On May 1, Lithuania ends the extreme situation, a legal regime related to the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Self-isolation is no longer compulsory even after a positive Covid test.

The following recommendations remain: Mask-wearing in mass gathering venues, hand disinfection, ventilating the premises, and staying at home upon feeling the symptoms of a common cold.

2022 05 02

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April 4 certain changes to the management of Covid-19 enter into force:

• Mask-wearing in public places is recommended but no longer legally enforced. As a result, at mass gatherings events where it is difficult to ensure safe distance of 2 meters, it is recommended to wear a face mask or a respirator.
• Self-isolation of persons who have been tested positive for Covid-19 is reduced to five days. The need for longer self-isolation can be prescribed by your physician after assessing the patient’s health.
• Recommendations to disinfect hands, ventilate indoor areas, and stay at home if you feel any symptoms of a cold remain in force.

2022 04 04 

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After declaring a state of emergency in Lithuania (from February 24 to March 10), we invite you to get acquainted with the guidelines for emergency preparedness on the website www.lt72.lt.

2022 02 28

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From 23 February, self-isolation applies only to persons with a positive PCR/antigen test or persons suspected of having COVID-19 who are waiting for the test results.

Persons who have had contact with an infected person do not have to self-isolate. It is, however, recommended to, where possible, work remotely, observe your health, take rapid antigen tests, avoid physical contact with other persons, and wear respirators or medical masks.

2022 02 24

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Following the Government’s decision as of 5 February 2022, the requirement for the Opportunity Pass to access shops, entertainment and other public venues is suspended. So is the periodic testing of employees.

The major measures for infection control and people’s safety remain in force:

• hand disinfection; 
• indoors, it is mandatory to wear a medical mask or respirator and, where possible (considering the specifics of the activity), keep a 2-metre distance; 
• at events, wearing a respirator is mandatory; 
• the premises have to be ventilated and disinfected. Any inventory used for classes has to be cleaned and disinfected after each use; 
• if you feel any symptoms of acute upper respiratory infection (such as fever, cough, difficulty in breathing, etc.), you must not to work in or enter enclosed areas.

A reminder for the self-isolation procedure:

• In a case of COVID-19, the person who has tested positive must self-isolate. The period of self-isolation is determined and interrupted by the family doctor. 
• Persons living in the same household with the person who tested positive (regardless of their immunisation status, i.e., including vaccinated persons) or persons who have had close contact at work with the person who tested positive at a distance within 1 m and for longer than 4 hours must self-isolate for 7 days.

If the person living in the same household has been in contact with the person who tested positive, the isolation period starts on the date of receiving the positive PCR test results. For persons who have had contact with the person who tested positive at the workplace or educational institution, the isolation period starts on the date of the most recent contact.

• Self-isolation rules do not apply if the contact with the person who tested positive was for a shorter period than 4 hours or at a distance more than 1 m. However, it is recommended to start working from home and to take rapid LFD tests three times: immediately after becoming aware of the contact with the person who tested positive, the second test within the period of 48-72 hours, and the third one 48 hours later. 
• Self-isolation and testing are not required for persons who had COVID-19 less than 90 days prior to the contact.

Everyone who is a contact of someone who tested positive, upon the end of the self-isolation period or in cases where self-isolation is not applied, within a 10-day period since the last day of the contact, must wear a medical mask or respirator. Such persons must not attend events or venues of mass gatherings.

2022 02 07

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We would like to announce an important update following the new legislation coming into force from 17 January 2022.

Self-isolation

• The person who has tested positive COVID-19 must self-isolate. The period of self-isolation is determined and interrupted by the family doctor.

Persons living in the same household with the person who tested positive (regardless of their immunisation status, i.e. including vaccinated persons) or persons who have had close contact at work with the person who tested positive at a distance within 1 m and for longer than 4 hours must self-isolate for 7 days. If the person living in the same household has been in contact with the person who tested positive, the isolation period starts on the date of receiving the positive PCR test results. For persons who have had contact with the person who tested positive at the workplace or educational institution, the isolation period starts on the date of the most recent contact.

• Self-isolation rules do not apply if the contact with the person who tested positive was for a shorter period than 4 hours or at a distance more than 1 m. However, it is recommended to start working from home and to take rapid LFD tests three times: immediately after becoming aware of the contact with the person who tested positive, the second test within the period of 48-72 hours, and the third one 48 hours later.
• Self-isolation and testing are not required for persons who had COVID-19 less than 90 days prior to the contact.

Everyone who is a contact of someone who tested positive, upon the end of the self-isolation period or in cases where self-isolation is not applied, within a 10-day period since the last day of the contact, must wear a medical mask or respirator. Such persons must not attend events or places of mass gatherings.

