Rasa VASINAUSKAITĖ

Doctor of Humanities, senior researcher

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-4149

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rasa-Vasinauskaite/publications

https://vilnius.academia.edu/RasaVasinauskait%C4%97

Studied at Saint Petersburg State Theatre Academy, Faculty of Theatrology (1987–1992), 2002 made her PhD thesis “The Mask and its influences on Theatre of 20^th Century and on Systems of Acting”. Since 1998 works at the Culture, Philosophy and Arts Institute (since 2010 – Lithuanian Culture Research Institute), since 2010 – senior researcher, since 2013 – Head of Department of Music and Theatre History.

Since 1999 works at the Department of Art History and Theory at Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, since 2009 – associate professor, since 2019 – professor.

Member of the International Association of Theatre Critics (AICT/ IATC), of the Association of Performing Arts Critics. Editor-in-Chief of peer-reviewed scientific magazine “Menotyra” [Studies in Art] and member of the Editorial Board of peer-reviewed scientific magazine “Kultūros ir medijų studijos” [Culture and Media Studies, previous – Lithuanian Culture Research].

Research interests include theatre history, theory and criticism, theatre, and culture research methodology.

Selected publications

Monographs

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvių teatro kritika 1920–1980 m. [Lithuanian theatre criticism 1920–1980]. Vilnius: LKTI, 2022. (Being prepared for publication)

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Laikinumo teatras. Lietuvių režisūros pokyčiai 1990–2001 metais [Theatre of Impermanence. Outline of Lithuanian Directing in 1990–2001]. Vilnius: LKTI, 2010. P. 415. ISBN 978-9955-968-27-9

Book chapters

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. “What Is Hecuba to Him or He to Hecuba?” or the Theatre of Oskaras Koršunovas (1); Eimuntas Nekrošius: The Poetics of Paradise and Hell (2). 20 Ground-Breaking Directors of Eastern Europe. 30 Years After the Fall of the Iron Curtain. Editors Kalina Stefanova, Marvin Carlson. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, p. 85–96, 147–158. ISBN 978-3-030-52934-5, ISBN 978-3-030-52935-2

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Classics on the Soviet Lithuanian Stage: The case of Juozas Miltinis’ Teatre. Classics and Communism in Theatre. Graeco-Roman Antiquity on the Communist Stage. Ed. by David Movrin and Elżbieta Olechowska. Warsawa-Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana-Faculty of Arts, Wydawnictwo DiG, Wydzial Artes Liberales, 2019, p. 99–120. ISBN 978-83-286-0062-1, ISBN 978-961-06-0209-5

Rasa Vasinauskaitė, The Theatre as Conflict or the Multifaceted Stage World of Jonas Vaitkus. Contemporary Lithuanian Theatre. Names and Performances (ed. by Ramunė Marcinkevičiūtė, Ramunė Balevičiūtė). Vilnius: Teatro ir kino informacijos ir edukacijos centras, Tyto Alba, 2019, p. 23–64. ISBN 978-609-466-394-9

Šabasevičienė, Daiva; Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Muzika kaip jausmų teatras [Music as a Teatre of feelings]. Muzika kaip teatras. Kompozitorius Faustas Latėnas [Music as theater. Composer Faustas Latenas] (sudaryt. ir įvadinio straipsnio autorės /ed. by and authors of the introductory article D. Šabasevičienė, R. Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: R. Paknio leidykla, 2015, p. 37–79. P. 276. Index p. 251–276. ISBN 978-9955-736-64-6

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Subjekto krizė: meninė individualybė ieško herojaus (I) [The Crisis of Subject: Artistic Individuality Looking for a Hero]; Autorinės režisūros fenomenas: scena kaip heterotopija (II) [The Phenomenon of Authorial Directing: The Stage as a Heterotopia]. Staniškytė, Jurgita; Vasinauskaitė, Rasa; Klivis, Edgaras; Petrikas, Martynas. Postsovietinis Lietuvos teatras: istorija, tapatybė, atmintis [Post-Soviet Lithuanian Theatre: History, Identity, Memory]. Vilnius: VDAL, 2014, p. 179–214, p. 287–330. ISBN 978-609-447-120-9

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Valstybinis jaunimo teatras [State Youth Theatre]. Lietuvių teatro istorija. Ketvirtoji knyga. 1980–1990 [History of Lithuanian Theatre. The fourth book: 1980–1990] (sudaryt. /ed. by I. Aleksaitė). Vilnius: KFMI, 2009, p. 96–165. ISBN 978-9955-868-18-7

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Resurgence and Independence (from 1989). Lithuanian theater (sudaryt. /ed. by G. Aleknonis, H. Šabasevičius). Vilnius: KFMI, 2009, p. 158–181. ISBN 978-9955-868-13-2

