EGLĖ ŠIMĖNAITĖ
HELSINKI | PRAGUE
FILM:
2025 Commercial for Finnair / Veikko Kähkönen
2025 “Boyish” / Hortense Hansen
2023 Commercial "Love Unfolded" / Pekka Hara
2022 “The Mountain of Advanced Dreams: Rituals” / Mali Weil
2022 "Tenants" / Antoine Bruch, Katarina Z. Šarić
2022 “If Only” / by Riyana Lama, Katarina Z. Šarić
2022 “The Violent Sleep of Reason”/ Antoine Bruch
2021 “Pendulum” / Katarina Z. Šarić, mentorship of Béla Tarr
2021 “Change in The Current” / Allegra Stodolsky
2020 "SCHATTENSPIELCHEN"/ Antoine Bruch
2020 "Once we grew up" / Sophia Gisinger
EXPERIMENTAL:
2021 “CHIASSO” / Casimiro Amato
2021 “PULSE” / Arnis Aleinikovas
2019 “Block life” / Eglė Šimėnaitė
2019 “Sesele mano” / Miglė Kriaučiūnaitė
2019 “Unexpected” / Darren Lin
PERFORMANCE:
-ONGOING-
2025 performance and exhibition "The Mountain of Advanced Dreams", Mali Weil, Italy
2025 member of the international artistic project BEDS, Kaunas, Lithuania; together with Kaunas Biennal
2025 group exhibition "Forest Creatures", Chappe, Finland
2025 curatorial project OUTSIDERS together with Grus Grus teatteri, Finland
2025 performance "See Through When Gone", Finland
-COMPLETED-
2025 “Take Less Space and Disappear “ with E.Selbourne’s Tramshed Collective (FI)
2024 Sound object “Tetherless”, In.the.Closet gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (LT)
2024 light performance/excursion "See Through When Gone" with Grus Grus Teatteri (FI)
2024 Artistic residency in Vares, Estonia, for the production of the piece "Tetherless" (EE)
2023 "Aftersky" in a public exhibition at Tartu Observatory in Torevere, curated by Ann Mirjam Vaikla (EE)
2023 Author of a piece "Aftersky", in the Tartu2024 residency "Celestial Bodies"; network: Magic Carpets (EE)
2023 Performer in "The Mountain of Advanced Dreams" / Mali Weil (IT)
2023 Dramaturgical assistance in a project "Tornado Watch" / Katharina Joy Book, Eszter Koncz (US, DE, HU)
2023 Dramaturgical assistance in a project “River Room” / Eszter Koncz (HU)
2023 Dramaturg in a project “Prisoner” / Chun Shing Au (HK/NL)
2022 Assistant and researcher in a company Mali Weil (IT)
2022 Performer in a sound performance “Midnight Mixtapes” / Zorka Wollny (PL, DE)
2022 Performer in a project “Cooking the Future, Eating the Now, Pooping the Past” / Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir (IS)
2022 Director, Producer and Performer in “Take Less Space and Disappear”
2022 Performer & co-creator in “Sensorium: Take a Brake from Being Human” / En Ping Yu (TW)
2021 Performer in “Silence and Other Impossible Objects” / Valtteri Alanen (FI)
2021 Assisting artistic director B. Berger and international artists (T. Haapoja, J. Teixeira Neves, S. Laine) at a contemporary theatre festival
Homo Novus 2021 (LV)
2021 Initiator and director of the concert for one audience member “Human Sound II: the concert”
2021 Dramaturg in a performance “With These Hands” / Daniel Alberto Victoria (MX)
2021 Dramaturg in a site-specific walk “Undergrowth” / Valtteri Alanen (FI)
2021 Performer in a performance film “PULSE” / Arnis Aleinikovas (LT)
2020 Director of a performance “Human Sound” and its online content
2020 Dramaturg and guidance at project “Fugga in the Key of Falling” / Valtteri Alanen (FI)
2020 Performance “Apart ment” / Arnis Aleinikovas (LT)
2020 Assistant Set Designer Antonin Šilar for the project “Snehurka is not dead”, Minor theatre (CZ)
2020 "PINKbus”, “PINKbus: we are back” / Helena Araujo and Martin Talaga (BE/CZ)
2020 “Sending Space" / Mara Ingea, Valtteri Alanen and Eglė Šimėnaitė (LB/FI/LT)
2020 Music performance “OPTIMISM” / Lukaš Jiricka (CZ)
2019 Music performance “BAD MUSIC” / Lukaš Jiricka (CZ)
2018 Performer in project “at HoME” / Howard Lotker (US/CZ)
2018 Performer in "Bodies in Urban Spaces" / Willi Dorner (AU)
