Kaunas State Musical Theatre is the second largest professional theatre in Lithuania, featuring a ballet troupe that performs full-length ballets, dance miniatures, and children's ballet productions as part of a diverse repertoire including opera, operetta, and musicals.
Kaunas State Musical Theatre is a cultural institution and repertoire theatre located in Kaunas, Lithuania. It describes itself as the second largest professional theatre in the country and identifies as a living part of Lithuanian theater history. The theatre operates with a full symphonic orchestra, rhythmic band, ballet troupe, choir, and more than thirty soloist singers. Its artistic season runs from October to May each year, with up to thirty different performances in its repertoire.
The theatre’s repertoire includes operas, operettas, musicals, musical revues, concerts, dance performances, and shows for children. The ballet company is led by chief ballet master Aleksandras Jankauskas, with Gajus Žmavcas serving as ballet artistic director. Recent ballet productions include Legenda, a full-length ballet set to music by Lithuanian composer Antanas Jasenka that draws on legends about thirteenth-century Prussian warrior Herkus Mantas; E-MOTION, a collection of dance miniatures performed to Max Richter’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons; and Aladdin, a ballet for children staged to music by Ukrainian composer Oleksandr Rodin.
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Kaunas State Musical Theatre is a cultural institution and repertoire theatre that is a living part of Lithuanian theater history. It is the second largest professional theatre in Lithuania with a full symphonic orchestra, rhythmic band, ballet troupe, choir, and more than 30 soloist singers.
The theatre is located at Laisvės av. 91, LT-44297 Kaunas, Lithuania, in a legendary building where Lithuanian drama, opera, and ballet were born and flourished.
The theatre offers dance performances as part of its repertoire, including full-length ballets such as Legenda, dance miniatures like E-MOTION, and ballet productions for children such as Aladdin. The ballet troupe performs works choreographed by the ballet artistic director and features soloists in various productions.
The theatre’s performances are open to audiences who can attend shows during the artistic season. The career page indicates that boys and girls interested in dancing may apply for ballet dancer positions.
The theatre offers ballet productions for children, such as Aladdin. The career page invites boys and girls interested in dancing for ballet dancer positions, but no specific age ranges are provided.
The theatre invites boys and girls who are interested in dancing for ballet dancer positions. The theatre has a ballet troupe with soloists and is led by ballet artistic director Gajus Žmavcas and chief ballet master Aleksandras Jankauskas.
The theatre is a repertoire theatre with as many as 30 different performances in its repertoire. Each artistic season runs from October to May and includes dance performances among its offerings of operas, operettas, musicals, concerts, and shows for children.
The theatre can be contacted at Laisvės av. 91, LT-44297 Kaunas, by phone at +37037200933, or by email at info@muzikinisteatras.lt, ofisas@muzikinisteatras.lt, or administratore@muzikinisteatras.lt. Office hours are Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 17:00 and Friday 08:00 to 16:00 with a lunch break from 12:30 to 13:15.
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