Greta Grinevičiūtė

Greta Grinevičiūtė
Greta Grinevičiūtė
Born	18 September 1990 (age 34); Palanga, Lithuania
Nationality	Lithuanian
Occupation(s)	Actress, Choreographer, Dancer
Notable work	Slow;
Website	Official Website

Greta Grinevičiūtė (born 18 September 1990) is a Lithuanian actress, choreographer, and dancer.

Biography

Greta Grinevičiūtė was born on 18 September 1990, in Palanga, Lithuania.

She holds a bachelor's degree in contemporary dance and drama and pursued a Master's in Arts at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre between 2013 and 2015.^[1]

From 2015 onwards, she has been involved in numerous film and theater projects as an actress, choreographer, and dancer.^[2]^[3] Greta Grinevičiūtė has participated in various dance performances with different choreographers, including AIROS dance theatre, Vytis Jankauskas Dance Theatre, Mauricia Berreira's Nueves Anesthetize (premiere in 2019 at the GUIdance festival, Guimaraes, Portugal), Simon Pederson, Tony Vezich, and Andrius Katinas.^[4]

In 2016, she choreographed and directed the critically acclaimed stage performance B&B Dialogue^[5] which was nominated for the Lithuanian Theatre Academy's Best Dance Piece of the Year.^[6]

In 2017, Grinevičiūtė and Agnietė Lisičkinaitė founded the independent dance company B&B, creating, choreographing, and performing three dance works between 2017 and 2020.^[1]^[7]

In 2023, she played the lead role in the Lithuanian film Slow directed by Marija Kavtaradzė.^[8] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023, where Marija Kavtaradzė won the Best Director award.^[9]

Since 2016, she has been a member of the board of the Lithuanian Association of Contemporary Dance^[10] and a member of the professional theater MMLAB in Vilnius since 2018.^[11]

Selected Choreographies in Contemporary Dance Performances

2016: B&B Dialogue
2018: Dance for a Vacuum Cleaner and Father (Mono performance, Arts Printing house)
2020: I'm Going to Buy Some Milk
2020: Dance for a Washing Machine and Mother
2021: Dance for an Object and Child
2021: Bath

Theater

Performer

2015: YesMoonCan
2015: The Ball
2016: Honour for Grandmother
2016: Things
2017: Bad Weather
2018: Unlearned Lessons
2019: Olympian Machine
2020: Navigations
2020: Pluto

Choreographer

2017: The Matters
2018: Urod
2019: The Seagull
2019: 12 Grams to the North
2019: Manuliukai

Filmography

2016: Faked David (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
2017: Yana (fiction / 30 / Lithuania)
2018: Prisitaikymas (fiction / short film / Lithuania)
2019: Miraculous Light of the Bonfire Lights Up the Future directed by Petras Kuneika (fiction / 10 min / Lithuania)
2023: Slow (fiction / 108 min / Lithuania, Spain, Sweden)

Awards and honors

Lithuanian Theatre Academy 2016: Nomination for Best Dance Piece of the Year for B&B Dialogue^[2]
Lithuanian National Academy of Contemporary Dance 2018: Most Memorable Creative Work of the Year Award for Dance for a Vacuum Cleaner and Father^[12]
Lithuanian Theatre Academy 2020: Nomination for the Lithuanian Theatre "Golden Stage Cross" awards for Best Dance Piece of the Year for I'm Going to Buy Some Milk^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "B & B – GRETA GRINEVIČIŪTĖ AND AGNIETĖ LISIČKINAITĖ". Lithuanian Culture Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ ^a ^b "Greta Grinevičiūtė". Lithuanian Dance Information Centre. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "We Want to Speak of Ourselves on Stage!". Menų faktūra (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ ^a ^b "DANCE FOR WASHING MACHINE AND MOTHER". theATRIUM. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "Identity Separated from Artist". Menų faktūra (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ ""Z+" | Vilniaus festivaliai". www.vilniusfestivals.lt. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "Scenos universalė Greta Grinevičiūtė: iš drąsių bandymų atsiranda labai gražūs dalykai". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "Marija Kavtaradze's Sundance-Winning Film "Slow" – A Story about Hope". Golden Globes. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
^ "2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED - sundance.org". 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
^ "BE COMPANY » An Independent Organization of Contemporary Dance". 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "MMLAB play DANCE FOR WATCHING MACHINE AND A MOTHER". mmlab. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
^ "Solo G » BE COMPANY". 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

External links

[english.lithuanianculture.lt-1] "B & B – GRETA GRINEVIČIŪTĖ AND AGNIETĖ LISIČKINAITĖ". Lithuanian Culture Institute. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[:0-2] "Greta Grinevičiūtė". Lithuanian Dance Information Centre. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[3] "We Want to Speak of Ourselves on Stage!". Menų faktūra (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[:1-4] "DANCE FOR WASHING MACHINE AND MOTHER". theATRIUM. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[5] "Identity Separated from Artist". Menų faktūra (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[6] ""Z+" | Vilniaus festivaliai". www.vilniusfestivals.lt. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[7] "Scenos universalė Greta Grinevičiūtė: iš drąsių bandymų atsiranda labai gražūs dalykai". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[8] "Marija Kavtaradze's Sundance-Winning Film "Slow" – A Story about Hope". Golden Globes. Retrieved 2023-10-04.

[9] "2023 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED - sundance.org". 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-10-04.

[10] "BE COMPANY » An Independent Organization of Contemporary Dance". 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[11] "MMLAB play DANCE FOR WATCHING MACHINE AND A MOTHER". mmlab. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

[12] "Solo G » BE COMPANY". 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

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