Juratè Paulèkaitè
Jurate Paulekaite is a stage designer from Lithuania.
She was educated at Vilnius Academy of Arts where she studied from 1984 to 1990. As early as 1984 she signed her first stage design, and since then she has been one of Lithuania'smost active and successful stage designers.
From 1999 she has collaborated closely with one of Lithuania's most known directors, Oskaras Korsunovas. For him she has, among other things, made the stage design for Mark Ravenhill's Shopping and fucking (1999), Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita (2000), Sophocles' Oedipus (2002), Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (2003), and The Road to Damascus at The Norwegian National Theatre in 2006.
She has received a number of awards: In 1987 and in 2003 she received the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture's award for stage design for Saltenis' Duokiskis and Sophocles' Oidipos respectively, in 1994 she got the St. Christopher award for the stage design for Ingmar Bergman's Persona, and in 2004 Lithuania's national award for art and culture."
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(Objekt ID 5874)| Object type | Person |
| Functions | Stage designer |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Gender | Female |
Jurate Paulekaite won The Hedda Award 2006 in the category of best visual design for her stage design for The Road to Damascus at The National Theatre.
The Hedda Jury gave the following reason:
"This year's winner has created a fascinating, mysterious stage design, completing and anchoring the dream-like text. The stage image is related to art installations and visual arts, while proving strong, sculptural qualities.With simple tools the stage designer shows a fairytale-like ability to conjure the most diverse fantasies. Almost without noticing we are transferred from a busy corner in a great city to a beach by the surging ocean, and the illusion hasn't been broken underway. A unique work of stage design.
This year's award goes to Jurate Paulekaite from Lithuania for the stage design for The Road to Damascus."
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Heddaprisen
| Title | Premiere | Role |
|---|---|---|
| The Road to Damascus (The National Theatre) | January 21, 2006 | Stage design |
| Hedda Gabler (Kauans Statlige Dramaateater) | September 6, 2000 | Stage design |