Nikolay Shchetnev
Nikolay Shchetnev (? photographer & name of work?)
Nikolais Festivals in Bio / this is not part of Nikolais page in Maida dance.
2003 to 2006 TOUCH (Is Touch #3 in 2003?; Touch #4 in 2004)
2004 – dance festival OPEN LOOK in S. Petersburg (Russia).
2004 – Summer Festival “SOLOSPHERE”, ArtAngar Center/ Solovki Islands, White Sea (Northwest Russia).
2004 – 10TH INTERNATIONAL IMPROVISATION PLUS+ FESTIVAL TENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON/ Washington DC (USA).
2004 – dance festival OPEN LOOK in S. Petersburg (Russia
2004 – 10TH INTERNATIONAL IMPROVISATION PLUS+ FESTIVAL TENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON/ Washington DC (USA). 2005
2004 – Summer Festival “SOLOSPHERE”, ArtAngar Center/ Solovki Islands, White Sea (Northwest Russia).
2003 and 2004: Nikolay Shchetnev: Founder of Touch 3 and Touch 4, International Dance Festivals, Arkhangelsk, Russia – MWDCCo participants.
(Question: Did the Touch # correspond with the Year? For example was Touch 4 in the year 2004?)
Nikolay Shchetnev, Russian dancer Maida met in Moscow:
Dancer in MWDCCo evening-length work, Thresholds Crossed:
< Year?: rehearsal and performance in Russia, TsEKh Summer School, Moscow
< Year?: rehearsal and performance in USA, Washington, DC
< Year?: tour in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Nikolay Shchetnev
Year? Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company summer residency in Krasnoyarsk, Russia:
Year? Nikolay Shchetnev performed in LENIN (Site Work: Lenin Museum)
Year? Nikolay Shchetnev Performed in Shocked and Odd (Site Work: ). ? Theatre entrance way and lobby
Year: Nikolay Shchetnev performed with Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company in TsEkh Summer School Residency in Moscow, Russia; Nikolay Shchetnev: soloist in Thresholds Crossed – Residency in Washington, DC with performances in the USA and in tour in Russia: Moscow, Russia and Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (see what works and project come up online on web page to see if the above is necessary)
Cast: Thresholds Crossed, Washington, DC (2006)
Nikolay Shchetnev Bio: (2025)
Born: 05.02.1976 – Arkhangelsk, Russia.
Nikolay has been instrumental in the area of arts management in Russia with the creation of TOUCH (2003 thru 2006), an annual International Festival of Contemporary Dance featuring companies from Russia, Europe and the USA. He is especially known for his work as a solo artist. Aside from his own acclaimed solo and video artwork, he has participated in more than a dozen workshops and projects in different countries and has received support and recognition through more than twenty councils and festivals around the world. He has danced for several prestigious companies and choreographers throughout Europe.
Education:
1995-1998 Russia, Arkhangelsk College of Culture & Art
Work in companies/projects:
ALEFdanzaateatro Produzione, choreographer Rossella Fiumi, Orvieto (Italia),
2000 – performance “Buongiorno signori”, Theatre Vascello, Roma (Italia).
2001 – performance and dance film “Belonging to body”.
2002 – performance “Dramma Involontario”, Theatre Mancinelli, Orvieto.
2001 – Theatre Kinetik, choreographer Alexander Pepeljaev, Moscow (Russia),Performance “There where jasmine never stops blossoming”.
2003 – Dance performance “Adam & Adam” in Fabrik Potsdam (Germany).
Idea, choreography and dance from Nikolay Shchetnev and Benno Voorham.
2005 – Artists in residents, Berlin/ Germany with support of DAAD and Akademie der Kunste. “Cheap life/ Berlin” in Tallinn/ Estonia with support of Kanuti Gildi Saal, DAAD, THEOREM
2006 – Dance Construction Company, “Thresholds Crossed,” Washington DC, USA
? Tour: Dance Construction Company, “Thresholds Crossed,” Moscow, Russia and Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
2008 – 2009 “Touching point” – Barents dance project by Stellaris Dance Theatre (Norway) and Flow Production (Finland).
2013 – 2015 “Whispers -by the pearly gates” – dance performanceby Stellaris Dance Theatre (Norway).2020 – 2024 “Razdedauch” by 45+ BET (Body Experience Time) with support by Creative Europe (Stellaris Dance Theatre/Norway, Fine5 Dance Theatre/Estonia, Party – culture organization/Latvia).
Dance award
2004 – Selected as one of four candidates for Dance to participate the programme’s second cycle of the Rolex Mentor and Protege Arts Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland.
Festivals/events
2000 – project “Millenium”, Haparanda (Sweden) & Tornio (Finland), 2000, 2001, 2003 – festival “Impuls” in Kishinev (Moldova), 2000 – “Exersice” in S. Petersburg (Russia), 2001 – NUKU Theatre, Oulu (Finnland), 2001 – “Finish Dance Week” in S. Petersburg (Russia), 2001 – platform for Russian dance-theatres in Moscow (Russia), 2002 – Dance Baltic Platform in Tallinn, (Estonia), 2002 – Art Festival in Ytterjarna, south Stockholm (Sweden). 2002 – Festival Paris Quartier d’Ete/ Sol.East (France). 2002 – Wiepersdorfer Sommerfest (Germany). 2003 – festival in Viljandi (Estonia). 2003 – Barents project “Migration”, Kirkenes (Norway). 2003 – Full Moon Dance Festival, Pyhajarvi (Finland). 2004 – “TanzTranzit” in Kalinigrad (Russia). 2004 – Nordic Improvisation Meeting/ Festival in Stockholm (Sweden). 2004 – dance festival OPEN LOOK in S. Petersburg (Russia).
2004 – Second Summer lab with Lisa Torun in Malmo (Sweden).
2004 – Summer Festival “SOLOSPHERE,” ArtAngar Center/ Solovki Islands, White Sea (Northwest Russia).
2004 – 10TH INTERNATIONAL IMPROVISATION PLUS+ FESTIVAL TENTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON/ Washington DC (USA).
2005 – IV international festival of contemporary dance, Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraina). 2005 – Zip festival of improvisation and live performing art, Orvieto (Italy). 2006 – XVIII International-festival TANEC PRAHA (Czech Republic).
Since 2006 Employee in Samovarteateret / productions
2006 – ”Snow”
2007 – ”Busses and stories”
2007 – ”Bare et steinkast”
2008 – «Voices»
2009 – ”I et hjørne av verden”
2010 – ”Arctic Voices”
2010 – ”Mother Courage” collaboration with Stellaris Dance Theatre
2011 – «Laka La Minja» collaboration with Silesian Dance Theater/ Poland
2011 – «Cold Fish» collaboration with Eferte/Poland
2012 – “Radio Barents 111”
2012 – «Leve hemmelig» collaboration with Franzisca Aarflot
2013 – «Vodka, Vann og Glasnost»
2014/2015/2016 – «Simmering Point»
2016 – «Working class hero»
2017 – «Sannhet»
2018/2020/2023 – «Lost in the horizon»
2022 – “Skår»
2022/2023 – «Messias»
2022 – “Forvandlingen»
2024 – «Transitions/Distortions»
2024 – «Julefortellingen»