Lithuanian School Folk Dance Ensembles Festival "In the Cuddle of Childhood"

On June 1, 2025, at 5 p.m., the 4th Lithuanian School Folk Dance Group Festival “Vaikystės glėby” will take place at the Šiauliai City Central Park.

The program of the Lithuanian School Folk Dance Group Festival “Vaikystės glėby”, organized for the fourth time this year, aims to convey the uniqueness of Lithuania’s ethnographic regions. The festival will highlight the regional national costumes, unique patterns, and color schemes. All of this will be reflected in the dances performed by the groups. The program will include a part of the repertoire of the 2026 Lithuanian School Song Festival Dance Day “Ratu ratu”.

PROGRAM

PROLOGUE

AUKŠTAITIJA PART
Linksmapolkė
Choreography by Vidmantas Mačiulskis, music by Arūnas Rakšnis
Clock
Choreography by Živilė Adomaitienė, music by Aloyzas Žilis, lyrics by Aušrinė Zulumskytė
You, kiškeli
Choreography by Lina Klepeckaitė-Diržininkienė, music by Algirdas Klova, lyrics by folk
Čiulkinys
Choreography by Živilė Adomaitienė, music by Arūnas Rakšnis, Lithuanian folk lyrics
Folk dance Dirižablis

SUVALKIJA (SŪDUVA) PART
Sūduva twist
Choreography by Živilė Adomaitienė, Lithuanian folk music developed by Arūnas Rakšnis
Lek, gervele
Choreography by Sonata Jankienė, music by Ramūnas Tamošauskas
Folk dance Šyvis

DZŪKIJA PART
Magic apples
Živilė Choreography by Adomaitienė, music by Aloyzas Žilis, lyrics by Aušrinė Zulumskytė
Pavasarėlis
Choreography by Elena Morkūnienė, music by Jurgis Gaižauskas
Kupon einam
Choreography by Edmundas Žička, music by Darius Daknis
Folklorhymnic dance

PART OF ŽEMAITIJA AND LITHUANIA MINOR
Miluninkai dance
Choreography by Rima Mačiukienė, music by Arūnas Baužys
Gaspadinė
Choreography by Ilona Baltikauskaitė, Lithuanian folk music and lyrics arranged by Povilas Budginas
Lestinga
Choreography by Vytautas Buterlevičius, music by Mika Vaitkevičius
Folk dance Granskveras
PART OF THE LITHUANIAN STUDENT SONG FESTIVAL
Kupolė graži
Choreography by Laimutė Kisielienė, music by Vidmantas Bartulis
Kupolytė
Choreography by Birutė Navickaitė, music by Vytautas Papinigis
Windmills
Rūtos Choreography by Narijauskaitė, music by Vida Navickienė
Ristūnpolkė
Choreography by Živilė Adomaitienė, Lithuanian folk music
Laduto
Choreography by Laimutė Kisielienė, music by Leonas Povilaitis, Lithuanian folk lyrics
Supkit, meskit
Choreography by Sandra Paulavičienė, music and lyrics by Rasa Stoškuvienė
Rieda ratai
Choreography by Aldona Pakeltiė, Lithuanian folk music arranged by Jonas Gutauskas, Lithuanian folk lyrics

FINALE

FLASHMOB
Happy day

Dear visitors, when participating in the events, you do not object to the fact that they may be filmed or photographed, and their photos may be published on the website of the Šiauliai Cultural Centre, in the media or on social networks.

Organizer – Šiauliai Cultural Centre.

Partners: Lithuanian National Cultural Centre and the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts, Lithuanian Choreographers Association.