THEATRE:
2019 Assistant Director at “Opera Alpha” / G. Minelgaitė
2016 Theatrical concept “DreamWorks“ / M. Puišytė
2015 One Woman Show “TRUST“ / E. Šimėnaitė
2015 “Cherry Orchard” (Varia) / K. Krasilnikovaitė
2015 Theatrical installation: “Love, don‘t stop“ / K. Jurkštaitė
2014 "Paslaptinga naktis” (Shadow Girl) / J.Jukonytė. Kauno mažasis teatras
2014 Stage project "Citizenship" (Amy) / J. Jukonytė
2013 "Nuo raudonos žiurkės iki žalios žvaigždės" (various roles) / J. Jukonytė
2013 "Šukianešiai" (Gytė) / A.Kavaliauskaitė / Apeiron theatre
2013 "Balti namai" (Vytutė), / K. Krasilnikovaitė
2013 "Miegančių drugelių tvirtovė" (Monika) / G. Kazlauskaitė
2012 "Fliuchšteino moterys" (Johanė) / G. Kazlauskaitė / Apeiron theatre
EDUCATION
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – DAMU – MA in Directing of Devised and Object Theatre
Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy – BA in Theater and Cinema studies (Acting and Directing)
AWARDS:
2019 - Golden Stage Cross for the Best Opera production of the year - Opera “Alpha”, dir: Gintarė Minelgaitė (role: assistant director)
2015 - Golden Stage Cross for the Best Puppetry and Objects spectacle of the year - Theatrical installation “Love, don‘t stop“, dir: Karolina Jurkštaitė (role: performer, part of the creative team)
LANGUAGES:
Lithuanian - mother tongue
English - fluent
French - advanced
Finnish - intermediate
Spanish - intermediate
Czech - can understand, speak and read a little
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Instruments: piano, guitar, voiceover, singing, read music, sound art, analogue media, hosting, presenting, improv, contemporary dance and movement, photography, video, writing, stunts
OTHER SKILLS:
Singing, dancing, football, basketball, swimming, Reiki, dramaturg
SINGING:
Alto, musicals, classical, pop, jazz
HEIGHT: 5'6 | 170 cm
BODY TYPE: Athletic
HAIR/ EYES: Dark brown / Hazel
2025 Commercial for Finnair / Veikko Kähkönen
2025 “Boyish” / Hortense Hansen
2023 Commercial "Love Unfolded" / Pekka Hara
2022 “The Mountain of Advanced Dreams: Rituals” / Mali Weil
2022 "Tenants" / Antoine Bruch, Katarina Z. Šarić
2022 “If Only” / by Riyana Lama, Katarina Z. Šarić
2022 “The Violent Sleep of Reason”/ Antoine Bruch
2021 “Pendulum” / Katarina Z. Šarić, mentorship of Béla Tarr
2021 “Change in The Current” / Allegra Stodolsky
2020 "SCHATTENSPIELCHEN"/ Antoine Bruch
2020 "Once we grew up" / Sophia Gisinger
EXPERIMENTAL:
2021 “CHIASSO” / Casimiro Amato
2021 “PULSE” / Arnis Aleinikovas
2019 “Block life” / Eglė Šimėnaitė
2019 “Sesele mano” / Miglė Kriaučiūnaitė
2019 “Unexpected” / Darren Lin
PERFORMANCE:
-ONGOING-
2025 performance and exhibition "The Mountain of Advanced Dreams", Mali Weil, Italy
2025 member of the international artistic project BEDS, Kaunas, Lithuania; together with Kaunas Biennal
2025 group exhibition "Forest Creatures", Chappe, Finland
2025 curatorial project OUTSIDERS together with Grus Grus teatteri, Finland
2025 performance "See Through When Gone", Finland
-COMPLETED-
2025 “Take Less Space and Disappear “ with E.Selbourne’s Tramshed Collective (FI)
2024 Sound object “Tetherless”, In.the.Closet gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania (LT)
2024 light performance/excursion "See Through When Gone" with Grus Grus Teatteri (FI)
2024 Artistic residency in Vares, Estonia, for the production of the piece "Tetherless" (EE)
2023 "Aftersky" in a public exhibition at Tartu Observatory in Torevere, curated by Ann Mirjam Vaikla (EE)
2023 Author of a piece "Aftersky", in the Tartu2024 residency "Celestial Bodies"; network: Magic Carpets (EE)
2023 Performer in "The Mountain of Advanced Dreams" / Mali Weil (IT)
2023 Dramaturgical assistance in a project "Tornado Watch" / Katharina Joy Book, Eszter Koncz (US, DE, HU)
