Lithuanian dancer, choreographer, contemporary dance creator, living and working in Helsinki (Finland), laureate of the "Philip Morris Lietuva skizas" award.Graduated with a specialty in choral conducting. He chose dance by chance, without thinking much about it. In 2002, he graduated from the Theater and Film Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music (LMA) with a bachelor's degree in actor-dancer specialty (Course manager Anželika Cholina), and in 2003-2004, he completed his master's studies at the Finnish Theater Academy.Since 1999 works as a performer, and later - as a choreographer. In his choreographic activities, he paid the greatest attention to various strategies of creative cooperation. In 2001, he was a performer of the Vytis Jankauskas Dance Theater (The play "Renunciation" was created for the program "Lietuvos new dance project '01"). In 2002, he toured Shanghai with the Anželika Cholina Dance Theater. The first significant performance is the choreographic duet "Orphee et Eurydice" created together with the Finnish dancer Maria Saivosalmi (the premiere took place at the 2002 "New Baltic Dance" festival). In 2004, the Anželika Cholina Dance Theater presented the dance performance "Moon" in the great hall of the Lithuanian National Drama Theater (choreographers - Maria Saivosalmi and Andrius Katinas). In 2002, he danced a sketch of his performance in Vilnius, at the Art Printing House, in the project "Vilnius Dance Printing House" (during which performances and educational programs have been presented since 1999, introducing various types of dance). received a scholarship from DanceWeb Europe.Together with Maria Saivosalmi, after graduating from the Helsinki Theater Academy, both danced and created in Helsinki (Dolce and Balta for the Deaconnes Institute Dance Troupe). M. Saivosalmi became a dancer in the modern dance troupe of the Helsinki City Theater, and A. Katinas worked as a teacher and choreographer in various troupes. In 2005, a pair of choreographers (Katinas and Saivosalmi) traveling between Finland and Lithuania led the Second Creative Laboratory at the Summer Dance School "Vilnius šočio spaustuvėja". The one-act dance performance "The last Beauty of the Day" was created in the fall of 2005 (later shown at "New Baltic Dance '06" on May 7 in the Small Hall of the National Drama Theater). It is very different from the previous work of A. Katin and M. Saivosalmi. Genre - "solo for two". It sought to find an opportunity for men and women to express different feelings. In 2007, a couple of choreographers working in Lithuania and Finland, Andrius Katinas and Maria Saivosalmi (Collective Revolver), presented the premiere of the play "Helsinki Syndrome" created in Vilnius and Helsinki. In 2008, Katin and Saivosalmi's work "Presumptions for a portrait of a young woman / Goodbye, Anna Karenina" was created about the preparation for creating a portrait, its limits, the fluctuation between planned and spontaneous, named and unnamed. "Kind Pepole" dance performance "Disappearance" (performed by A. Katinas and Leila Kourkia).In 2013, the work "DUO" on the theme of dualism was presented in "Menų spaustuvė". The choreography of the duo Katina and Saara Töyrylä was based on the principle of structured improvisation. American composer Lera Auerbach's 24 preludes for violin and piano were performed live by the violin duo of Aidas Strimaitis and Eglė Kasteckaitė. in 2014 "New Baltic Dance '14" was presented by Veikalas.in 2006 A. Katinas was awarded the "Philip Morris Lietuva skizas" prize and an author's sculpture during the fiesta of the 10th anniversary of the "New Baltic Dance" festival held at the Vilnius Arts Printing House. The performance "The Last Beauty of the Day" created by Andrias Katinas and his permanent partner Maria Saivosalmi was evaluated as one of the most innovative works of contemporary dance, and Andrias Katinas' entire activity reflects the latest global trends in contemporary dance.The first choreographic attempts during his studies at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater ("Aš, Ji ir Ji", "SaulėGrąžos") are characterized by light ironic humor. He later gave way to a thoughtful look at human relationships and inner states. Andrius Katinas is also called a philosopher of dance. According to theater critic Vita Mozūraitė, Katinas tends towards conceptual dance.
