This ballet is a two-part anniversary event of the ballet department of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts, consisting of the ballet “Chopiniana” and the dance performance “Letters to Life”.

“Chopiniana” is a pearl of romanticism, a one-act ballet, created by choreographer and innovator Mikhail Fokine in 1908 to the music of Frederic Chopin. It is a mosaic of dreams, visions, and romantic reveries of the main character – a young man, expressed in a wonderful dance of the goddesses – the sylphs. The plot of the ballet, known for its poetic and emotional expression, is revealed in dreamy and romantic variations, filled with free spirit, feelings, and romance. The choreography of “Chopiniana” is based on the elegance and grace of dance, colored with special emotional expression and subtlety. The ballet is famous not only for its music, but also for the aesthetic beauty created by the memorable dance.

The performance "Letters to Life" is a choreographic dedication to the most prominent Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. This dance interpretation invites the audience to a sensual journey through the creator's life, thoughts and inner experiences, which were accompanied by the joy of creativity, loneliness, searches, and love for the homeland.

Inspired by Čiurlionis' letters, the performance is like a poetic diary, which opens up the artist's spiritual world. The dancers' movements tell not only the historical path of M. K. Čiurlionis, but also the eternal questions of human existence: what does it mean to create? How to remain true to oneself? Is it possible to live only through art?

Jurijus Smoriginas' choreography subtly combines the foundations of classical ballet with means of contemporary expression. Each dance in the performance is like a living letter, sent from the past to the present, from the heart – directly to life.

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PROGRAMME

❯ One-act ballet “Chopiniana”

Choreographer: Mikhail Fokin

Performance director-balletmaster: Loreta Bartusevičiūtė-Noreikienė

Assistant balletmaster: Deimantė Karpušenkovienė

Performed by: Students of the 8th–12th grade ballet department of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts

❯ Premiere. Dance performance “Letters to Life”

Choreographer: Jurijus Smoriginas

Scenographer: Sigita Šimkūnaitė

Costume designer: Sandra Straukaitė

Performed by: Students of the 1st–12th grade ballet department of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts

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EVENT INFORMATION

Date & Time: December 11, 2025, 6:30 PM

Venue: Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

Address: A. Vienuolio st. 1, Vilnius

Tickets: HERE

More: HERE

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ORGANIZER

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre

Contact: info@opera.lt / +370 5 2620727

Program

Ballet "Called to the Arts. The Language of Dance"

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