Alena Starostina

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[EN] Place of Birth: Saint-Petersburg, Russia Place of residence : Dresden, Germany • 2023: Founder of the “aliveduo”, joint partnership of performative and visual artists, Dresden • 2010: Co-founder of the independent “theatre post”, Saint-Petersburg • 2007: Master’s degree in Acting, Saint-Petersburg Theatre Academy • 2006-2010: Actress at Maly Drama Theatre, Saint-Petersburg Current Projects: • 2023: Premiered the first two parts of the "Letters Home" project, "Acedia" and "Mutus" at the Open Studio in Hellerau Festspielhaus, Dresden, German. • 2023/2024: During the fellowship at the Saari Residency (Finland) in November-December 2023, the project "Trace of a Silent Tear" was initiated. • 2024: Premiered “Inner front” a short film by Semen Aleksandrowsky, at Medina Film Festival • 2024: Premiered “Memoria” a performance by Anastasia Patlay, as part of Brecht Festival in Augsburg • 2024: Participation in the group exhibition “Unterwegs” at the Ursula Walter Gallery, Dresden. Achievements: • Saari Residence Fellow, November–December 2023, Finland • Martin Roth Initiative Fellow, 2022–2023, Germany • Nominated for best director of a small form for “The sad deity committee” in 2021 • Two-time winners of the Russian national award Golden Mask in the category "Experiment" for performances at “theatre post”. • Curating the Creative laboratory “THEATRUM 2021” • Authors of the Exhibition “1 Hour of place”, MMoMA , Moscow • Multiple nominees and participants of regional and international festivals: Golden Mask, Territory, Net, Theatre Confrontations, TEART, Yes Yes Yes, Chaos, Karussell, Teatrtogo, The Access Point Relocation: • February 2022: Moved from Russia and currently reside in Germany

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