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvių dramos teatras po 1990 metų [Lithuanian Drama Theatre after 1990]. Lietuvos teatras: trumpa istorija [Lithuanian theatre: A Short History] (sudaryt. /ed.by Rasa Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: KFMI, 2009, p. 185–217. ISBN 978-9955-868-21-7

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvas režija (1990–2005). Teātra režija Baltija. Riga, Jumava: Makslinieciskais noformējums, 2006, p. 527–551. LV ISBN 9984-38-114-5

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Perkūros laikas. Identiteto paieškos J. Vaitkaus ir O. Koršunovo spektakliuose [Replay time. The search for identity in the performances of J. Vaitkus and O. Koršunovas]. Pažymėtos teritorijos [Marked areas] (sudaryt. /ed. by Rūta Goštautienė, Lolita Jablonskienė). Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2005, p. 192–212. ISBN 9986-16-410-9

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Valstybinis jaunimo teatras. [State Youth Theatre]. Lietuvių teatro istorija. Trečioji knyga 1970–1980 [History of Lithuanian Theatre. The third book. 1970–1980] (sudaryt. /ed. by I. Aleksaitė). Vilnius: KFMI, 2006, p. 88–146. ISBN 978-9986-638-79-7

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Valstybės teatro Klaipėdos skyrius [State Theatre in Klaipėda]. Lietuvių teatro istorija. Antroji knyga 1935–1940 [History of Lithuanian Theatre. The second book: 1935–1940] (sudaryt. /ed. by I. Aleksaitė), Vilnius: KFMI, 2002, p. 82–131. ISBN 9986-638-25-9

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Konstantino Glinskio, Antano Sutkaus, Boriso Dauguviečio režisūros bruožai [The traits of directing of Konstantinas Glinskis, Antanas Sutkus, Borisas Dauguvietis]. Lietuvių teatro istorija. Pirmoji knyga. 1929–1935 [History of Lithuanian Theatre. The first book: 1929–1935] (sudaryt. / ed. by A. Girdzijauskaitė). Vilnius: Kultūros ir meno institutas, 2000, p. 178–205. ISBN 9986-638-16-X

Compiled collections of scientific articles

Muzika ir teatras: istoriniai kontekstai / šiuolaikinės interpretacijos [Music and Theatre: Historical Contexts / Contemporary interpretations] (sudaryt. /ed. by Rasa Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: LKTI, 2022. P. 217. Index. ISBN 978-609-8231-50-2

Ars et Praxis. (sudaryt. /ed. by Rasa Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: LMTA, 2019, VIII. P. 241. ISSN 2351-4744

Lietuvos kultūros tyrimai 8. Recepcijos menas [Lithuanian Culture Research 8. Art of Reception] (sudaryt. /ed. by R. Repšienė, R. Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: LKTI, 2016, Vol 8. P. 184. ISSN 2029-8560

Lietuvos teatras: trumpa istorija [Lithuanian theatre: A Short History] (sudaryt. /ed.by Rasa Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: KFMI, 2009. P. 240. Index. ISBN 978-9955-868-21-7

Kultūrologija 15. Asmenybė: menas, istorija, dabartis [Cultural Studies 15. Personality: Art, History, Present] (sudaryt. / ed. by R. Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: KFMI, 2007. P. 423. Index. ISBN 978-9955-868-01-9

Scientific articles

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvių teatro kritika [vėlyvuoju] sovietmečiu: nuo ideologinių – prie estetinių gairių [Theatre Criticism in Lithuania in the [Late] Soviet Era: From Ideological to Aesthetic Guidelines]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, 2021, Vol 28, Nr. 1–2, p. 66–82. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Kritika kaip ideologija. Tautinio teatro problema 1931–1933 m. [Criticism as an Ideology. The Problem of National(ist) Theatre, 1931–1933]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2020, Vol 27, Nr. 2, p. 125–138. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvos [nacionalinis] teatras: postkolonijinis žvilgsnis [Lithuanian nationhood theatre through post-colonial gaze]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2019, Vol 26, Nr. 2, p. 49–63. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Kritika kaip teatro dokumentas. Balio Sruogos atvejis [Criticism as a theatrical document. The case of Balys Struoga]. Lietuvos teatro amžius [The Age of Lithuanian Theatre] (sudaryt. /ed. by D. Šabasevičienė). Vilnius: “Krantų” redakcija, Scenos meno kritikų asociacija, 2019, p. 46–57. ISBN 978-9955-857-28-0

