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Sonya Levin began her education in Moscow in 1997 studying contemporary dance, ballet, acting and music, then later studied Butoh dance technic at «School of Dramatic Art of Anatoliy Vasiliev» and starting from 2006 collaborated with leading dance companies, independent artists, state theaters and institutions in Moscow. Continued her education at «SEAD» Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance where she graduated from two programs: performance major and choreography major. Since 2011 based in Berlin.
Staged her first own works «Black Out» in 2008 and «The Superman's Last Supper» in 2009, followed by further own creations: «The Day Before» 2010, «The Game Has No Name» 2011, «Rocking Stars» 2011, «Morning Glory» 2014, «left I - right I» 2014, «Interiorisation III» 2015, «80 Years Underground» 2015, «Madonna’s Milkshake» 2020 and others. These works were presented on festivals like: «Tanztage» Berlin, «Lucky Trimmer» Berlin, «100 Grad Berlin Festival», «NET» International Festival Moscow, «Züricher Theater Spektakel», International Theater Festival «MESS» Sarajevo, «New Faces - New Dances» Salzburg, «BE Festival» Birmingham, «Plums fest» Moscow etc. and venues like: «Sophienseale» Berlin, «HAU» Berlin, «Gorki Theater» Berlin, HZT Berlin, «GARAGE» Moscow, «V-A-C» Moscow, «MUAR» Moscow Museum of Archetecture and many others.
As performer worked with: Jule Flierl, Constanza Macras «DORKYPARK», Tino Sehgal, Jérôme Bel, Amanda Piña, Trajal Harrell, Yvon Chabrowsky, Marcela Giesche, «Tanween Company», «Po V.S.Tanz» dance company and many others.
In repertoire pieces in «Thalia» Theater Hamburg during the season 2019/2020 and in «Volksbühne» Berlin during the season 2021/2022.
Worked as a choreographer in drama theaters in Russia: «Chekhov Moscow Art Theater» 2015, «Moscow Drama Theater named after Pushkin» 2015, «Theater of Nations» 2016, Theater «PRAKTIKA
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2012, «Center of dramatic art and direction» 2012
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«Theater .DOC» 2009; and Germany: «BallhausOst Theater» Berlin 2013, «Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus» 2012 2015-2017. Curator, teacher and lector of the «COTA» - an educational research program in the field of contemporary choreography in Moscow. 2014-2017 Jury member of the «Lucky Trimmer» festival Berlin. Awarded with «The Best Performer in Dance» at «ACT Festival» Bilbao for the piece «The Day Before» 2012, with «DanceWEB» scholarship by Jardin d'Europe 2013 and «The Golden Mask» - the main Russian National Theatre Award for the piece «Cinderella» 2015.
Staged her first own works «Black Out» in 2008 and «The Superman's Last Supper» in 2009, followed by further own creations: «The Day Before» 2010, «The Game Has No Name» 2011, «Rocking Stars» 2011, «Morning Glory» 2014, «left I - right I» 2014, «Interiorisation III» 2015, «80 Years Underground» 2015, «Madonna’s Milkshake» 2020 and others. These works were presented on festivals like: «Tanztage» Berlin, «Lucky Trimmer» Berlin, «100 Grad Berlin Festival», «NET» International Festival Moscow, «Züricher Theater Spektakel», International Theater Festival «MESS» Sarajevo, «New Faces - New Dances» Salzburg, «BE Festival» Birmingham, «Plums fest» Moscow etc. and venues like: «Sophienseale» Berlin, «HAU» Berlin, «Gorki Theater» Berlin, HZT Berlin, «GARAGE» Moscow, «V-A-C» Moscow, «MUAR» Moscow Museum of Archetecture and many others.
As performer worked with: Jule Flierl, Constanza Macras «DORKYPARK», Tino Sehgal, Jérôme Bel, Amanda Piña, Trajal Harrell, Yvon Chabrowsky, Marcela Giesche, «Tanween Company», «Po V.S.Tanz» dance company and many others.
In repertoire pieces in «Thalia» Theater Hamburg during the season 2019/2020 and in «Volksbühne» Berlin during the season 2021/2022.
Worked as a choreographer in drama theaters in Russia: «Chekhov Moscow Art Theater» 2015, «Moscow Drama Theater named after Pushkin» 2015, «Theater of Nations» 2016, Theater «PRAKTIKA
»
2012, «Center of dramatic art and direction» 2012
,
«Theater .DOC» 2009; and Germany: «BallhausOst Theater» Berlin 2013, «Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus» 2012 2015-2017. Curator, teacher and lector of the «COTA» - an educational research program in the field of contemporary choreography in Moscow. 2014-2017 Jury member of the «Lucky Trimmer» festival Berlin. Awarded with «The Best Performer in Dance» at «ACT Festival» Bilbao for the piece «The Day Before» 2012, with «DanceWEB» scholarship by Jardin d'Europe 2013 and «The Golden Mask» - the main Russian National Theatre Award for the piece «Cinderella» 2015.
Produktion und Projekte
Kooperationen und Fördernde
mc
Monkey Production Dance Company
nt
Na.sH. Dance Theatre
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BDDC Dance Company
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Po V.S.Tanz Dance Company
ga
GARAGE Museum of Contemporary Art
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Constanza Macras Dorkypark
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V-A-C Foundation
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MUAR Moscow Museum of Archetecture
ct
Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
mp
Moscow Drama Theater named after Pushkin
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State Theater of Nations Moskau
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Theater PRAKTIKA Moskau
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Tanween Collective for performing arts
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Thalia Theater Hamburg
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Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
md
Marina Davydova
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Emma Waltraud Howes
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Marcela Giesche
yc
Yvon Chabrowsky
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Trajal Harrell
jb
Jérôme Bel
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Tino Sehgal
jf
Jule Flierl