Elena Shakirova

The award went to the studio «Перевоплощение» for «И чистой юности рассвет» (age category 15–24); both official PDFs list her by full name as dance/choreography teacher.

The award went to the studio «Перевоплощение» for «Это — да! Это — нет!»; the school's official page credits her as choreographer, and СПб ведомости reported the laureate diploma.

Her one international award: the dance film INSIDE (Театр Земли, dir. Vitaly Kim; she is the performer) placed 3rd in the one-minute dance-film competition. Confirmed from two sides — the organisers' jury note listing «One Minute Inside» as 3rd, and the producer's credits naming her. The competition cut has been deleted; the diploma is a nice-to-have.

Appearance in the cast of «Линия разломов» at the French Institute's worldwide programme La Nuit des Idées; the Institut's official page names her.

DEREVO laboratorium closed the festival with «Евангелие от Иеронима» on the city beach (25 Jun 2023); she performed per her own post and bios; press names the company only.

«Перевоплощение» (one of 20 collectives chosen from 150+ applicants) performed «Это — да! Это — нет!» on 15 Mar 2023 and won a 2nd-degree laureate diploma; she is the show's choreographer per the school site, not named in the festival programme.

The Academy bio lists «Человек мира» (Russian Museum) among her festival appearances; the 2019 feature on the festival documents the Petersburg stage in front of the Russian Museum without naming dancers.

The film INSIDE (as «One Minute Inside») competed in the one-minute dance-film section of the 20th SzólóDuó festival and placed 3rd; organisers' jury note plus the producer's credits.

Her first joint work with Ekaterina Lapina, a Night of Museums performance at the Chaliapin museum (2017 or 2018 per her post; VINCI bio lists Night of Museums 2017–2018 with Stage DFT). Self-reported.

Participation with Stage DFT in the Gatchina light-art festival (2017 per the VINCI bio; the Academy bio and CV list it without a year). Self-supplied bios only; the festival site does not cover those editions.

Dancer in AVIA's staged numbers at the Ice Palace anniversary show; the televised version aired on Channel One on 12 Sep 2026 and she is on screen (0:40–0:46), identity confirmed from the footage by the person. The highest-reach media item, indirect by name. Confirmed as NOT an Adasinsky/DEREVO project.

Studio production (age category 15–24) for which the official festival documents list her by full name as dance/choreography teacher and stager; laureate 1st degree at «Тарарабумбия» 2025.

Choreographic performance staged for La Nuit des Idées 2024, a worldwide French Institute programme; the Institut français en Russie's own page names her in the cast. The dossier's strongest international item (French state cultural institution, named in full).

Wordless dance-plastic piece after Bosch that closed the XXIX Arkhangelsk Street Theatre Festival. Her participation rests on her own post, the Academy bio and the СПбГИКиТ page; national/regional press (Театр, TASS, region29, PTJ) document the show without naming the cast.

Studio production for which she is credited as choreographer on the school's official page; performed at the XXIV International Bryantsev Festival (15 Mar 2023) and awarded a 2nd-degree laureate diploma.

KRIVDA dance piece premiered at the evening «Krivda и друзья!» (Театр ТОК, 14 Dec 2021), credited to Shakirova and Lapina on the ByeByeBallet event page and on the СПбГИКиТ staff page.

KRIVDA's 40-minute plastic performance after Saint-Exupéry's «The Little Prince», co-choreographed with Ekaterina Lapina. Shown at the Futurum 2 festival in Moscow (17 Nov 2019) and «Proтанцы», premiere run at Театр Цехъ 12 Dec 2020 and 1 Mar 2021; reviewed by Театр To Go (choreographers not named).

Choreographer (also in the cast) of the drama production created in the Мастерская Современного Театра directors' lab and included in the OFF-programme of the «Прорыв» award 2019; shown at the Alexandrinsky New Stage media centre (2019) and Театр Поколений (23 Dec 2020), reviewed by okolo.me (choreographer not named).

Seven-minute dance film («В кадре — Елена Шакирова») whose one-minute cut «One Minute Inside» took 3rd place at the Ork_Kota_Platform competition of the 20th SzólóDuó festival, Budapest (Jan 2019). Credited on the producer's YouTube upload and site.

Performer in Ksenia Mikheeva's «Ветер» (2016), listed on the СПбГИКиТ staff page, the Academy bio and the VINCI course bio.

KRIVDA were residents of the contemporary dance studio ByeByeBallet (Academy bio: «ex-residents»), where the company taught regular classes and presented its evenings.

Performance laboratory she credits as where she first learned what performance is; listed on the СПбГИКиТ page and in her CV.

Participant in Anton Adasinsky's DEREVO projects since 2023 («Евангелие от Иеронима», «Люди и рыбы», «Внутренние сады», «Стеклянные паруса»), per the «Галатея» jury bio, the Academy bio and Adasinsky's own tagged posts. No printed cast list names her; a letter from DEREVO is the top document to request. She is NOT in «Чаща» (Diaghilev Festival 2026).

Co-founder (with Ekaterina Lapina) of the contemporary dance company KRIVDA, which produced «Сказ на один раз», «Белая притча» and «Где Анна» and ran classes at ByeByeBallet. Confirmed by the СПбГИКиТ page, the Academy bio, the company's own VK page and third-party posts. Founding year from the earliest company work (2018).

Choreographer-teacher and stager of the children's/youth theatre studio whose productions won laureate diplomas at the Bryantsev (2023) and Tararabumbia (2025) festivals. Named in full on the school's official page, the studio's VK community and the festival documents. Start year approximate (her May 2020 post already describes teaching children choreography).

Full-time (1.0) docent of the acting department, teaching dance/movement to actors; the identity anchor of the dossier (full name with patronymic on state-university pages). Start year from her CV (annual festival participation since 2016 per the staff page).

Taught partnering (with Ekaterina Lapina) and contemporary technique courses at ByeByeBallet and through KRIVDA, with student showings (e.g. Театр ТОК, 7 May 2021). Documented by the studio's course pages and her posts.

Student of Olga Tsvetkova's Academy of New Dance; listed on the Academy's roster with an institutional bio and took part in the choreographers' graduation showings in July 2024. Her later collectives (Тринадевять, Нетруппа) grew out of the Academy. Start year is approximate.

Certified hatha-yoga instructor (2019), listed on the СПбГИКиТ staff page and in her CV; her own post of Aug 2020 marks the first anniversary of the certificate. Basis for her yoga teaching.

Master's degree in choreography, the qualification behind her posts as docent and choreographer. Confirmed by the СПбГИКиТ staff page, the Academy of New Dance bio, the «Галатея» jury bio and her own posts.

First degree (applied informatics in international relations, mat-mech, 2013). Listed on her official СПбГИКиТ staff page and in her CV; two tutor directories under her full name and patronymic give the same degree.

Her confirmed Instagram account (display name Elena Shakirova, ~99 posts): documents her DEREVO ArtHouse, Нетруппа, Тринадевять and KRIVDA work. Posts from this account are treated as direct (self-published) evidence.

Her confirmed VK profile (Елена Шакирова, St Petersburg, 774 friends). The wall carries the full credits of «Антигона. Редукция», the «Белая притча» announcements, the «Тишина» / «ПРОБА №» selection and her partnering course with Ekaterina Lapina.