Professional dancer, performer, choreographer and teacher. Creator of visual and embodied projects. Extensive experience in staging choreographic works — solos, duets, and group pieces. I work as a director for creative dance projects, a performance curator, and a dance instructor, teaching technique grounded in contemporary and experimental practices.

Darya Kovalevskaya

Professional dancer, performer, choreographer and teacher. Creator of visual and embodied projects. Extensive experience in staging choreographic works — solos, duets, and group pieces. I work as a director for creative dance projects, a performance curator, and a dance instructor, teaching technique grounded in contemporary and experimental practices.

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Professional dancer, performer, choreographer and teacher.
Creator of visual and embodied projects. Extensive experience in staging choreographic works — solos, duets, and group pieces. I work as a director for creative dance projects, a performance curator, and a dance instructor, teaching technique grounded in contemporary and experimental practices.

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Experience Level

Intermediate

Language

Work Experience

Director, Choreographer, Teacher, Videographer at Independent Projects / Self-Employed
January 1, 2023 - Present
Directed and choreographed performative works such as 'Working With Space and Making Moves' and 'Creating a Performative Statement'; taught workshops; produced video material; collaborated with space architects to design movement-based performances; developed concepts and directed both group and solo pieces. Works created and performed in Belarus, France, Italy, and Tampa; winner in Contemporary Solo, Experimental, and All Styles categories.
Director, Curator, and Teacher at Independent Projects
January 1, 2024 - Present
Creator and director of performative projects; curated performance statements; taught choreographic and movement-based concepts; produced multiple performances across Europe.

Education

Dance studies at School of Modern Choreography
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2017
Dance/Choreography Studies at Center for Contemporary Choreography
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021
Multimedia Laboratory Completion (Performance Research) at SPAVA
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Training: 'Los Informalls' at Spain
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Training: 'Edivaldo Ernesto' at Spain
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Completed classes in different styles with teachers in CIS countries at CIS countries
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2025
Training: 'Akira Yoshida' at Spain
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025

Qualifications

9 years of study at the School of Modern Choreography
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2017
Center for Contemporary Choreography – Training in Contemporary, Experimental, Performance Art
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2021
Multimedia Laboratory Completion (Performance Research)
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Training: Los Informalls (Spain)
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Training: Edvaldo Ernesto (Spain)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
25 hours training: Akira Yoshida (Spain)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services