Donatas Bielkauskas is among the nominees of “Golden Stage Crosses”.

Professional stage art assessment Commission out of the 93 proposals submitted, they selected the nominees for the “Golden Stage Crosses” for 2023. creativity according to separate categories.

The awards aim to evaluate the most significant works and outstanding professional achievements of creators, researchers and other workers in the field of professional performing arts.

The winners of the competition will be announced on March 27, International Theater Day. They will be awarded commemorative signs “Golden Stage Crosses” at the Klaipėda Drama Theater, and the “Boris Dauguvietis Earring” commemorative sign for searching for new forms of stage expression.

Here is a list of nominations for the Professional Performing Arts Awards.

Directing

• Jokūbas Brazys for the play “Thick Notebook”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Kamilė Gudmonaitė for the Taxiphone opera “Things I didn’t dare to say, and now it’s too late”, public institution “Operomania”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre;
• Adomas Juška for the performance “West Coast”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Dmitry Krymov for the play “Fragment”, Klaipėda Drama Theater.

The role of a woman

• Nomeda Bėčiūtė for the role of Mother in the play “Patina”, Šiauliai State Drama Theatre;
• Vilija Grigaitytė for Vitalija, Jūratė Onaitytė for Alma, Inesa Paliulytė for Irena, Liucija Rukšnaitytė for the roles of Julia in the play “When we will be young”, National Kaunas Drama Theater;
• Digna Kulionytė for the role of Hare’s Lip in the play “Thick Notebook”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Eglė Mikulionytė for the role of Monkey in the play “Dog and Monkey”, OKT / Vilnius City Theatre;
• Alvydė Pikturnaitė for the role of Marianne in the performance “Unfaithful”, Vilnius State Small Theater, public institution “Darbininkai”.

The role of the man

• Saulius Ambrozaitis and Džiugas Grinys for the roles of the brothers Lukas and Klaus in the play “Thick Notebook”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Vytautas Anužis for the role of Father in the play “Dad”, Vilnius Old Theater, and for the role in the play “Ūbas Tsar”, State Youth Theatre;
• Valentinas Masalskis for the role of Judge in the performance “Barbarians”, State Youth Theater;
• Severinas Norgaila for the role of Ivar in the play “Flying Travolta”, State Drama Theater of Šiauliai;
• Donatas Želvys for the role of Šarlis in the play “West Coast”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;

Minor role

• Eglė Barauskaitė for the role of Cecilia in the play “West Coast”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Kirilas Glušaevs for the role of Zhan in the performance “Raganosiai”, Lithuanian National Drama Theater;
• Viktorija Kuodytė for the role of the Young Barbarian in the performance “Barbarians”, State Youth Theater;
• Valery Osadchenko for the role of Iago in the ballet “Desdemona”, Kaunas State Musical Theatre;
• Emilis Pavilionis for the role of Mr. Thompson in the play “That Strange Happening to a Dog in the Night”, Juoz Miltinis Drama Theatre.

Scenography

• Irina Komissarova for the scenography of the play “Fragment”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Lauryna Liepaitė for the scenography of the play “West Coast”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Marius Nekrošius for the scenography of the plays “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead”, Vilnius Old Theater, and “Thick Notebook”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Sigita Šimkūnaitė for the scenography of the opera “Aida”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre;
• Barbora Šulniūtė for the scenography of the Taxiphone opera “Things I didn’t dare to say, and now it’s too late”, public institution “Operomanija”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.

Costume design

• Dovilė Gudačiauskaitė for the costume design of the performance “Found Found Found”, State Drama Theater of Šiauliai;
• Gintarė Minelgaitė-Duchin (Dr. GoraParasit) for costume design of the performance “Snieguolė”, National Kaunas Drama Theatre;
• Sandra Straukaitė for the opera “Aida”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater, and the costume design of the play “Life is a dream”, association Art and Science Laboratory;
• Juozas Valenta for the costume design of the Taxiphone opera “Things I didn’t dare to say, and now it’s too late”, public institution “Operomanija”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.

Technology design

• Julius Kuršis for the lighting design of the performances “Western Shore” and “Thick Notebook”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Saulius Laucevičius for the lighting design of the play “Audra”, National Kaunas Drama Theatre;
• Eugenijus Sabaliauskas and Edvin Vasilijevas for the light and sound design of the performance “Fragment”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Arai Tatsuru for the videography of the dance performance “Garden 4.12°”, Kaunas Dance Theater “Aura”;
• Vilius Vilutis for the performances “Camino Real”, Juoz Miltinis drama theater, and “Meat Factory”, dance theater “Okarukas”, light design.