Respirators

• Another major update is the wearing respirators at closed-space events (exams). Throughout the event in closed areas, all the audience and participants over 6 years of age and the staff servicing the event must wear a respirator of at least of FFP2 protection level that clings to the wearer’s face and completely covers their nose and mouth. 

18 January 2022

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Dear Members of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Community

Following the decision by the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania — State-Level Emergency State Operations Manager coming into force on 15 November 2021, all LMTA staff members, students, children over 6 years old upon entering the LMTA premises (offices, work areas) and closed common areas (hallways, staircases etc.) as well as during live meetings of various nature are required to wear medical masks or respirators that seal tightly onto the face and completely cover the nose and mouth.

The requirement to wear a medical mask will not apply to:

• persons with disabilities who cannot wear a mask due to health condition or where wearing a mask may adversely affect the person’s health (instead, wearing a face shield is recommended);
• close-space work areas where the work area (office or any other work area) is occupied by a single staff member or where the cubicles have partitions of at least 140 cm high.

The requirement to wear medical face masks may be waived where during a class a safe distance of at least two metres between teachers and students or where the activity is impossible to be performed if wearing a mask.

15 November 2021

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We would like to inform you that from 1 September 2021, the studies and non-supervised practice of the students on the LMTA premises will take place in its usual manner following the established schedule without any limit made to the contact hours.

To ensure safety of the LMTA community under the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and in accordance with Order No. 71-SE of the LMTA Rector and the Resolution by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 11 August 2021, the study process is to be organised as follows:

* Practical individual classes and practical classes with small groups of students are organised only in the face-to-face mode.

* On the LMTA premises, non-supervised individual student practice and that of small groups of students is allowed.

* The organisation of theory classes for student groups as well as ensuring the safety of students and teaching staff is delegated to the deans of the faculties.

Please note that only persons who meet the criteria of the National Certificate (the Opportunity Passport) can participate in the face-to-face format activities (to get more information on the Opportunity Passport, please see HERE)

We hope that the need for the face-to-face format has encouraged all of us to get vaccinated during the summer. If you have not yet had a possibility to ensure a safe environment for your studies, we would like to encourage you to do it now.

Information about vaccination in Vilnius is available here. The nearest vaccination point can be found in Lukiškiai Square.

Information regarding vaccination in Klaipeda is available here.

The LMTA infrastructure staff and the administrative staff of our faculties are going to take care of the safety of all of us by ensuring adequate hygiene prerequisites for the LMTA community working or studying on the premises of the Academy and providing necessary personal protective measures. 

Let us welcome a new academic year by staying healthy, safe, and taking care of each other!

18 August 2021

Considering the situation developed due to the spread of coronavirus, quarantine is extended throughout the territory of the Republic of Lithuania until 30 June 2021.

Studies and work at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater during this period are organized in a mixed way – partly remotely and partly in the premises of LMTA. For more detailed information, please contact the deans and heads of departments.

Individual self-study of students can be carried out in the premises of LMTA, in compliance with all the specified security requirements.

The administrative staff of all the LMTA units will work remotely and can be accessed during LMTA office hours by email addresses indicated on the website. 

USEFUL CONTACTS

International Relations Office
Head – Rima Rimšaitė: rima.rimsaite@lmta.lt, +370 5 212 4967
Programme and Projects Coordinators: andrius.dabrovolskas@lmta.lt, kristina.valentoniene@lmta.lt, +370 5 261 0131

Faculty of Music
Dean – Prof. Deividas Staponkus: deividas.staponkus@lmta.lt, +370 680 26585
Administrators: rasa.dzimidaite@lmta.lt, asta.vaitkeviciute@lmta.lt, +370 5 262 8537

Faculty of Theatre and Film
Dean – Elona Bajorinienė: elona.bajoriniene@lmta.lt, +370 612 20240
Administrator of the Faculty – Kristina Kazilionienė: kristina.kazilionienė@lmta.lt +370 611 55165
Coordinator of Film and Television Department – Miglė Levickienė: migle.levickiene@lmta.lt +370 684 20276

Klaipėda Faculty
Dean – Loreta Jonavičienė: loreta.jonaviciene@lmta.lt +370 694 83 523 
Administrator – Jolanta Brazdeikytė: jolanta.brazdeikyte@lmta.lt +370 648 20604

Postgraduate Studies’ Office
Head – Daiva Buivydienė: daiva.buivydiene@lmta.lt, +370 687 94630

Study Information Office: studijos@lmta.lt, +370 698 04783

Library
Head – Daiva Mateikienė: daiva.mateikiene@lmta.lt, +370 683 51953

Students Union: lmtasa@lmta.lt 

Secretariat of the Rector’s Council: +370 5 261 2691, mob. +370 696 98411.

