VIRGINIA VIRGINIA
The Choreography of Memories
Choreographer, performer: Eva Krūmiņa
Dramaturg: Linda Krūmiņa
Set and costume designer: Marta Madara Grantiņa
Sound designer: Toms Lazdovskis
Lighting designer: Niklāvs Šūpols
Sound engineer: Markus Antons Kohtanens
Premiere: 29/05/2026
Duration: 50 min
Age restriction: 12+
Executive producer: Liene Engere
Producers: Kristīne Freiberga, Elza Strazdiņa, Ance Bergmane
Co-producers: Theatre Ģertrūdes ielas teātris, “Kultūrpietura” Foundation
Financial support by: State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council, and the Latvian Academy of Culture.
Supported by: the “Choreographers’ Association”.
The performance is Eva Krūmiņa's master's thesis at the Department of National School of Performing Arts at the Latvian Academy of Culture, advisor: Visiting Associate Professor Krista Burāne
Venue details:
Ģertrūdes iela 101a
Venue details
Description
Hide description“Virginia” is a choreography of memories shaped by a deeply personal question: how do you remember someone you have never met?
The performance emerges from the intersection of family archive materials, echoes of family storytelling, and the desire to uncover a family secret connected to the performer’s late grandmother. These unknown, “gray” zones become a fertile ground for artistic creation, where objects, sound, and light enter into an equal dialogue with physical presence.
In this work, movement functions as a tool for exploration, remembrance, and reconstruction—even of experiences that were never personally lived.