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvių teatro kritika sovietmečiu: diskursų laisvė ir nelaisvė [Lithuanian theatre criticism in Soviet period: freedom and captivity of discourses]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2018, Vol 25, Nr. 2, p. 143–159. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvių teatras ir spauda 1920–1929 metais. Kritikos (savi)legitimacija [Theatre and Press in 1920–1929. (Self)legitimation of theatre criticism]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2017, Vol 24, Nr. 2, p. 79–96. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Lietuvių teatrologijos pradmenys: Balys Sruoga skaito Maxą Herrmanną [In the beginning of Lithuanian theatre studies: Balys Sruoga reads Max Herrmann]. Ars et praxis. Vilnius: LMTA, 2017, V, p. 11–25. ISSN 2351-4744

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. “Hamletas” – (de)konstrukcija. Lietuviškas Michailo Čechovo spektaklis ir jo recepcija 1932–1933 m. [“Hamlet” – (de)construction. Lithuanian performance by Michael Chekhov and its reception in 1932–1933]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2016, Vol 23, Nr. 2, p. 73–86. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Metaforų teatro pabaiga. Naujasis sceninis realizmas: kūnas ir vaizdas [The End of the Theatre of Metaphor. The New Stage Realism: The Body and the Image]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2015, Vol 22, Nr. 2, p. 97–111. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Avangardinis vs postmodernus teatras: nuo teatrališkumo prie performatyvumo [Vanguard / Avant-garde vs postmodern Theatre: from Theatricality to Performativity]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2014, Vol 21, Nr. 2, p. 125–136. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Acting After Acting: The Arguments of the Systems. Acting Reconsidered: New Approaches to Actor’s Work. A Collection of Scientific Articles. Vilnius: LMTA, 2014, p. 28–37. ISBN 978-609-8071-20-7

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Naratyvinės strategijos šiuolaikiniame Lietuvos teatre. Epizacijos / rapsodizacijos technika [Narrative Strategies in Contemporary Lithuanian Theatre. Epic and Rhapsodic technique]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2013, Vol 20, Nr. 2, p. 95–108. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Scenos fenomenologija. E. Nekrošius skaito K. Donelaitį ir Dante [Stage Phenomenology. E. Nekrošius reads K. Donelaitis and Dante]. Lietuvos kultūros tyrimai 3. Asmenybės, Lytys, Bendruomenės [Lithuanian Culture Research 3. Personalities, Sexes, Communities]. Vilnius: LKTI, 2012, p. 14–28. ISSN 2029-8560

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. The Need of the Theatre for Theatre. Theatre beyond the Theatre. Polska sekcja AICT/ IATC, Warszawa: Skorpion, 2012, p. 116–121. ISBN 978-83-86466-75-8

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. (Anti)ideologija: politinio teatro formos šiuolaikinėje scenoje [(Anti)ideology: the Forms of Political Theatre on Contemporary Stage]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2012, Vol 19, Nr. 2, p. 122–131. ISSN 1392-1002

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Innego teatru nie ma [There is no Other Theatre]. Dialog. Miesięcznik poświęcony dramaturgii współczesnej. Warszawa: Dialog, 2011, Nr. 6 (655), p. 102–109. PL ISSN 0012-2141

Vasinauskaitė, Rasa. Sceninė herojaus kaita lietuvių teatre po 1990-ųjų: Rimo Tumino “Edipas karalius” [The Shift of the Scenic Hero in Lithuanian theatre after 1990: “Oedipus the King” by Rimas Tuminas]. Menotyra [Studies in Art]. Vilnius: LMAL, LKTI, 2010, Vol 17, Nr. 2, p. 150–159. ISSN 1392-1002

Scientific publications of sources

Eimunto Nekrošiaus teatras. Pokalbiai, recenzijos, straipsniai / 1991–2010 [Theatre of Eimuntas Nekrošius: interviews, articles, reviews] (sudaryt. /ed. by Rasa Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: LKTI, 2012. P. 320. Index. ISBN 978-9955-868-47-7

Zola, Émile. Natūralizmas teatre: teorijos ir pavyzdžiai [Naturalism in the Theatre: Theories and Examples] (translation from French and commentary by R. Vasinauskaitė). Vilnius: Apostrofa/TKIEC, 2008. P. 168. Index. ISBN 978-9955-605-42-3

Deleuze, Giles. Vienu manifestu mažiau [Un manifeste de moins / One Manifesto Less] (translation from French and commentary by R. Vasinauskaitė). Baltos lankos. Tekstai ir interpretacijos. Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2006, Nr. 21/22, p. 283–305. ISSN 1392-0189

Participation in the projects

“Development and implementation of digital educational content: Preparation of general education programs and accompanying materials. Art education area”, project of Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, and National Education Agency, Member (as a researcher) of the Art (Theatre) education group, 2020–2022

Database “Lithuanistics”: object, genres, internationality, project of Lithuanian Science Council, Lithuanian database “Lituanistika”, 2018–2019

Research project “Post-Soviet Lithuanian theatre: history, identity, memory”, Lithuanian Science Council, member of the research team, 2010–2011

E-mail: vasinauskaite@yahoo.fr