Our team
  • Marina Smirnova
    The founder of the theater, artistic director, director and screenwriter
    • The L.V. Jacobson School of Classical Ballet. Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet preparatory class. N.A.Dolgushin School of Classical Ballet ("Cantilena") Ballet dancer of the NRU SPbGPU (Polytechnic University) "Publishing and editing", "Translator in the field of professional communication"
    • The training program for fitness instructors in the direction of "Fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology" of the St. Petersburg College of Fitness, has the qualification of a trainer
    • Moscow State Institute of Culture (MGIK) "Development and implementation of theatrical performances, holidays and programs" advanced training within the framework of the federal project "Creative People"
    • devoted 10 years to ballet, performed as part of ballet schools on the stages of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, Mariinsky, Hermitage Theaters, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall and others . Laureate and prize-winner of Russian and foreign choreographic competitions.
    • She has worked as a stage director and choreographer on various projects in Russia and abroad (staging numbers and performances in the genre of plastic shadow theater). He is the author of winning grant applications with theater projects (grants from the Russian Cultural Foundation and the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives).
  • Nina Inyakina
    Technical specialist, artist of the Moonlight Shadow Theater
    • Originally from Bugulma, she has been engaged in dancing since childhood, mainly in modern directions.
    • Laureate and prize-winner of dance competitions as part of the "One Two" team.
    • She completed a three-month acting course with Leonid Nechaev at the acting school "Easy People" in 2018, at the end of the course a performance based on the stories of A.P. Platonov was shown
    • In the collective of the shadow Theater since 2013, the repertoire includes performances "Time of Miracles", "Once upon a Time there was a wizard", "Notes of an invisible Wanderer".
  • Daria Khairullina
    Assistant director, theater artist
    • Originally from Irkutsk, a Siberian city on the shores of Lake Baikal.
    • Peter the Great St. Petersburg State University "Quality Management" (Department of Metallurgy, Mechanical Engineering and Transport).
    • A professional training course in interior design.
    • Throughout his life, he has been actively developing in such a creative direction as dance. He is the winner of All-Russian and international choreographic (dance) competitions in Russia (Krasnoyarsk, Kazan, Moscow, St. Petersburg) and in Europe (Hungary) as part of the choreographic group "Allegro".
    • She has repeatedly participated in the All-Russian student marathon "Break in" (Sochi) as a member of the jury in the nomination "Shadow Theater".
    • At the moment, Daria combines activities in the theater and in the field of design.
    • In the collective of the shadow theater since 2014, all the performances of the theater are in the repertoire. As part of the theater, she was on tour in Kazan, Sochi, Arkhangelsk, Veliky Novgorod, Vyborg, Moscow, Leningrad and Pskov regions.
  • Yana Kostrykina
    Deputy Artistic Director, actor of the Shadow Theater
    • In the past, he was a member of the exemplary choreographic ensemble of the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk. As part of the ensemble, she was the winner of many regional competitions.
    • Currently, he is a dance teacher for children and a stretching coach, and as part of the dance team he regularly becomes a laureate of competitions in the Contemporary Profi nomination.
    • Participant of a dance show on gyroscuters and a dance show in light costumes.
    • In the collective of the shadow Theater since 2016, the repertoire includes performances "Time of Miracles", "Once upon a Time there was a wizard", "Notes of an invisible Wanderer".
  • Irina Mitrofanova
    Theater artist
    • Graduate of the Almaty Choreographic College named after A. V. Seleznev (2014)
    • Graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Culture (SPbGIK), majoring in "Head of an amateur choreographic group" (2018)
    • Master's degree in Theory and History of Choreographic Art at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (2020)
    • She participated in various projects, competitions and festivals in Kazakhstan, Russia, Latvia and other countries.
    • She worked as a ballet dancer in the Salomatov St. Petersburg Souvenir Ensemble and in the Empire Dance show ballet.
    • Currently, he is the head of the dance group "Dance-story" in St. Petersburg.
