Birutė Letukaitė

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Birutė Letukaitė

Lithuania (population: 2.7 million people) is the southernmost of the three Baltic countries (Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania) that were part of the former Soviet Union. The country’s independence was restored after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990. Serving as artistic director of the AURA Dance Theatre in the country’s second largest city of Kaunas, and founder of the AURA International Dance Festival that has continued since 1989, is Birutė Letukaitė.