Ms. Barodicaite trained in Chicago with Richard Ellis, Christine DuBoulay, Larry Long, and Ben Stevenson. Ms. Barodicaite danced with the Chicago Ballet, touring throughout France, Austria and Germany. Ms. Barodicaite has staged Ruth Page’s The Nutcracker for Chicago Ballet, Con Spirito by Jim Clouser for Chicago Ballet, and Anton Dolin’s Pas de Quatre and Napoli for Ruth Page School of Dance.  

In addition to teaching for the Ruth Page School of Dance for many years, she has taught in Lithuania for Lithuanian National Ballet, Ballet Moscow in Idaho and Chattanooga Ballet. In Chicago, she was on teaching faculty at Lou Conte Dance Studio, is currently on faculty with Chicago Movement Collective, and has taught company ballet classes for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Luna Negra Dance Theater. She has served as the rehearsal director and ballet mistress for the Ruth Page Civic Ballet, and has been a guest teacher for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and Grand Rapids Ballet. Ms. Barodicaite has also been invited as a guest teacher at Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba, in Havana.