CONTACTS FOR ADVICE ON REMOTE STUDIES

• for Moodle platform advice, please contact Roberto Becerra: roberto.becerra@lmta.lt
• for video conferences advice, please contact Vytenis Gadliauskas: vytenis.gadliauskas@lmta.lt
• for remote and mixed methodology advice and technology use, please contact Mantautas Krukauskas: mantautas.krukauskas@lmta.lt
• you can also write on an e-mail: emokymas@lmta.lt
• for information on how to use electronic library resources, please contact Julija Vilniškaitytė – julija.vilniskaityte@lmta.lt, +370 674 87092

Psychologyst – Nijolė Goštautaitė-Midttun: nijole.gostautaite@lmta.lt

LMTA Chaplain Fr. Dovydas Grigaliūnas: +370 680 80078

The actual information concerning the spread of coronavirus and quarantine is continuously updated on the website of the Ministry of Health of The Republic of Lithuania, the website of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the website Study in LT.

Updated 2021-03-30

2 December 2020 was the last day of a three-week intensive acting masterclass organised for LMTA students in Film Directing and Acting and led online by Professor Barry Primus (Los Angeles, USA).

During the masterclass, Professor Primus revealed the techniques of such masters as Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, and Stella Adler. The students learnt to take a deep dive into themselves and explore who they and their dialogue partners in the film episodes are. The workshop focused on the actor’s emotional preparation for a single film scene and on the emotion that is not acted but genuinely experienced on the screen. In the workshop, the Film Directing students not only directed their own short film scenes but were engaged in them as actors. This enabled them to experience the actor’s job, expand the actor’s capacity on the stage, and appreciate the importance of the actor-director relationship for the creative outcomes.

The workshop became a challenge not only for the lecturer who due to the COVID lockdown had to switch to the online mode. It too was a challenge for the LMTA Music Innovation Studies Centre team, the administration and students of the Acting and Directing and Film and Television departments: all of them were simultaneously working in three separate rooms and sometimes — for safety reasons — from home. And yet, this international online masterclass has gone beyond the expectations of the participants! After the workshop, the students willingly shared the gained experience while the follow-up feedback from the participants revealed multiple thanks and compliments to Barry Primus and the unanimous praise for the highest quality of his masterclass.

Actor, director, and acting coach Barry Primus is a living Hollywood legend. His acting career began with such famous US directors as Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman. Over the course of 50 years, Barry Primus has played in about 50 films and worked with the world’s distinguished film directors Martin Scorsese, Sydney Pollack, Mark Rydell, James Toback, and Roger Vadim. Barry Primus is the director and co-screenwriter of the film The Mistress featuring Robert De Niro. Barry Primus is often referred to as the acting coach of Oscar winner Robert De Niro. In the world of cinematography, Barry Primus is also known as the author of many screenplays, and a theatre and film director.

As a member of the acclaimed Actors Studio, Barry Primus has been frequently invited to teach directing and acting at the American Film Institute, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, the University of California, Loyola Marymount University, and Columbia University.

The project was co-funded by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation within a teacher mobility programme. The masterclass was partially funded by the LMTA. 

LMTA information 
2 December 2020

May 14-15 of 2020, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) takes part in the international scientific conference “Teaching Music Online in Higher Education” and presents INTERMUSIC project results. The Conference, organized by the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (Australia), will be virtual because of COVID-19 quarantine.

ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnership project INTERMUSIC aims to develop digital skills in the field of music higher education, by 1) implementing an online shared platform for the distance learning dedicated to performing practices, theoretical and compositional courses; 2) designing specialized music training pathways that integrate lessons from different European music institutions, with sustainable development over time; 3) understanding the most demanding aspects of remote music interaction and communication in the context of chamber music, instrumental and vocal practice.

The LMTA was responsible for development of the platform and digital competence training of teachers from partner institutions. Teaching staff of the Academy participated in the content development and testing of the blended and online modules: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Indrė Baikštytė – Chamber Music, Prof. Algirdas Janutas – Vocal Phonetics  in the Foreign Languages module, Lect. Dr. Jonas Jurkūnas and Lect. Mantautas Krukauskas – Composition and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Audra Versekėnaitė-Eftymiou – Music Theory. Head of Music Innovation Studies Centre Mantautas Krukauskas will be a presenter from the LMTA in the Conference in Melbourne.