2023 Dramaturgical assistance in a project “River Room” / Eszter Koncz (HU)
2023 Dramaturg in a project “Prisoner” / Chun Shing Au (HK/NL)
2022 Assistant and researcher in a company Mali Weil (IT)
2022 Performer in a sound performance “Midnight Mixtapes” / Zorka Wollny (PL, DE)
2022 Performer in a project “Cooking the Future, Eating the Now, Pooping the Past” / Snæfríður Sól Gunnarsdóttir (IS)
2022 Director, Producer and Performer in “Take Less Space and Disappear”
2022 Performer & co-creator in “Sensorium: Take a Brake from Being Human” / En Ping Yu (TW)
2021 Performer in “Silence and Other Impossible Objects” / Valtteri Alanen (FI)
2021 Assisting artistic director B. Berger and international artists (T. Haapoja, J. Teixeira Neves, S. Laine) at a contemporary theatre festival
Homo Novus 2021 (LV)
2021 Initiator and director of the concert for one audience member “Human Sound II: the concert”
2021 Dramaturg in a performance “With These Hands” / Daniel Alberto Victoria (MX)
2021 Dramaturg in a site-specific walk “Undergrowth” / Valtteri Alanen (FI)
2021 Performer in a performance film “PULSE” / Arnis Aleinikovas (LT)
2020 Director of a performance “Human Sound” and its online content
2020 Dramaturg and guidance at project “Fugga in the Key of Falling” / Valtteri Alanen (FI)
2020 Performance “Apart ment” / Arnis Aleinikovas (LT)
2020 Assistant Set Designer Antonin Šilar for the project “Snehurka is not dead”, Minor theatre (CZ)
2020 "PINKbus”, “PINKbus: we are back” / Helena Araujo and Martin Talaga (BE/CZ)
2020 “Sending Space" / Mara Ingea, Valtteri Alanen and Eglė Šimėnaitė (LB/FI/LT)
2020 Music performance “OPTIMISM” / Lukaš Jiricka (CZ)
2019 Music performance “BAD MUSIC” / Lukaš Jiricka (CZ)
2018 Performer in project “at HoME” / Howard Lotker (US/CZ)
2018 Performer in "Bodies in Urban Spaces" / Willi Dorner (AU)
THEATRE:
2019 Assistant Director at “Opera Alpha” / G. Minelgaitė
2016 Theatrical concept “DreamWorks“ / M. Puišytė
2015 One Woman Show “TRUST“ / E. Šimėnaitė
2015 “Cherry Orchard” (Varia) / K. Krasilnikovaitė
2015 Theatrical installation: “Love, don‘t stop“ / K. Jurkštaitė
2014 "Paslaptinga naktis” (Shadow Girl) / J.Jukonytė. Kauno mažasis teatras
2014 Stage project "Citizenship" (Amy) / J. Jukonytė
2013 "Nuo raudonos žiurkės iki žalios žvaigždės" (various roles) / J. Jukonytė
2013 "Šukianešiai" (Gytė) / A.Kavaliauskaitė / Apeiron theatre
2013 "Balti namai" (Vytutė), / K. Krasilnikovaitė
2013 "Miegančių drugelių tvirtovė" (Monika) / G. Kazlauskaitė
2012 "Fliuchšteino moterys" (Johanė) / G. Kazlauskaitė / Apeiron theatre
EDUCATION
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – DAMU – MA in Directing of Devised and Object Theatre
Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy – BA in Theater and Cinema studies (Acting and Directing)
AWARDS:
2019 - Golden Stage Cross for the Best Opera production of the year - Opera “Alpha”, dir: Gintarė Minelgaitė (role: assistant director)
2015 - Golden Stage Cross for the Best Puppetry and Objects spectacle of the year - Theatrical installation “Love, don‘t stop“, dir: Karolina Jurkštaitė (role: performer, part of the creative team)
LANGUAGES:
Lithuanian - mother tongue
English - fluent
French - advanced
Finnish - intermediate
Spanish - intermediate
Czech - can understand, speak and read a little
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Instruments: piano, guitar, voiceover, singing, read music, sound art, analogue media, hosting, presenting, improv, contemporary dance and movement, photography, video, writing, stunts
OTHER SKILLS:
Singing, dancing, football, basketball, swimming, Reiki, dramaturg
SINGING:
Alto, musicals, classical, pop, jazz
HEIGHT: 5'6 | 170 cm
BODY TYPE: Athletic
HAIR/ EYES: Dark brown / Hazel