Hi, my name is Elena (Lena). I am a contemporary dance artist, educator, and researcher.
Contact me:
Telegram @el_pog
ph: Julia Kutienko
As a researcher, I focus on stage and performative corporeality: body image and the dynamics of bodily presence in the history of art, musical theatre, dance, performance art, and pop culture. As an artist, I explore interdisciplinary approaches and use bodily practices as a key to recognising other media. As a dance educator, I work primarily with children.
I am based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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**abonement lectures — online lectures on art and culture in Russian (founder and project manager).
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My movement background includes ballet, folk, variety, ballroom, character, urban dance, jazz, somatic practices, and contemporary dance techniques.
My research approaches are grounded in knowledge that spans the human sciences, performing and performance arts history, and music theory.
As a dance educator, I draw on my diverse movement experiences, tailoring my approach to the specific needs of each case.
2020-2022 — Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty (Smolny College) of St. Petersburg University, Musical Criticism program (MA)
2016-2020 — Vaganova Ballet Academy, Pedagogical faculty, The Art of Choreography program (BA)
Telegram @el_pog