All the Birds Sing is a participatory performance where professional artists collaborate with the local community. For this performance, artists will work alongside young people who sing in choirs. However, the choirs do not merely perform the musical score – their contemplations on singing and the relationship between man and nature will become part of the dramaturgy. Through listening and hearing the stories of birds and humans, the audience will also help create the complete sound of the performance.

‘In Latvian mythology, songs of people and birds help to arrange the world. The yellow wagtail, the sparrow, the hazel hen, the corncrake, the woodpecker, the skylark all play important roles. However, their populations are currently facing a rapid decline. Due to intense farming and logging, their voices have been silenced all over Europe, or will be soon. That includes Latvia. What does this mean to Latvians who sing in choirs? Is our song and singing able to rearrange the world so that the vulnerable voices are not lost? I wish to give people who are passionate about singing an opportunity to realize that our voices have power not only in the large joint choir of the Song and Dance Festival, that our voices can not only be beautiful but also serve to protect others who sing – birds. We tell the tale of people and birds meeting, coexisting, sharing lives and songs. And we ask the question – where does the value of a bird’s song lie?’ director Krista Burāne introduces the concept of the performance.

Director and writer: Krista Burāne

Composer: Jēkabs Nīmanis

Dramaturgy consultant: Jānis Balodis 

Designer: Pamela Butāne

Choreographer: Kristīne Brīniņa

Conductor: Patriks Kārlis Stepe

Actors: Artūrs Čukurs, Elīza Dombrovska, Rūta Holendere, Anna Klišāne, Armands Siliņš-Bergmanis

Participates: Visu putnu koris 

Producer: Dirty Deal Teatro  in collaboration with Story Hub

! The performance will take place in the open air without seats. During it, you will have to move around the surrounding area. Visitors are invited to wear comfortable and weather-appropriate clothing.