Music

• Donatas Bielkauskas for the sound concept of the sound and movement performance “Out of the Box”, Artist group “Zuvies akis”;
• Vygintas Kisevičius for the music of the play “Western Shore”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Tomas Kutavičius for the music of the play “Daddy”, Vilnius old theater;
• Rita Mačiliūnaitė for the music of the play “Lion and Bird”, Kaunas State Puppet Theatre;
• Jausmė Elena Stonkutė for the soundscape of the performance “Journey to another forest”, Stalo theater.

Soloist / soloist

• Gunta Gelgotė for the role of a woman in the opera-poem “Thrush – green bird”, Panevėžys Musical Theatre;
• Justina Gringytė for the role of Amneris in the opera “Aida”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre;
• Viktorija Miškūnaitė for the role of Aida in the opera “Aida”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre;
• Zuzanna Nalewajek for the role of Lucette (Cinderella) in the opera “Cinderella”, Kaunas State Music Theatre, Estonian concert institution “PromFest”;
• Kostas Smoriginas for the role of Amonasro in the opera “Aida”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Choreography

• Emanuel Gat for the dance performance “Kartotaoi”, Kaunas Dance Theater “Aura”;
• Vytis Jankauskas for the performative dance event “Decreation”, Vytis Jankauskas Dance Theater;
• Vilma Pitrinaitė for the dance performance “Match 3”, independent dance organization “Be kompanijos”;
• Dovydas Strimaitis for the dance performance “Duetas”, independent dance organization “Be kompanijos”.

Dancer / Dancer

• Diego Vega Alcalá for his roles in the dance performances “Kartotajai” and “Sodas 4.12°”, Kaunas Dance Theater “Aura”;
• Inga Briazkalovaitė for performing the vertical dance performance “Room”, public institution “Codas projektai”;
• Oksana Griaznova for her role in the dance performance “Match 3”, independent dance organization “Be Company”;
• Agnietė Lisičkinaitė for her role in the dance performance “Match 3”, independent dance organization “Be kompanijos”;
• Julija Strupaitė for her roles in the dance performances “Kartotaoi” and “Sodas 4.12°”, Kaunas Dance Theater “Aura”.

Ballet soloist/soloist

• Edvinas Jakonis for the role of Harlequin in the ballet “Harlekin’s Millions”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre;
• Marija Kastorina for the role of Colombina in the ballet “Harlequin’s Millions”, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre;
• Yan’as Malaki’s for his roles in the dance performance “Dreams and Cacti”, Klaipėda State Musical Theatre;
• Lucrecija Vaitiekutė for the role of Desdemona in the ballet “Desdemona”, Kaunas State Musical Theatre.

Beginning artist / Beginning artist

• Laura Kutkaitė for the performance “Teiresijo’s breast”, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre;
• Vaiva Paukštė for the performance “Dreaming Beauty”, “Low Air”, Vilnius City Dance Theatre;
• Samanta Pinaitytė-Maiskienė for the role of Olga in the play “Fragment”, Klaipėda Drama Theater;
• Gediminas Rimeika for the performance “Life is a dream”, Association Art and Science Laboratory;
• Rūta Venskutė for the scenography of the play “Waiting for Godot”, Klaipėda Youth Theater.

A performance for children and young people

• Kata Csató for the play “The Lion and the Bird”, Kaunas State Puppet Theatre;
• Augustas Gornatkevičius for the performances “Siberian Haiku”, Lithuanian National Drama Theater, and “Taisykla”, Kaunas National Drama Theatre;
• Ieva Jackevičiūtė for the play “I Tried”, “No Shoes Theater”, Lithuanian Audiosensory Library;
• Raimondas Klezys for the monoplay “Aries”, “No Shoes Theater”;
• Ieva Stundžytė for the performance “When I was Prometheus”, Vilnius Keistuolių theater.

Object and puppet theater performance

• Saulė Degutytė for the performance “Rubinaitis Paliūzė, or the Lithuanian way of survival”, State Youth Theater;
• Julija Skuratova for the visual design of the play “Lion and Bird”, Kaunas State Puppet Theatre;
• Agnė Sunklodaitė for the puppet opera “Mažylis and Karlson, who lives on the roof”, Kaunas State Puppet Theatre;
• Creative group for the marionette performance for adults “Cow is love”, Klaipėda Puppet Theater.

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