The workshop will feature the project’s highlights, along with concrete experiences of blended learning, collected after three years of collaborations among the five partners, Giuseppe Verdi Music Conservatoire in Milano, Polytechnic University in Milano, LMTA in Vilnius, RDAM in Copenhagen, and AEC in Brussels.

WORKSHOP TITLE in the Conference: The EU project INTERMUSIC (Interactive Environment for Music Learning and Practicing, 2017-2020)  “What we learned, what we produced, where we are heading to”.

About the project: http://intermusicproject.eu/

About the Conference: http://www.teachingmusiconlineinhighered.com/

INTERMUSIC project platform developed by LMTA: http://intermusic.lmta.lt/

2020 05 06

Considering the situation developed due to the spread of coronavirus, quarantine was announced throughout the territory of the Republic of Lithuania from 16 March to 27 April 2020. Following the requirements of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, all the LMTA buildings located in Vilnius and Klaipėda, except the Central Building in Vilnius (Gedimino Ave. 42), are closed. The students and teachers are not allowed into the LMTA premises for independent practice.

Information for the students and teaching staff

To ensure the continuity of the learning process, all the studies during the quarantine period are to be transferred onto a virtual learning environment and will be conducted via distance learning mode: 

• All the theory classes that can be accessed by LMTA Moodle learning environment are to be conducted in the distance learning mode according to the curriculum.
• Practical sessions should be organised via distance learning mode by employing all possible ways of distant communication that each teacher can choose individually. 
• Within the period of transferring the study process onto the virtual learning environment, the faculty deans will be responsible for the efficient communication among the teaching staff and IT specialists. 
• Taking into consideration the given situation and circumstances, the dates of interim tests and examinations specified earlier in the LMTA academic calendar will be adjusted following the regulations issued by the deans and approved by Vice-Rector for Studies. 
• All the information related to the changes to be made to the LMTA academic calendar will be forwarded to the teaching staff and students to their e-mail addresses assigned by the Academy.
• Where possible, the administrative staff of all the LMTA units will work remotely and can be accessed during LMTA office hours by email addresses indicated on the website. 
• The heads of units are in charge of facilitating the internal communication and keeping all the LMTA staff informed regarding the work process and other relevant issues. 

USEFUL CONTACTS

International Relations Office
Head – Rima Rimšaitė: rima.rimsaite@lmta.lt, +370 5 212 4967
Coordinator for Student Exchange – Giedrė Antanavičienė: giedre.antanaviciene@lmta.lt, +370 5 261 0131

Faculty of Music
Dean – Prof. Deividas Staponkus: deividas.staponkus@lmta.lt +370 680 26585
Assistant Dean – Darius Stoskeliūnas: darius.stoskeliunas@lmta.lt +370 600 65826
Administrator – Rasa Dzimidaitė: rasa.dzimidaite@lmta.lt +370 698 12572

Faculty of Theatre and Film
Dean – Elona Bajorinienė: elona.bajoriniene@lmta.lt +370 612 20240
Administrator of the Faculty – Kristina Kazilionienė: kristina.kazilionienė@lmta.lt +370 611 55165
Coordinator of Departments – Justina Širvelytė: justina.sirvelyte@lmta.lt +370 612 61053
Coordinator of Film and Television Department – Miglė Levickienė: migle.levickiene@lmta.lt +370 684 20276

Klaipėda Faculty
Dean – Prof. Vytautas Tetenskas: vytautas.tetenskas@lmta.lt +370 694 83 523
Administrator – Jolanta Brazdeikytė: jolanta.brazdeikyte@lmta.lt +370 648 20604

Postgraduate Studies’ Office
Head – Daiva Buivydienė: daiva.buivydiene@lmta.lt, +370 687 94630

Study Information Office: studijos@lmta.lt, +370 698 04783

Library
Head – Daiva Mateikienė: daiva.mateikiene@lmta.lt, +370 683 51953

Students Union: lmtasa@lmta.lt 

Secretariat of the Rector‘s Council: +370 5 261 2691, mob. +370 696 98411.

CONTACTS FOR ADVICE ON REMOTE STUDIES

• for Moodle platform advice, please contact Roberto Becerra: roberto.becerra@lmta.lt
• for video conferences advice, please contact Vytenis Gadliauskas: vytenis.gadliauskas@lmta.lt
• for remote and mixed methodology advice and technology use, please contact Mantautas Krukauskas: mantautas.krukauskas@lmta.lt
• you can also write on an e-mail: emokymas@lmta.lt
• for information on how to use electronic library resources, please contact Julija Vilniniškytė – julija.vilniskaityte@lmta.lt, +370 674 87092

Psychologyst – Inesa Kraujutienė: +370 640 12502

LMTA Chaplain Fr. Dovydas Grigaliūnas: +370 680 80078

The actual information concerning the spread of coronavirus and quarantine is continuously updated on the website of the Ministry of Health of The Republic of Lithuania, the website of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the website Study in LT.

