUJASIS BALTIJOS ŠOKIS
In the 15 years of its existence, international contemporary dance festival ‘New Baltic Dance' has grown up into one of the main and most prestigious dance festivals in the Baltic Sea region. The festival has presented companies from all Nordic and Baltic countries, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Israel, Canada, Slovenia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Poland, Switzerland and Senegal. The programme of the festival consists of both well-established companies (La La La Human Steps, Cullbergballet, Aterballetto, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Random Dance Company, Russell Maliphant, Ariadone/Carlotta Ikeda, Ballet de Lorraine etc.) and emerging companies/choreographers. Read more here.

So here we are. Please make your pledges and support our trip so that we can come back and create more exciting work to share with you all!

Thank you,
Ieva, Helen, Charlie, Zoe

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Video edit: Peter Humphrey
Photography: Judita Kuniskyte, Milda Vasile, Ludo des Cognets
 

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