Ballet Company Of The Lithuanian National Opera
The court ballet in Lithuania was started in the 16th century. At the same time dance was encouraged at school theatres too (e.g. at the Vilnius College founded in 1570, which in 1579 was reorganized into the Vilnius University, at the Kraziai College and the Kaunas College, founded in the 17th century). Latin school drama, which survived more than 200 years, united all the branches of the arts. Traditional plots as well as taken from Lithuanian history were danced then.
On September 4, 1636 drama musicale Il ratto di Helena by playwright Virgilio Puccitellia and unknown composer was staged at the court theatre in Vilnius. The court theatre of Lithuania's Grand Duke and Poland's King Ladislaus Vaza, which had already performed in both capitals Warsaw and Vilnius, produced the premiere. There were 20 dancers in the theatre.
The ballet became particularly popular in the middle of the 18th century. Dramas, called ballets, were produced at the Vilnius University. The nobles of Lithuania supported ballet troupes and ballet schools, directed by Italian and French ballet masters. Then there were 10 theatres at the courts working for longer or shorter period of time. They survived up to the beginning of the 19th century. At the public town theatres, founded in Vilnius and Klaipeda in 1785, ballet has little developed. However, during the 19th century the ballet in Lithuania was extremely enriched by the guest performances of French, Italian, later Russian ballet troupes.
Persons
- Adigamova, Nailia
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Armalis, Ignas
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Augutytė, Inga
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Baikstyte, ivile
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Baranova, Anna
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Bernotaitė, Goda
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Bubelis, Gediminas
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Butkus, Eligijus
Classical Ballet / Principal - Ceizaris, Tomas
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Ceizaris, Romas
Classical Ballet / Principal - Chlebinskas, Kipras
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Cibulskytė, Inga
Classical Ballet / Principal - Čumakova, Anastasija
Classical Ballet / Principal - Daraškevičius, Aurelijus
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Daraškevičius, Mantas
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Gudžiūnaitė, Kristina
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Gylytė, Greta
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Hamanaka, Miki
Classical Ballet / Principal - Jaristo, Vita
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Juodzevičiūtė, Rūta
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Juska, Nerijus
Classical Ballet / Principal - Konošenko, Olga
Classical Ballet / Principal - Kudžmaitė, Rūta
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Lopatčenkova, Olga
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Makejeva, Margarita
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Maksimovič, Antanina
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Molodovas, Aleksandras
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Navickas, Laurynas
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Paulauskas, Aurimas
Classical Ballet / Principal - Piastechin, Anton
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Rimeikis, Martynas
Classical Ballet / Principal - Romankova, Jekaterina
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Roslekas, Laimis
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Rudiakevič, Olga
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Semianiura, Stanislav
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Sibirskas, Aurimas
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Šniūrevičiūtė, Vaida
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Taučiūtė, Rasa
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Turkina, Julija
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Verigaitė, Margarita
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Zaripovas, Igoris
Classical Ballet / Soloist - Žukovskij, Genadij
Classical Ballet / Apprentice - Žuromskas, Voicechas
Classical Ballet / Coryphee - Žužžalkinas, Andrius
Classical Ballet / Apprentice
