Nikolay Shchetnev
Festival TOUCH archive
History how it was in city Arkhangelsk
TOUCH 0
19 - 25.06.2000
Laboratory where was mix of contact improvisation, dance, movement and street performances in Arkhangelsk, the organizer - the "Other Dance Theatre". With participants: Andrey Andrianov, Angela Dony, Ilya Domanov, Svetlana Trachuk, Evgenia Andrianova, Elena Kotelenko, Elena Barkovskaya (Moscow), Alexander Girshon, Anna Garafeeva, Shvachko Olga (Jaroslavl), Slava Zubkov and Lana Budlana (Pushkin/ St.Petersburg), Vitaly Kononov and Timur Melekh (S.Petersburg).
Center of Contemporary Dance and Performance
"Dance without borders"
2002 - 2007
Non profit organisation was created on 28.06.2002 with the purpose of development of contemporary dance and performance art (modern, postmodern, new and creative dance, improvisation, contact improvisation, dance theatre, physical theatre, etc.) in Arkhangelsk. GOALS: Information help choreographers, teachers of dance , art directors of dance schools and groups, dancers in Arkhangelsk, Workshops, festivals, dance events and actions, international projects and tours.
Within 5 years existing of center except of TOUCH festival we organized:
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DanceAbility (february 2003)– project with disabled children leading by italian choreographer Laura Banfi with support ROO “CoLaboratoria”, Alina Mikhailova/ St.Petersburg.
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“Adam & Adam” (december 2003) – performance/ concept and dance by Benno Voorham (Stockholm, Sweden) and Nikolay Schetnev (Arkhangelsk, Russia). Project in Arkhangelsk supported by Nordic Council of Ministers.
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“Iguan dance theatre ” (St.Petersburg) – performance during festival “European spring in march 2005” in Arkhangelsk with coordination by center of contemporary dance.
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Small studio performances: “Identification of movement”, “klaus klein and his trans galactik laboratory, part 1-5”, and ets.
"Other Dance Theatre"
1998
Laboratory, collaboration about experimental dance, contact improvisation and performance, where Nikolay was an initiator, teacher, dancer-performer, art-director.