This was said by New Yorker, American composer Steve Reich, who is celebrating ninety years this fall. The Liepāja Art Forum is preparing a greeting for the maestro, a visual passage of dance, movement, and chamber music – an experience created in collaboration between choreographer Artūrs Nīgalis and dancers, artist Kaspars Podnieks, musicians, and attendees. A number of the composer’s pieces, especially early works, will be performed in Latvia for the first time. The Reich Passage will feature ‘Pendulum Music’, ‘My name is…’, and ‘It’s Gonna Rain’, as well as ‘Vermont Counterpoint’, ‘Four Organs’, ‘Clapping Music’, and ‘Music for Pieces of Wood’.

The production is created by:

Choreographer and dancer Artūrs Nīgalis

Dancers - and members of the dance groups “Deja Liepājai” (led by Karīna Elizabete Lase) and “Ekstra” (led by Dina Bruže)

Artist – Kaspars Podnieks

Musicians – percussionists Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna, Sonja Misiņa, Arnis Stepiņš, Matīss Skarēvičs, Toms Kozlovs and young musicians of Liepāja, flautist Liene Denisjuka-Straupe, pianists Agnese Egliņa, Elīna Bērtiņa, Rihards Plešanovs, and Juris Žvikovs; audience

Lights and sound – Jūlija Bondarenko, Krista Dintere  and the Great Amber team Jurģis Ozols, Rainers Kornhubers, Jānis Straume, Aleksandrs Rodionovs