Greta Grinevičiūtė is a contemporary dance artist who is extremely interested in making moving pictures dance, and in performing on stage. From 2016, she has been a member of the Lithuanian Contemporary Dance Association as a part of its council.
Greta already has made few dance movies, one of which is still in postproduction. Her first video dance “Faked David” was selected to be a part of a video dance festival “From Jaffa to Agripas” in Jerusalem, Israel. She is also taking part in lots of stage dance performances with various choreographers at the AIROS dance theatre, Vytis Jankauskas Dance Theatre, collaborating with Simon Pederson, Tony Vezich, Andrius Katinas, and many others.
She has made a few stage dance performances: “Dance for a vacuum cleaner and father” (Mono performance, Arts Printing house, Vilnius, 2018), “B&B Dialogue” (the piece has toured in various countries and was nominated as the best dance piece of the year in 2016 at Lithuanian theatre awards “Golden Stage Cross”), “The ball” (Art printing house, 2015), “Honour for grandmothers” (Kaunas artist house, 2016), and several others. Greta also acts the works by young Lithuanian theatre creators, such as “Things”, “Unlearned lessons”, and “YesMoonCan”. Although the interest field of Greta is moving dance pictures, at the same time she is into developing the connection between stage contemporary dance, stage performance, and video. Greta finds herself feeling like at home when she is acting on stage and believes that people can talk through art about every theme of daily life and far beyond it.
"Dance for a vacuum cleaner and father"
Chor. Greta Grinevičiūtė. Premiere: 2018.
"B ir B Dialogue"
Chor. Greta Grinevičiūtė, Agnietė Lisičkinaitė. Premiere: 2016.
"Banana Dream"
Chor. Greta Grinevičiūtė, Agnietė Lisičkinaitė. Premiere: 2018.
Co-production
"Faked David"
International workshop for film students "Summer Media Studio 2013".
Collaboration with dance companies, artists
As a dancer:
- AIROS dance theatre
- Vytis Jankauskas dance theatre
- Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Aira Naginevičiūtė
- Vytis Jankauskas
- Mauricia Barreira Neves
- Simon Pederson
- Tony Vezich
As an artist, choreographer:
- B&B
- “Urodas” [“The Ugly One”], a play at the Russian Drama Theatre
- Plays by Paulius Markevičius
International tours
As choreographer and dancer:
- Jerusalem, Israel, MASH
- Cork, Ireland, Firkin Crane dance theatre
- Luznava, Latvia, DanceVideja
- Berlin, Germany, Litauen Tanzt
- Vermont, USA, PerformanceLab
- Manchester, UK, FreeForArtsFestival
- Miskolci, Hungary, Miskolci Theatre Festival
- Baeyruth, Germany, Young Artists Festival
- Krakow, Poland, OnSound
- Shenzhen, China, Shenzhen Experimental Theatre Festival
Awards
2019 – Greta was awarded by the Lithuanian Contemporary Dance Association for the most memorable artistic activity in 2018.
2016 – Performance “B&B Dialogue” (Created and performed by Greta Grinevičiūtė and Agnietė Lisičkinaitė) was nominated for Lithuanian Golden Stage Cross theatre award as a best dance performance of the year.
Other artistic activity
Social project B&B, which travels around countries to reflect the site-specific environment and residents, inviting everyone to take part in the action.