Мaryna Lymar
Professional activities
Choreographer,director,performer,teacher for contemporary dance,physical theatre and improvisation. Producer of international projects in the sphere of dance theatre. Member of CID-UNESCO (International Dance Council)
Employment
1996 – now: Artistic Director - Contemporary Dance Centre DRUGIE TANTSI (OTHER DANCES)
2001 – now: Programming Director and Producer - FREE DANCE International Festival
Education and Background
Dnipropetrovsk State University (Foreign languages)
Kiev National University of Culture and Arts (Dance and Theatre)
Foreign languages: French, English
Internships
Within the framework of international projects and festivals in the field of dance theatre:
Impulstanz,Montpellier Danse,Centre choregraphique national de Mathilde Monnier, American Dance Festival,Dance Theatre Workshop,Еdinburgh International Festival, Tanec Praha Internationa Festival,Improvisation and Physical Theatre Festival in Budapest, Free Dance Festival
with
Joe Alegado,Frey Faust,Andrew Harwood,Pascal Couillaud,Raza Amadi,Nikolay Ogrizkov,Bruce Taylor,Benno Woorham, Sybrig Dokter,Ide Van Heinengen,David Zambrano,Anouk van Dijk,Adrian Russi,Ester Gal,Sabine Von der Tann
Within the framework of international art management projects:
APAP (USA), Performing Arts Market in Seoul, Independent Cultural Spaces (Soros Foundation in Ukraine),Dance Traffic Project(Russia), International Performing Arts for Youth ( USA),Trans Europe Halles (TEH) Meeting 2007 (Lithuania)
Productions
Site specific performances:
- Angels in the City
- Night and Day:No Black and White
- Sacred Signs
- Nice People or What does "delikatnost`" mean?
Stage performances:
- Nothing Personal
- Who is that Kukaryamba? (by Astrid Lindgren’s novel “Pippy Longstocking)
- Movement versions of performances for the students of Shchepkin High Drama School (Moscow)
Special Appointments and Assignments
As a Director-producer of the FREE DANCE International Festival participated in the following international events:
- 2004 - “Montpellier Danse” upon the invitation of the Embassy of France to Ukraine
- International Dance Faire(Dusseldorf) upon the invitation of the Goethe Institute
- International Festival “Tanec Praha” upon the invitation of the Czech Cultural Centre in Ukraine
- 2005 – International Conference in GO DOWN Centre (Nairobi) upon the invitation of the Ford Foundation (USA)
- International Conference of European Association of Performing Arts Festivals (Stockholm)upon the invitation of the Embassy of Sweden to Ukraine and Swedish Institute
- 2006 –International Conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (New-York) upon the invitation of the Trust for Mutual Understanding (USA)
- International Performing Arts Market in Seoul upon the invitation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of South Korea
- 2007 – “Trans Europe Halls” Meeting (Vilnius)
- “Masdanza” International Festival (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
- 2008 – first Ukrainian Seminar “Responsible Leadership”, initiated by Viktor Pinchuk Foundation (Ukraine) and ASPEN INSTITUTE (USA)
- Second Middle Asian Contemporary Dance Festival (Almaty)
- 2009- Edinburgh International Festival upon the invitation of the British Council (UK)
- 2010 –International Festival INTRADANCE (Moscow) upon the invitation of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture)
- Forum of Dance Theatre (Lublin)upon the invitation of Polish Institute in Ukraine
- Contemporary Dance Festival NOTAFE (Estonia)
Other Activities
Independent expert, juror of national and international contemporary dance festivals and contests.
Hobbies: literature, philosophy, movies, mountaineering, riding
Contacts
Zaporozhskoye Shosse 4-279,
Dnipropetrovsk,49107,Ukarine
tel.:+38-056-371-0-971
mob:+38-067-566-70-52