Mama & Baby Tanz

Raimonda Gudavičiūtė began dance lessons at the age of 9. She studied contemporary dance and acting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater in her home town of Vilnius and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Lyon. She also completed a master's degree in contemporary dance at the Theater Academy in Helsinki. She has lived in Frankfurt am Main since 2011 and creates her own works as a freelance dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. In 2020, she created her dance piece M(other) with her son Elias based on the short film M(e)& M(other). M(other) premiered at the Tanzfestival Rhein-Main in Frankfurt in 2021 and was performed by the Hessisches Staatsballett as a guest performance at the Staatstheater Darmstadt. It has been performed at various dance festivals in Finland, Slovakia, the Netherlands and Lithuania.

"Alongside my passion for dance and choreography, teaching has always played a major role for me. I taught my first classes while I was still a student and have always held at least one teaching position since then, so I can now draw on a wealth of teaching experience. I have been able to work with all different age groups, from dance with babies to dance lessons for seniors, as well as with people with very different levels of previous knowledge, from beginner courses for amateurs to further training for professional dancers. Since 2022, I have also been able to pass on my knowledge as a contemporary dancer to students in the dance department at the HfMDK, which gives me great pleasure. As a professional dancer and mother, I try to have time for both. And thanks to my children, I have thought about other forms of dance, be it dancing with one of them in a carrier bag or going on stage and performing. They are my inspiration and my happiness all in one!"