Marius Eidrigevičius, also known as Arni in the street dance community, is a street dance dancer, young creator, teacher. Mario's love for dance was born in his childhood, when he started moving in his room to the tape of the popular song "Freestyler" given to him by his mother. Later, after hearing the same song at the school disco and seeing guys dancing in a circle, just like in music videos, Marius decided to dance and learn all the interesting moves on his own. In his early teens, street basketball attracted attention, which turned out to be close to hip-hop culture. Marius remembers how he used to go to the White Bridge and while people were playing basketball, he put on headphones, turned to the meadow and could improvise for hours and create various sequences of tricks with the ball.
One event was memorable and quite fateful for Mario - while watching the movie "Honey" with his mother, his mother said: "Mario, maybe you should go dancing." Then he started attending dances with Dainiai Žebrauskas (Ant), who pushed him to become a teacher. Dancing A.N.T. in the studio, he got knowledge from the organizer of Urban Dance dance fights, Audrius Jokūbauskas, he introduced funk styles - popping and locking. Then, as dancers gathered in various collectives, Marius joined the dance center "Ro" created by his friends, where he was responsible for education. Later, he joined the "Roots" collective, which was initiated by Yevgenij Tikhonov, for half a year.
The knowledge of dance did not end, Marius went to study in Sweden at "Åsa Folkhögskola", and four years later he joined the Low Air team, where he continued his teaching activities and played a role in the Low Air dance performance of the Vilnius City Dance Theater "Holy Spring".
Twice Marius has organized the jazz and street dance cultural exchange festival "Streetswingchange", as well as won a considerable amount of dance battles in the Baltic countries and beyond, and judged at different dance events. Marius completed dance pedagogy studies at the Vilnius College and has been working in schools for the fifth year. He is also currently teaching street dance at the Vilnius College for future dance teachers. In 2021, under the supervision of Low Air, he began his path to the stage of professional dance theater, creating a solo piece "VYRSMAS".
