# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/egle-spokaite
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:30:22.850Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/egle-spokaite"
name: "Eglė Špokaitė"
slug: "egle-spokaite"
description: "Eglė Špokaitė is a Lithuanian ballet dancer, most notably a Principal Ballerina for the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (1989–2011) and the only ballet dancer on the List of Famous Lithuanians. She co-founded the Egle Špokaitė Ballet School in Vilnius, Lithuania (2008), where she also served as artistic director. In the United States, she founded the Ballet Institute of San Diego dance school (2016). Špokaitė is also a choreographer, actress, and public speaker. She's the winner of the Lithuanian National Prize, as well as numerous other awards and honors. She lives and works between San Diego, CA and Vilnius."
tagline: "Lithuanian ballet dancer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egle_Spokaite_Kitri_Jump.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1971-01-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.7
  momentum:             1.847826086956522
  historical:           8.136825333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97_%C5%A0pokait%C4%97"
    title: "Eglė Špokaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97_%C5%A0pokait%C4%97"
    title: "Eglė Špokaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97_%C5%A0pokait%C4%97"
    title: "Eglė Špokaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97_%C5%A0pokait%C4%97"
    title: "Eglė Špokaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97_%C5%A0pokait%C4%97"
    title: "Eglė Špokaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A3%D5%AC%D5%A5_%D5%87%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BF%D5%A5"
    title: "Էգլե Շպոկայտե"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97_%C5%A0pokait%C4%97"
    title: "Eglė Špokaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egl%C4%97_%C5%A0pokait%C4%97"
    title: "Eglė Špokaitė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5"
    title: "Шпокайте, Эгле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%A8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B5"
    title: "Егле Шпокайте"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14911943"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump