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GINTAUTAS POTOCKAS

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First soloists

Gintautas Potockas was born in Lithuania, where he studied at the Vilnius Ballet School. He continued his education at the Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz (specialty: dance pedagogy) and became a lecturer at this university in 2018. He has been the Vice-Dean of the Dance Department at his alma mater, as well as its ambassador since 2021.

Career:

from 1994 to 1997 – Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
from 1997 to 1998 – The ROMA Musical Theatre in Warsaw
since 1998 – The Grand Theatre in Lodz
collaboration with: Ballet Classic de Paris, Silesian Opera in Bytom, Baltic Opera, the Krakow Opera, Musical Theatre in Lodz

The most significant parts:

Albert, Giselle (Robert Strajner/Adam Adolphe)
Franz, Coppélia (Laura Alfonso, Ivan Alfonso/Leo Delibes)
Prince Siegfried, Swan Lake (Giorgio Madia/ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Spartacus, Spartacus (Kirill Simoniv/Adam Chaczaturian)
Prince, The Nutcracker (Giorgio Madia/ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Oniegin, Gremin, Oniegin (Wasilij Miedwiediew/ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Prince, Cinderella (Giorgio Madia/Gioacchino Rossini)
Karol, Promised Land (Gray Veredon/Franz von Suppe, Michael Nyman)
Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Gray Veredon/Feliks Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)
Prince, Sleeping Beauty (Giorgio Madia/Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Wolfgang Amadeus (Gray Veredon/ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Kobro (Gray Veredon/Sławomir Kulpowicz)
Golem, Yellow Colour (Gray Veredon/Sławomir Kulpowicz)
Prince, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Witold Borkowski/Bogdan Pawłowski)

Awards:

Bronze Medal "Meritorious for Culture Gloria Artis" awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
Award of the Marshal of the Łódź Province for exceptional artistic achievements
Extraordinary Golden Mask in recognition of the ballet artistry presented consistently for many seasons in solo parts and duets, another confirmation of which was the performance of Silence on the stage of the Grand Theatre in Lodz

Photo by Joanna Miklaszewska

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