Gytis Ivanauskas
actor, dancer, choreographer
Gytis Ivanauskas (born 1 June 1980) is a Lithuanian actor, dancer and choreographer. In 2005, he established his own theatre, called Gytis Ivanauskas Theatre (GI Theatre).
Biography
Ivanauskas was born in Ukmergė. Between 1996 and 1998, he studied arts at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art and in 1999 was admitted to the faculty of Theatre and Cinema at the Lithuanian Music Academy. In 2004 he obtained master's degree (dancing actor).
Ivanauskas entered the professional stage in 2000 when he played the teenager Kurt in M. Von Mayenburg play "Fireface" which was directed by Oskaras Koršunovas. Biggest roles that made him famous are Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare (director Oskaras Koršunovas) and Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (director Gintaras Varnas).
Ivanauskas also takes part in various dance projects, created scenography for his one-man show "Lighthouse" (director Gintaras Varnas). In 2005 he established his own Gytis Ivanauskas Theatre (GIT) where he has directed shows like "Hallmark", "Men in White Skirts", "Red Shoes", "The Birds" and others.
In 2005 he received the Lithuanian Theatre Union's prize "Fortune" for Raskolnikov in the "Crime and punishment" and was nominated for the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture prize "The golden stage cross" for Raskolnikov in "Crime and punishment" and "Boy in Lighthouse".
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