On 23 January 2025, the thirteenth edition of the AHK Graduation Prize was celebrated at the Academy of Theatre and Dance.
The audience award was presented to a group of seven alumni from SNDO Choreography. Agne Auželyte, Barros, Saman Mahdavi, Ciro Goudsmit, Sasu Korom, YuJing Liu and La Uyi Ihasee together created the performance LAST PARADISE - ‘a mythical and kaleidoscopic durational journey through paradise’.
The prize was determined by the attendees during the event.
The makers Agnė Auželytė, Ciro Goudsmit, Luan Barros, Sasu Korom, YuJing Liu, La Uyi Ihasee and Saman Mahdavi about their performance LAST PARADISE:
“We are seven makers, each from different cultural and geographic backgrounds coming together in a temporary community to play, grieve, and celebrate the honour of being alive. Bringing our artistic bodies into conversation is our ever-emerging methodology. Acknowledging our lineages and history is our inevitability. Showing up for a future yet unimagined is our inspiration. The world around us is burning, and this is our manifesto of hope. We seek to summon magic from our collective mountain of knowledge and choreographies from dancing in an entanglement. Here you have it, our Paradise.“
Read more about the project
Check out the nominated projects for the AHK Graduation Prize