Eimuntas Nekrošius facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Eimuntas Nekrošius
Nekrošius in 2010
Born	(1952-11-21)21 November 1952 Pažobris village, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania
Died	20 November 2018(2018-11-20) (aged 65) Vilnius, Lithuania
Occupation	Theatre director
Years active	1979-2018

Eimuntas Nekrošius (born November 21, 1952 – died November 20, 2018) was a famous Lithuanian theatre director. He was known for his unique and powerful plays that often used natural elements like water, fire, and stone. He directed many well-known shows and won several international awards for his creative work.

His Life and Work

Early Life and Training

Eimuntas Nekrošius was born in a small village called Pažobris in Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. This was on November 21, 1952.

He studied theatre in Moscow at the Lunacharsky Institute of Theatre Arts. He graduated from there in 1978.

A Creative Career

After finishing his studies, Nekrošius returned to Lithuania. He worked at the Vilnius State Youth Theatre from 1978 to 1979. Then, he moved to the Kaunas State Drama Theatre for a year. In 1980, he returned to the Vilnius State Youth Theatre. There, he created many important and famous plays.

In 1998, he started his own theatre company called Meno fortas, which means Fortress of Art. From 2012 to 2013, he worked as an art director at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy. Just before he passed away, he was working on a new play called Edipo a Colono. It was planned to be shown in the ancient Amphitheatre of Pompeii.

Between 1988 and 1992, Nekrošius also worked and staged performances in many different countries. These included Austria, Italy, Finland, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

His Unique Style

Nekrošius' plays had a very special style. He often used calm, repeating music throughout his shows. He also used a lot of dance and movement. His stage props were unique, and he often used natural things like water, fire, wind, ice, and stone.

His plays were often very long because he chose complex and challenging stories. For example, he directed Song of Songs and The Seasons. He believed that a play should not just speak words. It should also use many different layers of meaning to create a strong, unified feeling.

In 1994, he received the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities in Italy. This award was for his amazing work in creating plays with the actors from the Theatre of Vilnius.

His Passing

Eimuntas Nekrošius passed away in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 20, 2018. He was 65 years old.

Famous Plays He Directed

Here are some of the notable plays that Eimuntas Nekrošius directed:

• The Square (1980)
• Pirosmani, Pirosmani... (1981)
• Rock opera Love and Death in Verona (1982, renewed in 1996)
• The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chinghiz Aitmatov (1983)
• Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (1986)
• The Nose by Nikolai Gogol (1991)
• Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin (1994)
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1997)
• Macbeth (2002)
• The Children of Rosenthal (2005)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust (2006)
• The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (2009)
• Caligula by Albert Camus (2011)
• Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (2012)
• Paradise by Dante Alighieri (2013)
• The Book of Job based on The Old Testament (2014)
• Dziady by Adam Mickiewicz (2016)

Awards and Honors

Nekrošius' plays received many awards and diplomas from theatre festivals. These were in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, and other countries. He also won many state awards.

• In 1994, he received a special prize from the Lithuanian Theatre Union as the Best Director of the Year. He also won the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science. This was for his play Little Tragedies, which was named the best theatre performance in the Baltic States.
• Also in 1994, Nekrošius received the II Europe Prize Theatrical Realities.
• In 1997, he directed one of his most successful plays, Hamlet by William Shakespeare. This play was performed at almost all major European theatre festivals. It won many awards, including the Lithuanian National Prize.
• In 1997, Nekrošius also received the respected Polish Konrad Swinarski Award for his direction of Hamlet.
• In November 2002, he directed Giuseppe Verdi's opera Macbeth at Teatro Comunale Florence in Italy.
• In 2001, Nekrošius received the important international Konstantin Stanislavski's award in Moscow.
• In 2005, he was given the Herder Prize.
• In January 2008, Italian theatre critics named Nekrošius' play Faust the best foreign production in Italy. He won the UBU Prize for it, which was his third time receiving this award.
• In 2008, Nekrosius received the third Honorary Award at the 16th International Istanbul Theater Festival.

See also

• List of famous Lithuanians