2020 March 19, Thursday, 19:00

LMTA Spatial Sound Sphere (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius)

CANCELLED

COVARNIS LIVE: E-MUSIC CONCERT “COVID-19”

Tickets: Free, no tickets required. 

The 2024 Network Performing Arts Production Workshop (NPAPW24) is part of an annual workshop series hosted in a rotating city of Europe and the U.S. It is a single track workshop in which attendees learn about technologies utilising advanced networks to enable arts instruction and performance, experience master classes and live performances leveraging these technologies, share research exploring efficacy of these technologies, and meet the colleagues and representatives from institutions advancing this realm of work.

It is a workshop co-organised by GÉANT and Internet2 designed to bring together an international community to delve into technologies leveraging advanced networks. The focus is on facilitating interactive arts instruction, hosting master classes, conducting multisite performances, and facilitating remote auditions.

This year’s NPAPW workshop will take place at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre on 11-13 September.

NPAPW24 PROGRAMME

ABOUT NPAPW24

In 2000, Internet2, the U.S. research and education networking consortium, identified the potential of using advanced networks for arts and humanities and began bringing technicians, academics and artists together for Network Performing Arts Production Workshops in 2003. Since the beginning, the annual workshops took place at the campus of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida.

In 2002, what was then known as TERENA (now GÉANT), the European Research and Education Networking Association, started to address the needs of the user communities in the arts and humanities areas with the SERENATE study.

Since 2009, NPAPW have been held in Europe and the United States annually. The European workshops were held in Trieste in 2009, Paris in 2010, Barcelona in 2011, Vienna in 2013, London in 2015, Copenhagen in 2017 and Prague in 2019. In 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 workshops were organised at the New World Symphony in Miami. The 2020 workshop has been cancelled due the COVID19 pandemic and the 2021 edition has been organised online.

Currently NPAPW is a collaborative project of GÉANT, Internet2, New World Symphony, GARR (Italian NREN) and other European national research and education networks (NRENs), working together with cultural institutions around the world to organise the annual event.

 

2021 September 22, Wednesday, 10:00–15:30

LMTA Building 1: Great Hall (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius) / Platform Zoom

METHODOLOGICAL-PRACTICAL CONFERENCE OF MUSIC TEACHERS “MUSIC EDUCATION. IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES” 

Registration

 

From 13 September, 2021 all events require to have an eligible COVID-19 certificate. More information on eligibility here. The person has to be fully vaccinated!

23 September (Thursday)

18:00 Rider Spoke (Blast Theory, UK)

Venue: Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, The New Stage (Gedimino str. 4, Vilnius)
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Language: Lithuanian, with English subtitles
Restrictions: Age 18+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 15 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

 

19:00 Opening event of SIRENOS

Synaesthesis ensemble concert
Venue: Arts Printing House (Šiltadaržio str. 6)
Tickets: free-of-charge, registration needed at vytaute@sirenos.lt

 

24 September (Friday)

(All night) Culture Night

One-night festival when the squares, streets, parks, and the most unexpected spaces in Vilnius are filled with the projects of various types of artistic projects: music, dance, theatre, cinema, photography, state-of-the-art installations, etc. Every spectator is free to choose the route and programme of events on his/her own. The majority of events are free-of-charge. For detailed programme visit https://kulturosnaktis.lt/en/

17:00 Alice

Director: Antanas Obcarskas
Venue: Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, The New Stage (Gedimino str. 4, Vilnius)
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Language: Lithuanian, with English subtitles
Restrictions: Age 18+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 15 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

18:00 Maris Stella

Venue: Palace of the Grand Dukes (Katedros sq. 4, Vilnius)
Restrictions: All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: Free admission

19:00 Vladimir Chekasin Trio

Venue: Contemporary Art Centre (Vokiečių str. 2, Vilnius)
Restrictions: All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

20:00 William Shakespeare. Othello

Director: Oskaras Koršunovas
Venue: State Youth Theatre, Grand Hall (Arklių str. 5, Vilnius)
Duration: 2 h 30 min (two acts)
Language: Lithuanian, with English subtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 18+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 25,20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

20:00 Glaciers

Director: Kamilė Gudmonaitė
Venue: Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio str. 6, Vilnius)
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Language: Estonian, with Lithuanian and English surtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 12+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 26,20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

