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Tautos Namai
Vytauto pr. 79
Kaunas, Kauno Apskritis, 44321
Lithuania

Brigita Dimavičienė

Lecturer + language teacher

Brigita is a Kaunas Technology University lecturer, PhD in Literature, foreign language teacher and founder of language school “Speak up”.

Gabriela Barnat

Model + Tribal fusion dance performer

Gabi is a passionate traveler, a model and a tribal fusion dance performer. Besides dancing, she practices lifting weights. On a daily basis, sport helps her to connect to the femininity and find a balance between mind and body. She is also working on a project that revolves around indigenous people. They are a huge inspiration for her both in terms of fashion as well as discovering her own identity. Gabi actively supports indigenous fashion designers. Her story about tribal fashion has appeared in the Polish edition of Harper’s Bazaar magazine, amongst others, as part of the movement “Evoque – I’m on the move” which brings together inspiring women who initiate positive changes in the world.

Gavin Stewart

Lecturer

Gavin Stewart is a lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities of KTU, a private chef and restaurant consultant, and the Vice-President of the Historical Medieval Battle International Association.

Justas Kučinskas

Movement specialist

Justas Kučinskas the Co-founder of Movement Vilnius, “Movement Fundamentals” teacher, Adhikari level Classical Mai Ram Yoga Teacher, Choreographer, Dancer and Philosopher. As a professional ballroom dancer, Justas has become European Vice President of Latin American Dance three times. Now he is sharing his experience being a judge of a popular TV project, based on the original British broadcaster BBC format “Dancing with the Stars”, which has just been released in Lithuania. From ballroom dancer to Adhikari level Classical Mai Ram Yoga Teacher and currently a PhD student at Vilnius University – Justas has been into active lifestyle which eventually turned into his career in the long-run.

Justinas Jarutis

Musician

Lithuanian singer, songwriter, artist, entrepreneur based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Front man of award winning rock band “Freaks On Floor”

Kamilė Gudmonaitė

Theatre director

Kamilė Gudmonaitė is a theatre director and one of the most perspective new generation artists, who recently shook Lithuania with her play “Sapnavau sapnavau”. According to her, music and Antonin Artaud brought her to the theatre. She made her debut on the theatre stage with the performance “Sapnas”, which received the first prize at a festival in Spoleto (Italy). The director’s debut performance has also been honoured at the festival “Encounter” (Brno, Czech Republic) for best directing and audience sympathy. In Lithuania, the artist was awarded by Vytautas Kernagis scholarship. Besides her work in the theatre, Kamile is also a vocalist and songwriter of the musical duo “Kamanių šilelis”.

Kristina Dryža

Futurist

Australian-born Lithuanian Kristina Dryža is recognised as one of the world’s top female futurists and is also an archetypal consultant and author. Kristina has always been fascinated by patterns for she feels we are patterned beings in a patterned universe. She writes and speaks about the patterning of seasonal, tidal, lunar and circadian rhythms and their influence on creativity, innovation and leadership. She also explores archetypes and mythology to perceive the patterns in the collective unconscious and their expression within our psyches, society and media.

Oskars Priede

Lecturer

Oskars is a communications trainer, focused on public speaking and presentation. Oskars has a master’s degree in engineering and an MBA. Oskar’s passion and the objects of interest are influence and persuasion. He is interested in successful public speaking factors, as well as the latest trends in the creation of the impact during presentation. He carefully analyses orators and helps improving public speaking skills by training corporate groups and individuals.

Sam Mednick

Journalist

Sam is a freelance journalist and the South Sudan Correspondent for the Associated Press. She’s worked and lived all over the world including Africa, Asia, South America, Europe and the Middle East covering conflict, post conflict and development stories. Sam writes for the Associated Press, The New Humanitarian, VICE, The Guardian, Foreign Policy and Devex, among other publications. When she’s not in the field, Sam hosts a weekly talk radio show in Barcelona.

Vytenis Jakas

Artist

Vytenis Jakas is Kaunas artist and one of “Kiemo Galerija” initiators. Currently, Vytenis is known for his wall art all over Kaunas which is just a small part of his contribution to the artist community. He calls this “Žaidimai mieste “ (Games in a city) and says that: “It is a lifestyle and a way to put the meanning in what I do and just to have fun.” When asked what inspired him to start “Žaidimai mieste” on Kaunas’ grey concrete walls, Vytenis said that he saw harmony between nature and people when visiting Belgium which was his main inspiration. He started his “game” to bring people closer together in times when society is more disintegrated than ever before. Through wall painting, performances, artistic experience of a city, and conversations with one another, we not only challenge the status-quo and our habit loop but also start taking ownership of a place we live in and acknowledge that we are not the only inhabitants on the Earth.