Reinis Sejans - Vārna (2023)

”Vārna. Lidojums vienā cēlienā” is a story about a person - not a crow - about the inner struggle of a person, about the ugly in the beautiful and the beautiful in the ugly, approaching the dangerous and getting to know oneself anew. The crow as a symbol, as an extremely intellectually developed and beautiful bird, helps to tell this story in such a way that everyone sees themselves in it.

The joint work "Vārna" or flight in one act by the musician and composer Reiņš Sējān and the leading soloist and choreographer of the Latvian National Ballet Elza Leimane had its premiere in the autumn of 2016 in the New Hall of the Latvian National Opera.

This work will be performed with a symphonic scope for the first time in the "Lielais dzintars" concert hall.

"Incarnating a crow, bringing it to life in movements and exploring the possibilities that this image provides, gives me great creative joy and true inspiration," says dancer and choreographer Elsa Leimane.