21:00 Insomnia. Lukiškių VI

Venue: Lukiškės Prison (Lukiškių skg. 6, Vilnius)
Restrictions: All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 31 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

 

25 September (Saturday)

14:00 An extreme route in Vilnius Cathedral cellars

Meeting point and ticket office: the Belltower of Vilnius Cathedral
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Language: Lithuanian, with English surtitles
Tickets: 12 €
Prior booking is required. For more information, call: + 370 600 12080, e-mail: katedrospozemiai@bpmuziejus.lt

17:00 Dmitry Danilov. A Man from Podolsk

Director: Oskaras Koršunovas
Venue: Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio str. 6, Vilnius)
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Language: Lithuanian, with English surtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 14+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 29,20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

 

19:00 Trapped

Director: Árpád Schilling
Venue: VRM palace (Žirmūnų str. 2, Vilnius)
Language: Lithuanian, with English surtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 14+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 18 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

19:00 and 21:00 Radvila Darius, Son of Vytautas

Director: Karolis Kaupinis
Duration: 1 h
Venue: Sodas 2123 (Vitebsko str. 23, Vilnius)
Language: Lithuanian, with English surtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 14+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 12 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

19:00 Emma-Jean Thackray (UK)

Venue: Contemporary Art Centre (Vokiečių str. 2, Vilnius)
Restrictions: All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

 

26 September (Sunday)

14:00 Freedom

Director: Dainius Gavenonis
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Venue: OKT Studio (Ašmenos str. 8, Vilnius)
Language: Lithuanian, with English surtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 14+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 31,20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

16:00 Dance for an Object and Child

Concept and choregraphy: Greta Grinevičiūtė
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Venue: Arts Printing House, Black Hall (Šiltadaržio str. 6, Vilnius)
Language: Lithuanian, with English surtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 14+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 16,20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

19:00 Austerlitz

Director: Krystian Lupa
Duration: 5 h 30 min (three acts)
Venue: State Youth Theatre, Grand Hall (Arklių str. 5, Vilnius)
Language: Lithuanian, with English surtitles
Restrictions: Recommended age 18+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 23 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

19:00 Vladimiras Tarasovas Quartet

Venue: Contemporary Art Centre (Vokiečių str. 2, Vilnius)
Restrictions: All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

19:00 Bogurodzica

Venue: Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Trakų str. 9/1, Vilnius)
Restrictions: All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: Free admission

 

27 September (Monday)

17:00 Informal networking session with young Lithuanian artists

Venue: Lithuanian National Drama Theatre Cafe (Gedimino ave. 4)

Lake full of Stars

Venue: MO Museum (Pylimo g. 17)
Working hours: 10:00-20:00
Tickets: 4,50-9 €, purchased on site.

 

28 September (Tuesday)

19:00 Eichmann in Jerusalem (Croatia)

Director: Jernej Lorenci
Venue: Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania, (Jono Basanavičiaus str. 13)
Duration: 3 h 30 min
Restrictions: Age 16+, All guests are required to have a Covid-19 certificate
Tickets: from 20 €, can purchased on tiketa.lt

Self-Creating Story (Narrative)

by Aleksandr Špilevoj

In this workgroup, participants will analyze the storyteling, the basic principles of creating and performing a verbal (non-written) narrative, a modification of history when it is transmitted from mouth to ear in the form of a legend. 

About the mentor:

Aleksandr Špilevoj is a director, playwright, actor, theatre educator. With an educational background of music technologies, Aleksandr is a graduate of Acting in Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) as well, where he is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Theatre Directing. At present, Aleksandr holds the position of artistic director of Juozas Miltinis’ Drama Theatre, he is also the founder and the head of the theatre-art laboratory “Alchemy of Art”.

Aleksandr Špilevoj’s debut play “Unlearned Lessons” (2016) won “Open Space” competition in Arts Printing House, hortlisted one of the most prestigious Russian festivals of contemporary drama “Liubimovka” program, won the Dalia Tamulevičiūtė Competition for Lithuanian Authors of Performing Works of Art. In 2017, performance based on this play and directed by Aleksandr himself was nominated for the main Lithuanian theatre award “Golden Stage Cross” in the category “Theatre +”. In 2018 Aleksandr Spilevoj has been awarded with the Young Artist Award from Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and in 2019 he has been awarded with “Golden Stage Cross” for the dramaturgy of performance “Almshouse” (“Bagadelnia”, dir. by Aleksandr himself). In 2020 Aleksandr received the Best Director award at Dalia Tamuleviciute Professional Theatre Festival for the performance “Iran Conference”.

