InSun & Sea, performers on a sand-covered stage sing of angst from their towels.

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A couple dozen performers lie, barely stirring, on a sand-covered stage, bathed in artificial rays.

The brightness is almost too much to bear, says the shows composer, Lina Lapelyte.

Pollution, carbon emissions, climate change: These global forces are miniaturized into personal anecdotes.

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Beneath the lighthearted surface is a threat throbbing, though you feel it more like a gentle breeze.

We started to think maybe one of the girls could be printed that way too, Grainyte says.

We have a beach, kids, dogs.

Theres no backstage, no curtain, the audience comes and goes.

Its all amplified and mixed live.

We look at people as if they were some other species, like bugs, says Barzdziukaite.

Weve discussed how great it would be to do it at the Guggenheim Museum.

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