Vilia Putrius

Was born in Lithuania. She received her ballet training at M.-K. Ciurlionis Arts School, ballet department and 1995 joined the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, where she was a soloist. With the company she toured in Holland, Denmark, Greece, France, Egypt, Japan and the United States.
In 1998 Ms. Putrius received scholarship from The Ministry of Culture for being a promising young dancer. In 2001 she was invited to join the Ballet Arlington Company as a principal dancer, where she performed for three years before joining Boston Ballet. She joined Festival Ballet Providence in 2006.
Ms.Putrius roles include: Terpsichore in G. Ballanchine's Apollo, Juliet in P. Mejia's Romeo and Juliet, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Dark Angel in V. Plotnikov's Coma, Nurida in E.Aliev's Thousand and One Nights, Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, Giselle in Giselle, Cinderella in V. Plotnikov’s Cinderella, with principal parts in Paquita and Les Sylphides and in G. Ballanchine’s Allegro Brillante and Donizetti Variations and Tudor's Leaves are Fading. Also she performed in works by Goleizovsky and classical Pas de deuxs including Sleeping Beauty, Grand Pas Classique, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, La Sylphide and Esmeralda. V.Putrius also danced in many contemporary works choreographed by J. Elo, L.Childs, V.Plotnikov, B.Dosev, J. Smoriginas and A.Cholina.
V. Putrius started her teaching career in 2002. She is currently teaching classical ballet and character dance at Festival Ballet Providence. She worked at many summer dance programs as a guest teacher, including Festival Ballet Providence, Milton Academy and Neglia Ballet Artists. Ms.Putrius also choreographed contemporary works for YAGP and for Festival Ballet Providence Up Close On Hope performance series.

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