BIOGRAPHY / BIOGRAFIE
Goda Budrevičiūtė is 18 years old originally comes from Lithuania, that's where she first started dancing in a small ballet school at the age of 6. From 2015 to 2021 she was training in Lithuanian International Ballet Academy, gaining a little bit of stage experience, taking parts in international competitions. At the age of 14 in 2021 Goda decided to take on this path professionally and joined Ballettschule Theater Basel in Switzerland, where she learned independece, improved her dancing, gained more stage experience, met wonderful people, but unfortunately this door closed in 2023. After the closing of BTB Goda joined Tanz Akademie Zürich, where she has been studying for the past 3 years. At taZ Goda continued perfecting her techinque, learned to embrace her artistry, dicovered and developed her skills in pas de deux, neoclassical and contemporary dance. She gained even more stage experience, including foreign stages as well as the stage of Prix de Lausanne, which she was very fortunate to take part in this February.
- Stage name: Goda Budrevičiūtė
- Date of birth: 7 September 2007
- Eye colour: Blue
- Hair colour: Light brown
- Height (in cm): 175
- Languages: Lithuanian, English
CONTACT
- goda.budre@gmail.com
- https://www.instagram.com/goda.budreviciute
- https://youtube.com/@godabudreviciute
DANCE EXPERIENCE / TANZERFAHRUNG
2026
Prix de Lausanne”, Beaulieu Theatre
- “Queen of Dryads” Marius Petipa
- “Touch, Feel, Sense” choreography by Louise Deleur
Tanz Akademie Zürich "Curtain Up", Opernhaus Zürich
- "Second Detail" choreography by William Forsythe
- "Allegro Brillante" choreography by George Balanchine
- "Défilé" choreography by Àkos Sebestyén
2025
Tanz Akademie Zürich “Curtain Up”, Opernhaus Zürich
- “Défilé” choreography by Àkos Sebestyén
- “Simply Bach” choreography by Altea Nuñez
- “BoleroX” choreography by Shahar Binyamini
2025 Festival dei Due mondi di Spoleto
- “BoleroX” choreography by Shahar Binyamini
2024
- “Only the Window” choreography by Ihsan Rustem
2023
- BTB, Gala "Homage to Ballet"
- “Chäs” choreography by Heinz Spoerli
2021-2023
- BTB "Nutcracker", choreography by Amanda Bennett & François Petit
- "Summer Gala", Theater Basel
- “Travellous”, choreography by Iratxe Ansa & Igor Bacovich
VARIATIONS AND COMPETITIONS
- Raymonda, Marius Petipa / YAGP Barcelona 2018
- Harlequinade, Marius Petipa / YAGP Barcelona, Italy, YAGP New York Finals / 2018, 2019
- Satanellam, Marius Petipa / YAGP Italy, YAGP Virtual / 2019, 2021
- Kitri / YAGP Virtual / 2021
- Paquita Pas de trois variation, Marius Petipa / Prix de Lausanne Summer Intensive European Preselection / 2022
- Aurora 3rd Act, Marius Petipa / Prix de Lausanne Summer Intensive European Preselection / 2023
- Queen of Dryads, Marius Petipa / Prix de Lausanne/2026
- Touch, Feel, Sense, Louise Deleur / Prix de Lausanne/2026
FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
Soon to graduate from KSJMC (Lithuanian highschool). Next year I will be joining the Lithuanian National Ballet.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
- Bronze medal JBM – Le Jeune Ballet Méditerranéen (Concours International de Danse Classique Grasse), 2017 October
- 2nd place Junior Classics and Invitation to YAGP New York Finals 2020 - Youth America Grand Prix Italy (Semi Final), 2019 November
Scholarships used
- Zurich Dance Academy, Switzerland – 1 week scholarship, visited in 2019 October
- Zurich Dance Academy, Switzerland – 1 week scholarship, visited in 2020 October
Other scholarships awarded in ballet competitions, but postponed (due to COVID-19)
- Short Term Scholarship (2 weeks) to Ballet School of the Basel Theater, won at YAGP NYC Finals 2020 Virtual awards
- Short Term Scholarship (1 week) to John Cranko school of the Stuttgart Ballet, won at YAGP Italy 2020
- Short Term Scholarship (1week) to Ballet Academy, University of Music & Performing Arts Munich, won at YAGP Italy 2020
- Short Term Scholarship (1 week) to Accademia Teatro alla Scala, won at YAGP Italy 2020
- Acceptance to the European School of Ballet for Full time studies, won at Salieri Danza Competition, 2021
- Short Term Scholarship (6 weeks) to the Ellison Ballet School (New York), won at Sibiu Dance Competition, 2021
Q&A WITH GODA BUDREVIČIŪTĖ
What does dance mean to you?
- Why do I dance? The answer is simple: at first, I did not choose dance – dance chose me. It has always been in my blood, in my veins. My grandparents met through dance; they were dance partners. My father and his sister were dancers throughout their school years. When I was younger, I never planned a professional career, yet ballet came naturally to me, and I succeeded in it from an early age. With every step, my love for dance grew stronger, and I received great encouragement to follow this path. I was fortunate to have a teacher who believed in me endlessly from the age of nine – a teacher who gave me wings. She prepared me for this journey and guided me toward places where I could grow even further, always pushing me to reach my highest potential. At just ten years old, I won a bronze medal at my very first international competition – Grasse, France. I remember seeing older girls who looked like shining stars to me, and in that moment, I realized that dreams could be bigger than fear. At eleven, I competed in the YAGP Finals in New York. Stepping onto the stage of the David Koch Theater felt like entering a fairy tale. Its greatness and beauty enchanted me instantly and left a mark on my heart for a long time. My dance journey is what makes me truly happy. Each day in the studio is a gift – not only the destination, but every step of the path brings me joy. As a child, I dreamed of becoming a doctor and never imagined that I would heal people in a completely different way – through the most beautiful art I have ever known: dance. Today, I understand that dance is not only my path, but a part of who I am.
What memory will you take with you from your time at ZHdK?
- One of the memories that will stay with me for a very long time is our trip and the few day we got to spend in Spoleto, Italy. In the end of our second year of taZ together with the BA1 students we went on tour to Spoleto, Italy to perform "Bolero X' by Shahar Binyamini. During our time there we got to create many beautiful memories, see the wonderful city of Spoleto, dance on a stage outside for the very first time, and on top of all that, I got to celebrate my 18th birthday surrounded by people I love, doing what I love – dancing.
Which work or choreographer particularly inspires you, and why?
- In my years of taZ I had a chance to discover many different choreographers and choreographies, they all taught me something new, shaped me and made me the dancer I am today. Although I found something I liked in all the choregrapies we learned and styles or choreographers we worked with, my biggest discovery was William Forsythe. Even though you're not impersonationg someone or showing clear emotions, there's so much energy flowing through your body, that it fills the stage, catches the audiences' eyes. You dance and move past your limits, never stop discovering yourself, find new ways of moving, feeling, sensing. For now my body has only been familiar with Forsythes work for about a year, and Iit has already brought so much influence on me and my dancing