Kaunas Dance Theater “Aura” is the first contemporary dance theater in Lithuania, counting the history of modern dance studio founded by Birutė Letukaitė in 1980. In 1989, the theater organized the first international modern dance festival in Kaunas in Lithuania. The international dance festival “Aura” takes place for more then 30 years, every autumn in Kaunas. Since 2011 the dancers have been dancing with artists from all over the world and Aura has become an international dance troupe presenting performances on all continents and has won many awards. The theater has a long-standing Aura dance studio, which offers dance lessons for children of all ages.