Sanita Duka is a performance artist with a background in the experimental theatre field. Studied management in the Latvian Academy of Music, philosophy at the University of Latvia and did post-graduate studies in the Laboratory of Stage Arts held by IUGTE. Recently studying for a master's degree at the Latvian Academy of Arts, specializing in curating.
Selected Performances & Productions
“Linked” / duo performance with Ilze Mazpane, 2 x2 h / Bergen, Norway / 2019
“MyShelf" / solo performance, 40 min / Riga, Latvia/ 2019
“Too Dark to be Shy”/ happening-performance, 2 h / Prague, Czech Republic / 2018
“Shoes to Choose”/ duo performance with Ilze Mazpane, 20 min / festival Perform or NOT vol2, Tallinn, Estonia / 2017
“My job’s place”/ Forum Theatre project / 2015
“Breaking the Waves” / educational project for prisoners / 2014
“I also want this”/ theatre project with students of Latvian Academy of Culture / 2013
“[Garden]”/ Forum Theatre project by Interactive Theatre Studio "LAIVA" / 2011
"Internal reflections" / structured improvisation by Laboratory of Stage Arts/ 2009
"Unwell: non-me"/ performance by Laboratory of Stage Art / 2008
M. Pavič "Glass Snail"/ production in the theatre-studio AKA / 2006
"Etude" after A.P. Chekhov's play "Three Sisters" motives / production in the theatre-studio “AKA” / 2005
"We play Shakespeare's Pericles”/ production in the theatre-studio “AKA”/ 2004 The show was nominated for amateur theatre award The Best Productions of the year
"Exile" / by A. Camus's novel "The Stranger" motives, production in the theatre-studio AKA, 2003
A. Upīts "The Mother-in-Law" / production in the theatre-studio AKA / 2001
"Riga - my love" / performance, production in the Children and Youth Centre "Kurzeme", 2000
Selected Festivals & Conferences
Performance Art Bergen festival PAB Open / Bergen, Norway / 2019
Riga International Performance Festival “Starptelpa” (Space In-Between) / Riga, Latvia / 2018, 2019
Riga Performance Days / Riga, Latvia / 2017.
12th International Festival of Making Theatre / Athens, Greece / 2016
Research Laboratory "INSIDE". Artistic Directors Modris Tenisons, Viktor Janson / Riga, Latvia / 2005-2006.
International theatre festival "Golden Lion" / Lviv, Ukraine / 2004.
International conference "Commonwealth theatre meeting" / A. Vassiliev's School of Dramatic Art. Moscow, Russia / 2001, 2003
Mediterranean Festival of Youth Theater, Session 2 / Ariana, Tunisia / 2002
International University Theatre Meeting / Liege, Belgium / 2001
International University Student Theatre Forum "Shakespeare 2000"/ Vilnius, Lithuania / 2001
International workshop 'Hotel Europa' within the 6th East European-German Off-Theatre Festival / Potsdam, Germany / 1999