Eimuntas Nekrošius (born on November 21, 1952 in Pažobris village, Raseiniai district municipality) is one of the most renowned theatre directors in Lithuania. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Raseiniai district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the Theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the

Contents 1 Career 2 Notable plays 3 Awards 4 See also 5 Referances 6 External links

Career

In 1978 Nekrošius graduated from Lunacharsky Institute of Theatre Arts in Moscow. The Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS (Российская академия театрального искусства was founded in 1878 and is the oldest and largest theatre Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of After returning to Lithuania Nekrošius has been working in the Vilnius State Youth Theatre from 1978 until 1979. In 1979 he moved to the Kaunas State Drama Theatre, where he stayed for a year until until 1980. The Kaunas State Drama Theatre is the biggest theatre in Kaunas, and one of the oldest functioning theatres in Lithuania. 1980 he returned to Vilnius State Youth Theatre, where he staged series of notable plays:

Among the features characteristic to his plays are the soothing background music of a repetitive pattern throughout the performance, extensive use of dance and movement and unique props on stage, as well as an employment of natural substances as water, fire, wind, ice and stone. A theatrical property, commonly referred to as a prop, is any object held or used on stage by an Actor for use in furthering the plot or story line of a Theatrical The length of a single performance often exceeds conventional viewing time, since Nekrošius favours complex and challenging pieces to stage, such as the Song of Songs or The Seasons by Kristijonas Donelaitis. The Seasons (Metai is the first Lithuanian Poem written by Kristijonas Donelaitis around 1765–1775 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Latin: Christian Donalitius was a Lithuanian ref> or by others Lietuvnink or by

Notable plays

• The Square (1980),
• Pirosmani, Pirosmani (1981),
• Rock opera Love and Death in Verona by Sigitas Geda and K. Rock operas, Concept albums Song cycles and Oratorios all differ from a conventional rock album which usually includes songs that are unrelated to each Antanėlis’ (1982, renewed in 1996),
• Chinghiz Aitmatov’s The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years (1983),
• Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (1986),
• Nikolai Gogol’s The Nose (1991),
• Little Tragedies by Aleksandr Pushkin,
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1997),
• Macbeth (2002) (Bolshoi theater, Moscow)
• The Children of Rosenthal (2005) (Bolshoi theater, Moscow)
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe's Faust (2006). Chinghiz Aitmatov (Чыңгыз Айтматов tʃɯŋˈʀɯs ɑjtˈmɑtəf Чингиз Торекулович Айтматов (born 12 December 1928 in The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years (И дольше века длится день "And more than a century lasts a day" originally published in Russian in Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one Uncle Vanya ( Russian: Дядя Ваня — "Dyadya Vanya" is a Tragicomedy by the Russian Playwright Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (Никола́й Васи́льевич Го́голь Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol;; Микола Васильович Гоголь " The Nose " is a satirical Short story by Nikolai Gogol, subsequently made into an opera by Dmitri Shostakovich. Little Tragedies (Маленькие Трагедии-Malenkiye Tragediyi are a Russian language Progressive rock, Art-rock and Symphonic rock Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 William Shakespeare ( baptised Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's Faust is a tragic play. It was published in two parts de Faust der Tragödie erster Teil (translated

Awards

Plays by Nekrošius were awarded diplomas of various theatre festivals in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and other countries. Latvia ( Latvija officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvijas Republika is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region. Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Nekrošius is a laureate of numerous state awards.

• 1994 Nekrošius received a special prize of the Lithuanian Theatre Union as the Best Director of the Year, and an award of the Baltic Assembly for Aleksandr Pushkin’s Little Tragedies (Mozart and Salieri. The Baltic Assembly (“BA” is an international organisation which aims to promote co-operation between the Parliaments of the Republics of Estonia, Latvia Little Tragedies (Маленькие Трагедии-Malenkiye Tragediyi are a Russian language Progressive rock, Art-rock and Symphonic rock Don Juan. Don Juan (Spanish or Don Giovanni (Italian is a legendary fictional Libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors Plague) as the best theatre performance in the Baltic States.
• 1997, Nekrošius produced one of his most successful directions – Hamlet by William Shakespeare, starring Lithuanian music idol Andrius Mamontovas. Pop icon is a Celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era Andrius Mamontovas (born August 23, 1967 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian rock The play took part in nearly all main European theatre festivals and received numerous awards including Lithuanian National Prize. The Lithuanian National Prize ('Nacionalinė kultūros ir meno premija' established in 1989 is an award granted for achievements in culture and the arts
• November 2002, Nekrošius produced Giuseppe Verdi's opera Macbeth at Teatro Comunale Florence. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between The Teatro Comunale di Firenze (or Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino) is an Opera house in Florence, Italy.
• In 2001, Nekrošius received the prestigious international Konstantin Stanislavski’s award in Moscow. Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski (Константин
• In 2005 he received the Herder Prize. The Herder Prize, established in 1963 and named for Johann Gottfried von Herder, is a prestigious international prize dedicated to the promotion of scientific art and literature In January 2008, Italian theater critics recognized Nekrošius' staged play Faust as the best foreign production in Italy and awarded UBU Prize, a third one in Nekrošius carrier. Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes ^[1]
• 2008 Nekrosius received the third Honorary Award of the 16th International Istanbul Theater Festival

See also

• List of famous Lithuanians

Referances

External links

• Short biography
• Full list of directed plays and awards
• Review of play 'The Square' by The New York Times

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