Deimantų ieškotoja: apie baleto artistę, pedagogę, šokio istorikę ir kritikę Lidiją Motiejūnaitę
LTLidija Motiejūnaitė (1924-2008) - artistė, pedagogė, choreografė, baleto istorikė ir kritikė. Sukūrusi daugelį spalvingų vaidmenų Kauno muzikiniame teatre, 1961-2001 ji dėstė M.K. Čiurlionio menų mokyklos Choreografijos skyriuje, o 1964 įkūrė Respublikinio profsąjungų kultūros rūmų choreografijos kolektyvą „Liepsnelė" ir jam vadovavo iki 2001. Šioje gausiai iliustruotoje knygoje jai skirtas apibendrinantis baleto istoriko Žilvino Dautarto straipsnis ir pluoštas Motiejūnaitės kolegų bei mokinių (tarp kurių žinomos baleto solistės Loreta Bartusevičiūtė, Eglė Špokaitė, Živilė Baikštytė, Neli Beliakaitė ir kitos) prisiminimų. Knygą papildo rinktiniai Lidijos Motiejūnaitės straipsniai apie Lietuvos baleto artistus, pedagogus, choreografus, jos parašytos baleto spektaklių recenzijos.
ENLidija Motiejūnaitė was bom on 2 April 1924 in Kalvarija, Lithuania, and died on 21 October 2008 in Stockholm (she was buried in Vilnius). She was a ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer and dance historian and critic. Motiejūnaitė graduated in 1944 from the Danutė Nasvytytė Studio of Rhythmic Gymnastics and Dance, and in 1955 from the Law Faculty of Vilnius University. Between 1944 and 1950, she was a dancer with the Kaunas Musical Comedy Theatre, and from 1952 to 1967 a member of the corps de ballet of the Lithuanian State Opera and Ballet Theatre (some of her roles were: Polenka [Boris Aleksandrov, My Gyuzel, 1947], Vanda [Herbert Stothart and Rudolf Friml, Rose - Marie, 1948], Stasi, Marietta [Imre Kälmän, Silva, 1946; Die Bayadere, 1949], and Pierrette [Riccardo Drigo, Arlequinade, 1949]). From 1961 to 2001, Motiejūnaitė taught in the Department of Choreography at the M.K. Čiurlionis School of the Arts. From 1976 to 1979, she taught at the Vilnius School of Culture. From 1967 to 1971, she taught at Vilnius State Pedagogical University. From 1952, Motiejūnaitė supervised amateur dance companies. In 1964, she established the "Liepsnelė" (Twinkle) Dance Company at the Lithuanian Trade Union Culture House, and was its artistic director until 2001. She created dozens of choreography compositions based on music by Lithuanian and foreign composers (Greetings Dance by Juozas Pakalnis, 1978; Ballet Suite by Adolphe Adam, 1983, etc). In 1972 she defended her doctoral thesis on the history of Lithuanian Ballet at the Anatoly Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatre Art (GITIS) in Moscow. Motiejūnaitė wrote the book "M. Juozapaitytė" (Vilnius, 1969) on the distinguished Lithuanian ballet dancer, and more than a hundred articles on the theory of choreography, the history of Lithuanian ballet, and reviews of ballet productions.In this book, the artistic career of Lidija Motiejūnaitė is reviewed by the ballet historian Žilvinas Dautartas. His article is supplemented by memoirs of her by Motiejūnaitė's daughter įneša Vinge, as well as by her colleagues and pupils (including several renowned Lithuanian ballet dancers from different generations, such as Loreta Bartusevičiūtė, Eglė Špokaitė, Živilė Baikštytė, Neli Beliakaitė, and others). The material is complemented by selected articles and reviews about Motiejūnaitė, and photographs from her family's private collection.
