The music video was filmed in 2024 at the countryside home "Rudbāržkalni" of Vektors dancer Uva Eglīte, where TDA “Vektors” dancers experienced a true spring, capturing the most delightful Easter traditions—egg rolling, swinging, whipping with willow branches, egg fights, gathering at the family table, and other joyful festivities. This was an especially challenging task for videographer Reinis Blūms, as the entire video was shot in a single take. Choreographer Dagmāra Bārbale created a special staging for the dance space, where not only each dancer but also the cameraman had to execute their role with precise timing and "choreography" to ensure that all actions appeared in the frame exactly as planned.
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A dancer from Vektors shared: "This was probably the most complex filming we’ve ever participated in, as a three-minute video shot in one take requires immense concentration, precision, and a bit of luck. The hardest part was capturing a tiny frog and getting it to jump from the palm of a hand exactly when the camera approached. While the guys claim that walking on stilts, running across the meadow with a basket full of Easter eggs, and falling nearly 25 times in a row was tougher, we still think that the frog's scene deserves the loudest applause."
The video is set to Mārtiņš Miļevskis’ composition “Saules deja” and is also featured in the "Aiz ko garš pavasar’s?" performance, which will delight audiences on March 2 in Liepāja, March 9 in Cēsis, March 22 in Rēzekne, and at the grand finale on April 27 at the Daile Theatre in Riga. "We are truly excited to embark on this Latvian tour with the full cast, bringing the spirit of spring to each venue with an impressive live orchestra, props, and dynamic choreography,"says artistic director Dagmāra Bārbale.
The performance is created by choreographer Dagmāra Bārbale, featuring more than 120 RTU TDA “Vektors” dancers, who bring to life the ever-changing, hope-filled spring season filled with natural transformations, traditional rural work, and ancient customs. The performance is a choreographic interpretation of humanity’s endless quest for harmony with nature and its untamed flow.
Director Reinis Suhanovs has based the staging on a section of Edvarts Virza’s poem “Straumēni” titled “Spring.” In this poem, Virza portrays Latvia as a land where its people live in harmony with the changing rhythms of nature, shaping their homes and lives according to the cycle of the seasons. These people understand what work needs to be done in tune with nature and also what kind of rest is essential for those who have labored hard.
The musical part of the performance was composed by Mārtiņš Miļevskis and will be performed live by the group “Auļi,” along with violinist Otto Trapāns, kokle player Latvīte Cirse, guitarist Jānis Kalniņš, and vocalists Beāte Zviedre, Ieva Sutugova, and Zane Dombrovska.
The event is organized by SIA Studija “Lauska.”
Tickets available at Biļešu Paradīze.
