Anton Ovchinnikov
Anton Ovchinnikov
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Anton Ovchinnikov, Kyiv, Ukraine: performer, choreographer, national dance innovator and organizer of the annual international dance festival Zelyonka FEST in Kiev, Ukraine and Ukraine Contemporary Dance Platform. Black O!Range Dance Theater, established by Ovchinnikov in 2008, is recognized as one of the most distinctive and original dance projects in Ukraine. This independent dance production company, continues to be the vanguard of the Ukrainian dance scene. In 2016/2017 Ovchinnikov was selected to participate in the CEC Artslink residence in the USA in New Orleans. The Ukrainian Contemporary Dance Platform managed by Anton Ovchinnikov supports young Ukrainian choreographers, integrates contemporary dance into the modern cultural life of Ukraine, and is a national center of contemporary dance.
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Thw following nformation may be irrelevant:
Anton met Maida in Moscow, Russia during a summer dance workshop with TsEKh, the prominent post-modern organization in Russia. Anton participated in Maida’s dance improvisation workshop. In 2018 Anton invited Maida to co-create a two-part site specific work with 18 Ukrainian dancers. The resulting work, 60 moves with Future Gaze, was presented at the National Exhibition Center, in honor of the 60th Anniversary Gala Celebration of the Center.
https://maidadance.com/work/60-moves-with-future-gaze/
January 20, 2019, Anton performed a political work, RedWhiteBlueBlack&Orange – The Art and Dance of Resistance, with Maida Withers and Erica Rebollar, at the Museum of Political Art in Washington, DC. That work toured to Brazil to perform as part of the renowned street festival, Visões Urbanas, São Paulo. In 2023, Anton performed at the GALA Celebration for LEGACY: 50 years of Dance on the Edge with MWDCCo and also presented Duel/Solo, his brilliant trio with a man, a chair and a saw. Anton was the producer of PAM’YATATY, an historic project that commissioned four Ukraine female choreographers to create and perform site specific solo dance performance projects during the conflict resuluting from the invasion of Russia in Ukraine (2022-2025). See https://maidadance.com/about/international-tours/
https://www.zelyonka-fest.org/ (what web page should be here?)
RedWhiteBlueBlack&Orange – Resistance Museum of Politics, Washington, DC
Anton Ovchinnikov, Erica Rebollar, Maida Withers
RedWhiteBlueBlack&Orange – Resistance
https://maidadance.com/works/red-white-blue-black-orange-resistance/
Maida Withers, Erica Rebollar, and Anton Ovchinnikov Visões Urbanas, São Paulo,Brazil
Maida Withers, Anton Ovchinnikov
Kyiv, Ukraine
Duel/Solo Anton Ovchinnikov
Duel/Solo Anton Ovchinnikov
Visões Urbanas São Paulo, Brazil: Mirtes Calheiros and Ederson Lopez