Starting with wedding based on calculation, ending with sharing of legacy 2013-12-06
The rejoicing fact is that the repertoire of Kaunas State Musical Theatre replenishes with new stagings of operas every year. Still, these two operas in particular, “The Marriage Bill” and “Gianni Schicchi”, provoke a twofold evaluation.
Ina Pukelytė: “Craft is not enough for an actor” 2013-12-02
“Craft is not enough for an actor, he/she has to take interest what new happens, what experiments are made, how people go further. The spectator comes to look at a thinking actor, not only masterful. He/she is interested what an actor wants to say about life here and now or in future and not how he/she does it. The tradition of a live actor rather than functional is more significant,” the theatre critic I.Pukelytė states.
Vita Mozūraitė: “The strongest dance troupe is in Kaunas” 2013-10-07
The international dance festival Aura'23 was organised in Kaunas on September 18-22. It was presented as a platform of African contemporary dance to the audience, although works of western troupes were also shown. As emotions faded away slightly after the festival, the dance critic Vita Mozūraitė was asked to review and comment the seen performances. The interlocutors could not distance from thoughts about the Lithuanian dance scene and the only Lithuanian dance theatre in the conversation.