    • He has been in the theater team since 2016, and all the theater's performances are in the repertoire. As part of the theater, she was on tour in Kazan, Dubai, Tashkent, Arkhangelsk, Veliky Novgorod, Vyborg, Moscow, Orenburg, Leningrad and Pskov regions.
  • Anna Ryzhova
    Theater artist
    • Since childhood, she has been engaged in folk and pop dances in the exemplary Viasna collective.
    • 2016-2020 Studied at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, specializing in puppet theater artist.
    • Participation in an Inclusive laboratory based on the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater, 2021
    • Participation in the Theater shift of Tavrida Art 2022
    • Participation in the 16th International STD Summer School, 2023
    • Currently, he also works in the children's theater based on the cultural space "Chaliapin's Cottage", plays performances in independent theater projects and makes films.
    • He has been a member of the theater's troupe since 2021, and all the theater's performances are in the repertoire. As part of the theater, she was on tour in Moscow, Orenburg, Leningrad and Pskov regions.
  • Mikhail Melnikov
    Theater artist
    • In the past, he was a member of the exemplary team, winner of the All-Russian and international competitions of the Surprise Dance Theater in Kirov.
    • He participated in the choreographies of the dance house Kannon Dance and Prosvet.Ballet at the festivals of modern dance "Five-year Plan" St. Petersburg, "Futurum" Moscow.
    • In the collective of the shadow theater since 2022, all the performances of the theater are in the repertoire. As part of the theater, he was on tour in Moscow, Orenburg, Leningrad and Pskov regions.
  • Ekaterina Davydova
    Theater artist
    • She graduated with honors from the choreography department of the Children's Music School No. 7.
    • Irkutsk Regional College of Culture (2018-2022), specialty "Head of an amateur creative team, teacher"
    • A.I.Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, Institute of Music, Theater and Choreography, Department of Choreographic Art (2022-2026)
    • Originally from the city of Irkutsk, where she began her dancing career at the age of 3 in the choreographic group "Aquarelle", later in the Allegro dance studio.As part of the studio of plastics and dance "Motylek" she took part in productions of the Irkutsk Regional Theater of the Young Spectator named after A.Vampilov.
    • In childhood, she was engaged in classical, folk, as well as various areas of modern dance.
    • Multiple prize-winner and winner of international and All-Russian competitions and festivals in the cities of Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Krasnoyarsk, St. Petersburg, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), Sochi, Yalta, Moscow, Perm, Chelyabinsk.
    • As a member of the Sibiryanochka folk dance ensemble at the College of Culture, she was a participant in the Delphic Games of Russia 2021, 2022, as well as the winner in the choreography nomination at the XXX (|) All-Russian festival "Russian Student Spring" 2022.
    • Winner of the Irkutsk Region Governor's Scholarship for gifted children and talented youth for achievements in the field of culture and art 2017, 2022.
    • In the theater team since 2023, all the theater's performances are in the repertoire.
  • Sofya Makarova
    Theater artist
    • S. P. Diaghilev Lyceum in Yekaterinburg (choreography department)
    • of USPU (Pedagogical University) majoring in "Teacher-choreographer".
    • Sofia has been practicing ballet since she was 3 years old. Laureate and diploma winner of All-Russian and international choreographic competitions ("The Nutcracker invites", "Star Rain", etc.). She took part in performances of the Opera and Ballet Theater and the Youth Theater in Yekaterinburg while studying at the lyceum ("The Nutcracker", "Corsair", "Bayadere").
    • 2018-2023 worked as a ballet dancer at the Sverdlovsk Academic Musical Comedy Theater (played in the plays "The Merry Widow", "Silva", "Evita", "Catherine the Great", "Open Night", "Masquerade", etc.). As part of the theater, she was on tour in the Crimea, Tyumen, Nizhny Tagil. He currently teaches classical choreography.
    • In the theater team since 2023, all the theater's performances are in the repertoire.

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