LMTA DOCTORAL STUDENTS: MONIKA KLIMAITĖ-DAUNIENĖ (THEATRE DIRECTING) | (NON)PERFORMANCE “THE DEER METHOD”

May 28, 2026, Thursday, 7 p.m.
LMTA Study Campus Theatre Hall (Olandų g. 21A, Vilnius)

LMTA DOCTORAL STUDENTS: MONIKA KLIMAITĖ-DAUNIENĖ (THEATRE DIRECTING)
(NON)PERFORMANCE “THE DEER METHOD”

Creative team:
Arnoldas Augustaitis (actor)
Monika Klimaitė (director)
Miglė Križinauskaitė (experimental filmmaker)
Vaiva Paukštė (choreographer/dancer)
Manuel Velázquez (composer)
Vilius Kalasūnas (lighting designer)

THE DEER METHOD is:

A METHOD through which this collective works. Our creative process is an experiment with unique creative strategies based on a heterarchical structural model. During rehearsals, we follow the principle of rotating leadership, grounded in ideas of power-sharing and fragmentation. This enables us to seek a creative coalition while preserving individual voices and sharing a unified vision of the work through the different perspectives of our disciplines.

A PERFORMING ARTS WORK. We are currently creating an interdisciplinary work centred on the transformation that a human being must undergo in order to “survive” in the face of existential threats. This transformation unfolds in a multilayered way, yet it is also very concrete – based on the search for “becoming a deer”. This transformation is experienced not only by the characters of the work, but also by the creators themselves through the creative process, merging the result and the process of artistic activity into a unified aesthetic experience.

THE DEER METHOD is an invitation to rethink the human relationship with the world, to see the present as a moment of structural transformation: a shift from domination to coexistence, from fear to the acceptance of vulnerability, from control to care, towards cohabitation with other forms of life within a shared ecosystem.

Organizer: LMTA Department of Acting and Directing

Free admission. You are warmly welcome!