Biography
Dancer, choreographer and actress Ula Liagaite is working and living between Argentina, Germany and Lithuania, with a Bachelorโs degree in contemporary dance from The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in England.
Ula is one of the co - founders of a Berlin based performance collective Noi Ansamble - an international group of nine artists coming from the backgrounds of visual and performing arts. Since 2018 Noi Ansamble has been resident artists at Liebig 12 and has presented their work in Acker Stadt Palast, Acud Macht Neu (โ First to Blinkโ (2019) and โTourist abroadโ (2020) as part of Transmediale Vorspiel) as well as other venues around Berlin. Liagaite is co - founder of Fck the Fckrz - a movement created as a reaction to current political struggles. Their work focuses on raising awareness by placing their bodies where they need to be: organising open discussions, podcasts and solidarity events (FCK THE FCKRZ : #1 Episode: Brazil!; #2 Episode: Chile!; #3 Episode:Open Discussion @Acker Stadt Palast; #4 Episode: Solidarity Party: Fundraising for Sagrada Mercancรญa; #5 Episode: Global Moment Regional Context: Iran).
As of 2014 she has continuously studied and worked at LEM, a space dedicated to the promotion and development of moving and performing arts in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since 2017 Ula has been part of the dance troupe [La Otra], led by Viviana Iasparra in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As of 2015 Ula Liagaite with her sister Barte Liagaite are engaged in the Movement to Movement project, which explores movement and functional scenography as a practice with technical and performative values, mostly working in Lithuania.
Ula has been able to apply her research not only to solo work but also working with world renowned choreographers and directors such as Terry Giliiam (La Damation de Faust June 2017; Staatsoper Berlin, Germany), Fengyi Tan SS19 (2018 September; London Fashion Week, England) and Sylbee Kim (Trinity: Finance-Credo-Spirituality March 2019; MMCA Seoul, South Korea). Ula Liagaite is also one of the actors working at the Lithuanian National Drama Theater with director L.Twarkowski in the performance "Respublika".
She continues to collaborate with various artists as an independent creator, performer, educator, assistant while continuing to examine the constant flux in the global political climate and its resonance with the local cultural contexts of Berlin, Buenos Aires and Vilnius.
Publication
Education & Awards
Winner of Golden Cross of the Stage 2021 Lithuanian Theater Award for Best Ensemble of Actors in Respublika by Lukasz Twarkowski
Recipient of Individual Artist Grant 2019 from the Lithuanian Council for Culture
Training Programme for Performers LEM (2017: August till December, 2016: January to April, 2014: January to December)
at LEM - Space for the promotion and development of moving and performing arts Buenos Aires, Argentina
Apprenticeship with Mute Comp Physical Theater (2016 August) Copenhagen, Denmark
BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance (2013) Northern School Of Contemporary Dance, Leeds, UK
Kaunas Contemporary Dance Theater โAuraโ (2010 - 2007)
Kaunas First Music School Specialization in flute (2008 - 1998)
Performance & Choreographic Experience
Ana Chrona: Dance Fiction by Ula Liagaite and Agne Auลพelyte (Present) SNDO, Amsterdam, Netherlands & Arts Printing House, Vilnius, Lithuania
Jardin Jerricane by Lorena Stadelmann aka Baby Vulcano (Present) Thรฉรขtre du Jura, Delรฉmont, Switzerland
Respublika by Lukasz Twarkowski (2020 September) National Drama Theater Vilnius, Lithuania & Mรผnchner Kammerspiele, Germany
Noi Ansamble Berlin Inland Mission (2020 January) Acud Macht Neu, Vorspiel Festival (CTM & Transmediale) Berlin, Germany
Sick Woman Practice by Ula Liagaite (2019 October) Aura International Dance Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
Trinity: Finance-Credo-Spirituality by Sylbee Kim (2019 March) MMCA Seoul, South Korea
Noi Ansamble First to Blink (2019 January, April) ) Acud Macht Neu, Vorspiel; Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin, Germany
Fengyi Tan SS19 (2018 September) London Fashion Week, London, England
Duet, that happened by Ula Liagaite (2018 May) New Baltic Dance Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
Una Chiva by Viviana Iasparra (2017 December) Teatro Kafka, Buenos Aires, Argentina
La Damnation de Faust by Terry Giliiam (2017 June) Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin, Germany
Epilogas by Ula Liagaite (2016 November) Kaunas, Lithuania
Small Performance by Ula Liagaite (2015 November) LEM, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ojos Viviana Iaspara (2015 October) (choreographerโs assistant) LEM, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Be my guest by Ula Liagaite (2013 January) Riley Theater, UK
Dream Nr.5 by Andrius Kurienius (2008 December) Kaunas Contemporary Dance Theatre โAuraโ, Lithuania
Four seasons by Lina Puodziukaite (2009 April) Kaunas Contemporary Dance Theater โAuraโ, Lithuania
The rite of spring by Royston Maldoom (2008 September) Kaunas Contemporary Dance Theater โAuraโ, Lithuania