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Helen Pokrovskaia
Dancer/ Choreographer
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Curriculum Vitae
Helen Pokrovskaia
Dancer/ Choreographer/ Teacher/Coach
Date of birth: 2.3.1977
Place of birth: St.Petersburg, Russia
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Address: Europaplein 25-1, 1078 GT, Amsterdam, Holland.
Telephone: +31(0)642306936
Education
1998-2001 – Bachelor of Performing Arts and Choreography,
School for New Dance Development (Amsterdam High Theatre School)
Subjects: release technique, improvisation, contact
improvisation, composition, mime, body-mind centring. Theachers: Katie Duck, Susan Rethorst, Eileen Standely, Kurt Koegel, David Zambrano, Daniela Graca
1997-1998 -- Rotterdam Dance Academy, modern dance department (Subjects:
Graham, Limon, ballet, improvisation)
1995-1997 -- Natalia Nesterova Free University, Dance Teachers
Department, Moscow (Subjects: ballet, folklore, modern dance,
choreography) with diploma
1993-1995 -- Moscow State University, Journalism Department
1985- 1990 – Mariinski Theatre Ballet School, named after
Vaganova, St.Petersburg (Subjects: ballet, folklore
dance, historical dance)
Worked as a dancer
2005- 2007--“ Anarchistas!”, choreographer G. Maiorino, duration 40 min, produced by DWA, performed in Julidanse, Festivals in Italy, tour in all major theatres in Holland
2001-2007—dancer of the show group “Art Freaks”, regular performances at Panama, Paradiso, Sensations Black/White (Amsterdam, Germany, Belgium)
2004—“Scarti”, choreographer G. Maiorino, duration 1 hour, 4dancers, Bolzano Dance Festival (Italy)
2004—Julidans Festival (Amsterdam), dance company “M.A.F.”, choreographer V. Verburg, Paradiso.
2003—“Arianne in Creta”, Reisopera, 10 performances
2003 -- “Zuiberfloete”, Dutch Opera production, choreographer Min Tanaka, 10 performances
2003 -- “Body Weather”(Butoh company) (Japan) Choreographer Hisako Horikawa
2002 -- stage at “Ultima Ves” (Brussels) Artistic director Vim van der Keybus, choreographer R. OLme
2002 -- “Slowly, Slowly”, solo made by Pauline de Groot for me, 15 min, performed in Amsterdam, Helsinki Modern Dance Festival.
2001 -- “Instigations 2.0”, contact-improvisation performance, 7 dancers participated, leaded by Kurt Koegel, duration 30 min, performed 4 times, Entrepodok studio(Amsterdam)
2001 -- "Silence of the Light", choreographer Marina Peuranen (Finland). Style – modern dance, trio, duration 30 minutes, performed 3 times in Muiderpoort theater (Amsterdam)
2000 -- staff-member of the mime-group “LA BOUM” (Crea Theater, Amsterdam)
2000 -- "Picking up Pieces", choreographer V. Verburg (NL), made in collaboration with
dancers. Duration 20 minutes. Performed 5 times.Co-production AHK and New Holland Festival
1999 -- “Language to Speak about Clouds”, choreographer R. Ovetz, produced by the Korzo Theatre, Den Haag.
Projects as a dancer and choreographer
2007—“Reaching for the Red Star Sky”, 6 dancers, 20 min, piece for the National Ballet Academy (AHK, Amsterdam), performed in Amstelveense Stads Schouwburg, Doelen Zaal in Amsterdam.
2005---“The Story of R”, solo for a dancer of the National Ballet, produced by NB, International modern dance festivals in Biella(Italy) and Kaunas(Lithuania), DWA.
2004—“Big Brother Alert”, solo with interactive computer sound system , 30 min, produced with the help of DWA and presented at Melkweg Theater, 3 performances
2003 –Workshop for the National Ballet, “Le Jeune Homme et La Mort”, 12 min, choreography for 2 male dancers, artistic leader of the workshop Krzyzstof Pastor
2003 – “The Industry of Cool”, trio for the dancers of the National Ballet Academy, duration 20 min, style neo-classical, presented in “High Solo Art Night” at “PANAMA.
2003 -- Solo “Audition”, duration 20 min, produced and performed in “Melkweg” theatre.
2003 – “MYXA”, trio, style dance-theatre, duration 35 min, performed in Muiderpoort Theatre
2002 -- “I want to kill you”, duet, dance-theater piece, duration-- 30 min, performed 10 times. Produced with the help of “Practicum Generale Fond”. Performed in Muiderpoort Theatre, Melkweg Theatre in Amsterdam
2000 -- "Stranded in the Tenebrae", multidiscipline dance piece, duration 30 min, performed Philip Morris Dancetheatre (Amsterdam). Special price of the Mass Media at the International Dance Festival "OpenLook 2001"in St.Petersburg, Russia.
2000 -- "One Another One", duo, style -- multidisciplinary performance, duration 15 min, performed 4 times in AHK
1999 -- "MYXA", trio, duration 15 min, style -- dance-theater, performed 4 times in AHK
1998 -- "Alleen", trio, style --dance theatre duration 10 min., performed 3times in AHK
1997 -- " No Matter What …" , solo, duration 10 min, performed at the Institute
del Teatre (Barcelona, Spain) and Florida State University (US).
Teaching
2004-2007—Teaching Modern, Butoh and Improvisation at the Buitenkunst ( speciale weeken, weekends)
2007—Improvisation Workshop for last year of the National Ballet Academy, (Amsterdam), 3 months.
2006- Teaching technique, improvisation, movement research at Intensive course SNDO.
2005- Improvisation workshop (3 weeks) at the National Ballet Academy (Amsterdam)
2004 – Movement research workshop (3 weeks) at the National Ballet Academy, Amsterdam High Theatre School
2003 – Teacher of composition of the Intensive Course of SNDO, High Theatre School in Amsterdam (introduction course for potential students), 6 weeks, 1,5 hours, 5 days a week.
2002--Teacher of modern technique and improvisation for the preparative course for professional dance education of the High Theatre School of Amsterdam (vooropleiding cursus). 6 months, 1 a week, 3 hours.