II 4.4 Short Performances Festival: When Muses are Not Silent
When the non-peaceful world is illuminated by the bursts of shells, it seems that other...
Read MoreEmiliia is a creative writer, theatre critic, editor and lecturer from Russia. She holds a PHD in theatre from the Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Arts, having written her dissertation on the contemporary auteur and neo-auteur theatre in Russia. She is a member of the International Association of Theatre Critics, and the Russian Union of Journalists. Emiliia has acted as a cultural columnist for Critical Stages, European Stages, The Hollywood Reporter, Teatro, Theatre World, etc. Participant from Russia in The Conflict Zones (theatre project by The Union of the European Theatres). Author of more than 500 publications about theatre and cinema. She is author of the course Profession: Theatergoer in Central House of the Journalists. The winner of the prizes (I place) - "Golden Pen", "Russian Word", "Native Speech", "Russian Stil", International Tutchev Prize, "Yousmi Web-Journalism Awards" in the nomination "The Best Review Among Professionals" , Diploma of Russian Guild of Film Critics Award, "Young Talents of Moscow and the International Press Club award called Challenge – XXI century for a series of theatre reviews she authored. Winner of the international literary competition of the International guild of writers "Across Chekhov" in the nomination "Essay". Judge of the theatre festival laboratory "Scene of action" and pitching of young Russian scriptwriters Author of solo performance "Without intermission": theatre, art reading, lecture, Q&А. Participant and speaker more than 50 conferences and forums including. "Russia. Innovations. Youth", "Future of Russia. Development prospects", "Lomonosov", "Theatre – an era of changes", "YOULEAD", "YouthVoice", "The modern Russian and European theatre". She is a scholar of the Oxford Russia Fund and Italian government grant for foreign citizens. Grantee and participant of the project With and From One Another: Exchange of Cultural Actors, (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) Scholar of the International innovative forum "Interra". Scholar of the Theatre Union of Russia and Ministry of Culture of Russia. Co-author of several books including Almanac of modern Russian writers, 100 contemporaries about Yuri Lyubimov and others. Author and presenters of the Cultural Environment program at the Radio Journalist. Member of the jury of the Polish film festival "Wisła". Selector of the Kyoto Prize in Art and Philosophy and the European Theatre Award. Reader and lectrice - winner of the Moscow stage reader competition, laureate of the L. Tolstoy reader competition and Marina Tsvetaeva competition. Member of literary volunteer program helping blind and weak-sighted people (recording audiobooks for the blind).
Posted by Emiliia Dementsova | 20th Dec 2022 | Azerbaijan, Festivals, News, Review
When the non-peaceful world is illuminated by the bursts of shells, it seems that other...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 2nd Oct 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics
Musical drama of unlearned lessons is perhaps the most appropriate definition for Evgeny...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 7th May 2022 | Adaptation, Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics
In a country at war, theatres continue to work… “(They) are so simple to offer war...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 29th Nov 2021 | Adaptation, Review, Russia
Cruel Games at the Mossovet Theater is not just the name of a forgotten play by Alexei Arbuzov,...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 7th Nov 2021 | Adaptation, Covid-19, Review, Russia
It’s trite to write about how hard it is to live from lockdown to lockdown; from one mask...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 29th Apr 2021 | Festivals, Russia, Theatre and Politics
The Russian Case: History, politics and eternal values Spring, with all of its uncertain promise,...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 9th Dec 2020 | Festivals, Israel, News
If theater around the world previously sought to destroy the fourth wall, it has recently had to...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 15th Oct 2020 | Puppetry, Review, Russia, Theatre and Politics
If the United States again accuses Russia of interfering in the election, it will almost certainly...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 27th Apr 2020 | News, Russia, Transmedia
Theatre has survived thanks to its mobility and potential to exchange creative ideas. Since its...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 23rd Nov 2019 | Festivals, Japan, Review, Russia, Theatre Olympics 2019
This year is a special one for the Theatre Olympics. For in it’s touring, it is comprised of two...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 2nd Nov 2019 | Festivals, Poland, Review, Russia, Theatre Olympics 2019
King Lear by William Shakespeare. Text adaptation and music scoring by Jan Klata. Translation:...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 31st Oct 2019 | Festivals, Germany, Review, Russia, Theatre Olympics 2019
The Eighth Life (for Brilka) or Das achte Leben (Für Brilka). Adapted by Julia Lochte and Emilia...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 26th Oct 2019 | Festivals, Review, Russia, Theatre Olympics 2019
The guest performance of the Olonkho Theatre from Yakutia in St. Petersburg as part of the Theatre...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 18th Oct 2019 | Festivals, News, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Theatre Olympics 2019
The Olympics is a paradoxical phenomenon. On the one hand, it lives in a spirit of competition and...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 22nd Feb 2019 | Essay, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured
On the eve of 2019’s “Year of Theatre” in Russia, Emiliia Dementsova looks back...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 2nd Jan 2019 | Review, Russia
Emiliia Dementsova reports from Moscow with a review of Konstantin Bogomolov’s The Magic...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 13th Oct 2018 | Acting, News, Russia
The Yury Lyubimov award presentation ceremony took place in Moscow on October 2. While the guests...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 25th May 2018 | Adaptation, Essay, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured
It is impossible to put it in writing, but to record the horror of the thing here is a black cross...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 15th Dec 2017 | Directing, Essay, News, Russia, Russian Theatre - Featured, Theatre and Politics
World-renowned Russian and Soviet theatre director Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014) rose to fame and...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 9th Dec 2017 | Essay, Russia
In a few days, two prestigious theatre awards are to be presented at a ceremonial event: the...
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