AURA Dance Theater

National Network
Lithuania
Address

M. Dauksos st. 30A,
Kaunas
Lithuania

Telephone
+370 37 202062
Fax
+370 37 424089
E-Mail
info@aura.lt
E-Mail (2)
koordinatore@aura.lt
E-Mail (3)
vadyba@aura.lt
Mobile Phone
+370 614 23500
Website
http://www.aura.lt
Organisation Type
Local/Regional Authority
Year of Establishment
1982
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
* 1995 - The municipality officially acknowledged AURA Dance Theatre. Now AURA has 6 permanent dancers and one choerographer. * Budget per year is almost 350 000 Euro. * Main sources of funding - The Culture Support Foundation,The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Kaunas District Municipality and other. * Main actions: performances, exchanges, workshops, scholarships for young artists, interdisciplinary projects. * Vytautas Magnus University, Polish Institute in Vilnius, Arts Printing House, Institut français de Lituanie, Kaunas State drama theatre etc.
Mission and Objectives

* To encourage popularity of contemporary dance in Lithuania. * To educate the audience, that they would develop the understanding of contemporary dance. * To show specific face of Lithuania's contemporary dance culture to the world. * Exchange experience between our and other countrys.

Main Projects / Activities

* International dance festival AURA (since 1989 till now) * Interdisciplinary project "AURA and other Demons" (from 2007 till 2012) * TEXTILE'11:PLAY (Moving Textile). Collaboration between AURA’21 and Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE’11 festivals.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

From 1989 AURA Dance Theater is organizing international festival "AURA". The festival born in Kaunas has become the town‘s meaningful tradition that encourages popularity of contemporary dance and enriches cultural life of Lithuania. Introducing the newest trends in contemporary dance and inviting to accept challenges this festival is educating the audiences and develops the understanding of contemporary dance. By inviting more and more established masters of dance from different foreign countries, the festival strengthens the image of Lithuania abroad and it develops intercultural exchanges. ALF Network would be great support for our ideas and (the main thing) for our festival.

Contact (1) Full Name
Gintare Masteikaite
Head of the organisation
Birute Letukaite