1938-1940 at Vytautas Magnus University he studied French philology, 1940-1943 at Vilnius University - Lithuanian philology.In 1973 he graduated from the Klaipėda faculty of Šiauliai Pedagogical Institute.
1941-1943 and 1945-1949 he was a dancer of the ensemble "Lietuva", since 1946 he has also worked as a ballet master. From 1952-1953 he was a lecturer at the Vilnius Ten-Year Music School, from 1958-1963 at the Vilnius Culture-Education Technical School, from 1967-1980 at the Klaipėda faculties of the LSSR Conservatoire, and since 1978 he has been a Professor.
Creativity
1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980 Chief Ballet Master and Artistic Director of the Dance Day of the Republican Song Festival. He created about 200 folk dance stage compositions and choreographic images, including "Lenciūgėlis" (1943), "Malūnėlis" (1944), "Sadutė" (1946), "Jievaro tiltas", "Jigūnas", "Blezdingėlė" (all 1947), "Rooster" (1948), "Lenciūgėlis" (1943), "Lenciūgėlis" (1943), "Gladiator" (1944), "Lenciūgėlis" (1944), "Lenciūgėlis" (1948), "Lenciūgėlis" (1948), "Lenciūgėlis" (1943), "Lenciūgėlis" (1944), "Lenciūgėlis" (1944).), "Kolūkkio pirmininkas" (1950), "Statybininkų danse" (1951), "Trys virgelės" (1958), "Greitpolke" (1965), "Kupolinis", "Rusnietis" (both 1968), "Šventinė polka" (1973).
The work is characterized by folk tradition, storyline, lyricism, emotionality. Most of his stage compositions are based on a specific folk dance or elements of customs and ceremonies. The dances of the 5-6th decade are moderately stylised, the steps and movements of the dances of the 7-8th decade are more complex, using elements of classical dance. He has staged Lithuanian dances in Latvia, Ukraine, Russia, GDR, Czechoslovakia, Romania and elsewhere. Published 20 books on Lithuanian folk dances