Graduate: Choreography Department of Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet Masters Program (July 2013) Undergraduate: Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University, B. A. (2010)
Training
Trained in jazz, modern, and contemporary dance
Courses, seminars, and master classes:
- Repertoire of Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot, Sol León, and Crystal Pite under Medhi Walerski and Jiří Pokorný (Nederlands Dans Theater)
- Forsythe improvisation technique, dance composition, and repertoire under Tilman O’Donnell (Forsythe Company)
- Improvisation technique and repertoire of Batsheva Dance Company under Adi Salant (Batsheva Dance Company)
- Master class with Eldad ben Sasson and Erez Zohar (Batsheva Dance Company). Course in contemporary dance under Marina Mascarell and Pedro Goucha Gomez (Nederlands Dans Theater)
- Mediterraneo Dance Festival (Italy, 2012)
- Master classes in ballet, improvisation, and repertoire of Mats Ek with dancers of the Cullberg Ballet (Stockholm, 2011)
- Gaga technique and repertoire of Ohad Naharin with Bossmat Nossan (Moscow, 2011)
- Master class with Radu Poklitaru at Arabesque (Perm, 2010)
Performance Experience
Performed in contemporary dance festivals in Russia, South Korea, England, Italy, Lithuania, and Poland.
Dancer with “Provincial Dances” theater in Yekaterinburg, Russia (2005-2006)
Founder of, choreographer for, and dancer with St. Petersburg-based Aqueduct. Contemporary Dance Company (2012 - present)
Choreographic Works
Aqueduct Contemporary Dance Company:
- Multiple short works including “Distance,” “Evening,” and “The Collector”
- Three full-length productions:
- “The Exhibition” (premiered December 2013 at “Context. Diana Vishneva”)
- “Homo Ludens” (premiered November 2012)
- “Fragile Boundary” (premiered April 2012)
- Two short works, “Carried Away” and “The Space of a Dream” for the All-Russia Competition of Dancers and Choreographers (December 2015)
- One-act ballet “Rehearsal” for Yacobson Ballet in St. Petersburg (October 2015). Evening-length production “Winter Rose” for the New Ballet in Moscow (September 2015)
- One-act ballet “Genesis” and restaged version of “Troubled Sky,” a one-act contemporary performance based on Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal, for Yevgeny Panfilov Ballet Theater in Perm (September 2015)
- One-act ballet “Abandoned House” for Theatre St. Gallen (April 2015)
- One-act ballet “The Fourth Way” for Codarts Rotterdam for “Context. Diana Vishneva” contemporary dance festival (November 2014)
- Short work “Trio” for Runway Festival at the Mikhailovsky Theater (September 2014)
- One-act ballet “Song” for Yevgeny Panfilov Ballet Theater (June 2014)
- One-act ballet “Vacancy” for Yekaterinburg Theater of Opera and Ballet (April 2014)
- One-act ballet “Collision” for Yacobson Ballet (December 2013)
- Work with members of Dance Academy of Boris Eifman performed at Grand Prix of the Mikhailovsky Theater (November 2013)
- “Troubled Sky” for Yevgeny Panfilov Ballet Theater in Perm (June 2013)
- Duet “Flight” and solo work “Cold River” for XII Moscow International Ballet
- Competition and Contest of Choreographers (June 2013)
- Two short works, “Alter Ego” and “Dawn,” with troupe soloists as participating choreographer for Yekaterinburg Theater of Opera and Ballet Dance Platform (March 2013)
- Short solo work “Dream” for Tanzolymp Internationales Tanzfestival Berlin (February 2013)
- Six short works as part of studies at Vaganova Academy (2010-2013)
- Short work “The Path of Charon” with troupe soloists as part of Yekaterinburg Theater of Opera and Ballet Dance Platform (November 2012)
Awards and Honors
Russian Open Ballet Competition «Arabesque - 2016» 1st prize for best choreography, DECISION OF THE COMPETITION PRESS JURY for the best choreography, DECISION OF UNION OF RUSSIAN THEATRE WORKERS Best choreography
Konstantin Keikhel (Russia, St.-Petersburg) for pieces "Gone" and "Dreamspace". (April - 2016)
Member of jury at IFMC-2015 in Belarus (November 2015) Prize for best choreographic work in All-Russia Competition of Dancers and Choreographers; nomination in modern and contemporary dance in operatic and balletic theater (December 2015)
Choreographic commission for Codarts Rotterdam awarded as special prize at “Context: Diana Vishneva” (December 2013)
Second place in International Festival of Modern Choreography competition in Vitebsk; Yevgeny Panfilov Prize for best choreographer (2012)
First place in Second All-Russia 21st-Century Ballet Forum competition (2012)
Third place in “Alternative 2011” competition in St. Petersburg for performance of choreography (2011)
First place in “Inspiration 21” competition in Kaliningrad for best choreography (2010)
Second place in “Alternative 2010” competition in St. Petersburg for performance of choreography (2010)
First place in “Solo Dance” competition in Chelyabinsk; nomination in contemporary dance (2007)
Teaching
Instructor at Dance Academy of Boris Eifman – teaching, curriculum design, and choreography (Fall 2013 – present)
Instructor at Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov Children’s School of the Arts, St. Petersburg – contemporary and jazz dance (2012 – present)
Regularly conducts master classes throughout Russia and the Baltic region as well as certification courses for students and faculty at Russian educational institutions.
Collaborates with ByeBye Ballet and Dance Academy Russia dance centers in St. Petersburg
Further teaching:
Undergraduate class on choreography at Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (2013 - 2014)
Contemporary dance, “Kannon Dance” studio, St. Petersburg (2010-2013)
Contemporary and jazz dance, Herzen University, St. Petersburg (2010-2012)