 

Site-Specific Research: Distance – Geometric Paradox

by Miglė Bereikaitė

The reality in which we live today very often evokes the enigmatic experience of distance. In this artistic research workshop we would like to raise a question of the spatial paradox, or more precisely, the amount of the space between two places that we speak of when we use the term distance. As we have seen in the given examples, what lies in between is always mysterious. What is the nature of this amount of space? How is it experienced and how is it embodied? Is distance just a matter of geometric measurements, or is it something more?

Through different locations in Vilnius, which we will define at the beginning of our work, we will try to answer these (and other) questions by applying art-based research methods in relation to the specific places. The aim is to experience these questions ourselves, to translate them into a performative, multidisciplinary language and to find an artistic way to share our three- to four-day research results with an audience.

About the mentor:

Miglė Bereikaitė is a director, actor, theatre educator. Miglė has completed her Acting studies in France but has came back in Lithuania, where she gained master degree in Staging and is now pursuing doctoral degree in Theatre Directing. Miglė Bereikaitė has experience in theatre acting and directing and has also tried the cinematic lense in both acting and directing roles.

 

How to Create a Performance for Babies and Children Under Five?

by Ieva Jackevičiūtė and Raimondas Klezys

Theatre for children has been around for around one hundred years, while theatre for babies and children under five is only about forty years old. In some countries, this form of theatre is not a new phenomenon, but in some countries, theatre for very young children is viewed with a great deal of scepticism. There are still questions about the need for theatre for children who cannot even walk or talk yet. The answer is unequivocal – they really do need it. It is scientifically proven that human personality development is fastest before the age of five. Therefore, theatre can also contribute positively to these processes. As much as one is involved in artistic activities with one’s family in childhood, one becomes an active cultural participant in adulthood. However, there is still a lack of knowledge and skills on how to prepare plays for the youngest audience. This is a special audience that defies the usual theatre canons. Young children do not sit, do not cry, do not clap. They don’t pretend to like something if they don’t like it. When they protest, they do so immediately and very strongly. When they like it, they reward it with maximum concentration, surprise, admiration, thus filling the theatre space with pure childlike energy, shrieks and joy, which makes people want to create for them.

Once the riddle of what attracts children’s attention has been solved, once you’ve discovered your creative key and once you’ve been exposed to this audience, you want to experience it again, and again, and again. It’s always inspiring to hear the positive feedback that comes during and immediately after the performance. When parents see their little ones change, get involved, or just watch the action attentively during the performance, they experience special states of mind of their own, for which they express their gratitude and trust in the creators. It’s a really fun creative field, but not having children of one’s own, or having never been exposed to them, can lead creators to a number of questions:

• How do you create a play that meets the needs of young children?
• Why is there a need for plays for such young children?
• What do they like, and what don’t they like?
• How should actors act during such a play?
• What to create about, what kind of dramaturgy?
• What should be the structure of the play? Scenography? Music?

Join us! We promise you a creative, interesting, fun and playful time, after which you might feel that creating plays for babies and children up to five years old is your path of artistic exploration.

About the mentors:

The workshop will be moderated by a family duo of art educators and theatre makers and researchers Ieva Jackevičiūtė and Raimondas Klezys. The couple has three children, so the creative and pedagogical direction of creating for young audiences was not chosen by chance. Ieva graduated from ballet school, then studied acting and theatre education, worked as an actress on TV and film, danced in contemporary dance and physical theatre productions, and nowadays, in her PhD studies, she carries out artistic research on the creation of plays for young children, teaches theatre classes to babies with their mothers, organizes trainings for teachers, and directs plays. Raimondas is a qualified theatre educator, as well as a professional actor, dancer and playwright, who writes dramaturgy for baby, children’s and youth plays, and who presents his work not only on the Lithuanian and foreign professional stage, but also to socially sensitive groups, working with youth in orphanages and prisons. Raimondas’ recent artistic research focuses on the application of stand-up expression in the creation of one-man plays and the search for an artistic and educational dialogue with the audience in post-performance discussions. The artists have combined their creative and pedagogical activities to create an independent theatre called No Shoes Theatre, where audiences are invited to come without shoes because it’s the cleaner way.

 

Verbatim Theatre on a Global Crisis

by Loreta Vaskova

Verbatim theatre formed at the beginning of the 20 C. Derek Paget describes it a type of performances where the play text is based only on interviews, with very few edits to the spoken language, and where actors repeat the people’s words as accurately as possible. Up to this day verbatim performances it is based and draws inspiration from more various sources like diaries, articles, video recordings, court cases, photos etc.

