Gintarė Marija Ščavinskaitė is a graduate of the Šiauliai Saulius Sondeckis School of Arts, choreography department. In 2013, she got her bachelor’s degree as an educator in contemporary dance from the Vilnius College, and started working as a professional dancer-performer in a dance theatre AURA, where she collaborated with artists from Lithuania and abroad: Birutė Letukaitė, Samuel Mathieu, Pia Holden, Anne Ekenes, Paul Hess, etc.
Gintarė has performed in various countries – the USA, Norway, Italy, and so forth. She has been a member of the Lithuanian Contemporary Dance Association since 2017, starting her path as a dancer for hire, teacher, and choreographer. She was awarded the Golden Stage Cross the same year for her part in the dance play “Aside”.
Aside
Chor. Gintarė Marija Ščavinskaitė, Niels Claes/ Šeiko Dance Company.
Premiere: 2017
Tik Talk
Chor. Gintarė Marija Ščavinskaitė, Niels Claes.
Premiere: 2017
Monster
Chor. Samuel Matheu/ AURA Dance Theatre
Premiere: 2015
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Chor. Vilma Pitrinaitė/ Šeiko Dance Company
Premjera: 2019
Collaboration with dance companies
As choreographer:
- AURA Dance Theatre
- Šeiko Dance Company
- NIUK
As Dancer:
- AURA Dance Theatre
- Šeiko Dance Company
Collaboration with artists
Birute Letukaite (LT), Agnija Šeiko (LT), Liza Baliasnaja (LT), Niels Claes (BE), Maciej Piotr Beczek (PL), Almyra Weigel (LT-DE), Paul Hess (DE), Samuel Mathieu (FR), Kenzo Kusuda (JP), Guda Koster (NL), Anne Ekenes (NOR), Pia Holden (NOR), Alban Richard (FR), Massimo Fucco (FR), Dalija Acin Thelander Murphy (SER), Vilma Pitrinaitė (LT-BE), Palle Granhoj (DE).
International tours
- “PlaRtforma”, Lithuania
- “Festival de overstek”, The Netherlands
Also Poland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, England, Lithuania, USA, France, Czech Republic.
Awards
2017 – Lithuanian theatre award “Golden Stage Cross” for the best dancer of the year, with Niels Claes.
Other artistic activity
- Classes for dance professionals in Klaipėda, (LŠŠA/Šeiko dance theatre)
- Dance classes for kids and teenagers (Šeiko dance theatre)
- International project GODOS, an educational initiative for the kids/public of Lithuania and Norway
- Classes for children and colleagues (AURA dance theatre)
