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development of contemporary performing arts (dance and theatre)
in 18 countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Anton Ovchinnikov - Curator, choreographer, director, performer, educator

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Short biography: 

From 1994 to 1999 he danced in the professional dance company "Hollywood Ballet" (Kiev)

He started to study jazz dance (Anna Braslavskaya, Moscow) and Contemporary Dance (Miguel Gutierrez, USA) at the  International Festival Workshop TSEH (Moscow) in 1995.

Since then every year he visited many major educational dance projects all over Europe.

In 2003, he graduated from the Kiev State University of Culture and Arts (Stage Director & Choreographer).

In 2005, he founded the dance company Black O!Range Dance Theatre. The theatre takes part in all the major dance festivals in Ukraine, as well as major festivals in Russia and Belarus.

In 2009 he graduated from the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts with an MA degree in contemporary dance.

Since 2009 he has been teaching contemporary dance and dance composition at the Kiev State University of Culture and Arts.

In 2010 he established the Zelyonka Fest Contemporary Dance Festival in Kiev. Since then he has been the artistic director of the festival.

From 2015 – the head of NGO UA “Contemporary Dance Platform”.

 

The most important projects: 

2015                All-Ukrainian Association «Contemporary Dance Platform»

                          President of the Association

 

2015                Choreographic Territories – Eastern Partnership  - presentation of performances of Polish Dance Platform in Kiev

                         Organizer of the project

 

2015                Canny Creatives by British Council Ukraine

                          Participant of the British-Ukrainian Educational development project

 

2015                Edinburgh Fringe Festival

                         Total Theatre Award  jury member

 

2014                Tanzmesse Dusseldorf

                          The Curator of the Ukrainian Booth

 

2010-2016       Zelyonka Fest Contemporary Dance Festival

                           Founder and artistic director of the Festival

 

2006-2015       Kiev National University of Culture and Arts

                           Professor (Department of Contemporary Dance)

 

2008-2012       Black O!Range DanceTheatre

                           Founder, Artistic director and Choreographer

                          

                           Black O!Range Dance School

                           Cofounder and artistic director

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