In the context of documentary theatre, verbatim performances represent various social groups or individuals and give a voice of voiceless also this form of theatre is capable of social change, because it can incur change beyond the limits of the theatre. Most often, through their work, verbatim theatre artists attempt to influence the audience, to provoke dialogue, challenge stereotypes and inform opinion. Also, social change can be directed outward, manifesting through real action. Here, verbatim theatre artists aim to influence legal or political systems and implement short-term or long-term change, on an individual as well as a group level. That is also one of the reasons why verbatim theatre is often popular as an artist’s reactions to various local and global crises.

In the 20th century performances reflected on world wars, atomic bomb invention, later on various social and political problems. Sometimes documentary theatre could be as a tool talking about crisis. No exception is COVID – 19 situation in which verbatim theatre artist had to search new ways of communication with audience and performance forms. So, in this seminar “Verbatim theatre on a various global crisis” we will pay attention how verbatim artist cope with such situations, what tools they use, and we will try to experiment with some of them in artistic research. Also, during the seminar the participants will get knowledge about the historical development of the documentary theatre, main tools of the verbatim theatre form, artistic responsibility making verbatim performance, pandemic strategies of communication with audience.

Homework: bring an example theatre project which was of overcoming pandemic restrictions in your native country.

About the mentor:

Loreta Vaskova is a theatre director and teacher. After graduating from Klaipėda University, she continued her Master’s studies at the Vsevolod Meyerhold Centre, Moscow. Loreta Vaskova obtained PhD in Art at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) and, in 2014, started to teach there. Her first course focused on biomechanics for actors; later, Loreta Vaskova assisted director Oskaras Koršunovas in the course for actors he was leading. Currently, Loreta is teaching Documentary Theatre. 

Besides this, as a theatre director, Loreta Vaskova practices documentary theatre beyond the walls of the Academy: her numerous publications and various seminars are all dedicated to the topic of documentary theatre. In addition to her research work, Loreta Vaskova has always been devoted to the theatre: she has directed 12 drama performances, five contemporary operas, and as many as 15 non-traditional theatre projects for play readings.

Loreta Vaskova is a passionate life-long learner, continuously developing her professional skills in internships and seminars in the USA, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Denmark, Portugal, Great Britain, France and other countries.

 

We Stage Movies Too

by Augustas Gornatkevičius

Movie scripts or cinematic narratives keep coming back to theatre stages. It’s no surprise – the shift of theatrical language in the last century was deeply influenced by the birth and rise of cinema. Theatre makers could even be scared at first. We always suppose that the new will kill the old – tv was supposed to kill radio, internet was supposed to kill tv. In the same manner movies could have potentially killed theatre. Yet we flourish!

What goes around, comes around. Cinema didn’t kill theatre and in the recent decades theatre creators started interpreting (or reusing, performing) cinematic scripts on stage. Theatre started feeding of cinema. Movie narratives or scripts are a huge source of material for contemporary theatre makers. Yet differently from plays, written with theatre in mind, we rarely read movie scripts before seeing the movie. That supposes that even when staging a movie script in theatre, we are deeply influenced by the original movie itself. So how do we deal with that? What do we do with the signs and metaphors, colors and camera angles seen in that movie? Do we try to close our eyes and forget what we saw, or do we start a dialogue with the original?

What’s more important, movies can be seen as a document of time. Movies are created in a certain time frame and then sealed. Theatre, on the other hand, is always a live (or living) process. So, while researching and analyzing a movie for a theatre performance, we can search for the signs of a certain period and then actualize those signs in our interpretation. In this way we discuss the DISTANCE of time in a movie and create our own PRESENCE in theatre.

During the workshop we will be analyzing different approaches to staging a movie (script) in theatre and researching the differences and similarities between those two mediums. Is there something more to “steal” from cinema and what can we offer them back? 

Homework: Watch “Naked” by Mike Leigh (1993).

About the mentor:

Augustas Gornatkevičius is a theatre director, LMTA graduate and currently – lecturer in is alma mater. Augustas has completed bachelor in Theatre Directing mentored by legendary Lithuanian theatre director Jonas Vaitkus and masters at the course led by Yana Ross.

In 2019 performance “Trip to Eden” directed by Augustas has received the “Golden Stage Cross” nomination for the best supporting actress. He has staged theatre performances and play readings of various forms; his latest work – performance “The Flickering” – takes place in a completely online surroundings where the spectators can participate in a performance equally as the actors.

During his studies, Augustas actively participated as a students’ representative in E:UTSA network for theatre schools. His international experience also concluded his final work at the Academy – the performance “Calamari Union 2. Megastar” was staged together with the Acting students of Helsinki UNIARTS.

2020 September 7–8, 11:00

LMTA Building 1: Great Hall (Gedimino Ave. 42, Vilnius)

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