Elena Shakirova

Elena Radikovna Shakirova received a personal letter of appreciation from the organising committee of the Twelfth All-Russian Theatre Workshops Festival-Competition, held in Moscow on 6–7 June 2026. The letter identifies her as Perevoploshchenie's dance teacher and choreographer and recognises her contribution to children's collective and individual creativity.

Elena Shakirova received a personal appreciation letter at the VoobraZI! small-form theatre festival on 10–11 January 2026, identifying her as Perevoploshchenie's choreographer and teacher. A separate Theatre Marathon diploma recognises her expressive movement staging for Montigomo Hawk's Claw and names Viktoria Vorobyova as the studio's leader. The linked evidence does not establish the claimed Grand Prix.

Perevoploshchenie's Along the Birds' Path received a first-degree laureate diploma in the Physical Theatre Production category at the 2026 LETI! Summer Theatre Games. The award diploma credits Elena Shakirova as choreographer-stager, and the participation diploma credits her as director.

Elena Shakirova received an individual diploma for expressive movement staging of Perevoploshchenie's Montigomo Hawk's Claw at the 2026 Theatre Marathon In the Happy Valley by the Krasnenkaya River. The diploma gives the festival period as 15 April–17 May 2026.

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.

Perevoploshchenie's And the Dawn of Pure Youth received the Best Production of the 2024–2025 Season distinction at the Encore! regional children's and youth theatre festival, held on 4–18 May 2025. The certificate credits Viktoria Vorobyova as director and Elena Shakirova as choreographer.

At the 15th Theatre Marathon, held on 13–27 April 2025, Perevoploshchenie's And the Dawn of Pure Youth received winner distinctions for its vivid and cohesive acting ensemble and for stage culture and immersion in the period. Elena Shakirova and Viktoria Vorobyova also received a shared diploma recognising professional directing and expressive movement design.

In 2025, Elena Radikovna Shakirova received an institutional commendation naming her the best teacher of the Acting Department at the St Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television. The commendation recognised her contribution to educational quality and favourable learning conditions, reflected in a student survey conducted in spring 2024.

Perevoploshchenie School–Studio–Theatre received a winner diploma in theatre creativity, mixed-age category, at the Art Fest open city festival-competition in 2025. Elena Shakirova and Viktoria Vorobyova were credited as the team's mentors.

Perevoploshchenie School–Studio–Theatre won the senior age category at the Dreams of Theatre regional festival-competition in 2025. Elena Radikovna Shakirova and Viktoria Viktorovna Vorobyova were credited as the studio's additional-education teachers.

Perevoploshchenie's And the Dawn of Pure Youth received the Grand Prix of The Little Prince's Journey literary-theatre festival in December 2024. The diploma credits Elena Shakirova as choreographer and teacher of the production based on Lidia Charskaya's stories.

And the Dawn of Pure Youth received a special diploma for vivid creative interpretation of a literary character at The Little Prince's Journey festival in December 2024. The diploma credits Elena Shakirova as choreographer and teacher of the distinguished production.

Along the Birds' Path received a second-degree laureate diploma in the small-form production category at Petersburg Experiment, held on 24–26 May 2024. The diploma names Elena Shakirova as choreographer-stager, and the organizing committee separately thanked her for preparing festival winners.

Elena Shakirova received an individual diploma for the expressive movement staging of Along the Birds' Path at the 14th city theatre marathon In the Happy Valley by the Krasnenkaya River, held on 19–28 April 2024.

Perevoploshchenie's And the Dawn of Pure Youth received a first-degree laureate diploma in the ensemble theatre performance category for ages 14–18 at the 2024 Little Prince festival. The diploma names Elena Radikovna Shakirova as choreographer and teacher.

The studio «Перевоплощение» received Laureate II degree for «Это — да! Это — нет!». The school's official page credits her as choreographer, and СПб ведомости independently reported the studio's laureate status.

Grani contemporary-choreography studio received a second-degree laureate diploma in contemporary choreography, ages 7–8, at the Art of Dance All-Russian Open Competition on 18 December 2021. The diploma names Elena Radikovna Shakirova as teacher, and the organisers also issued her a personal letter of appreciation for competition preparation.

Rosinki received first place in the ART MIX GROUP BABY II category at STAR’t DANCE FEST, Vol. 17. The undated festival diploma credits Elena Shakirova as the group's choreographer.

Grani Contemporary Choreography Studio received a second-degree diploma-recipient distinction for And in the Blue Sea in the Contemporary category at Fairy Tales on the Neva, held in St Petersburg on 21–23 December 2019. The certificate names Elena Radikovna Shakirova and Yulia Gagarina as leaders, and a separate organiser-issued letter thanks Shakirova for her participation.

Grani Contemporary Choreography Studio received a third-degree diploma-recipient distinction for Coquettes in the Variety Dance category at Fairy Tales on the Neva, with Elena Shakirova and Yulia Gagarina jointly credited as its leaders. The organiser also issued Shakirova a personal letter of appreciation for her participation and contribution to children's and young people's creativity.

Grani Contemporary Choreography Studio received a third-degree laureate diploma in Children's Dance at the 27th International Celebration of Childhood festival-competition, held in St Petersburg on 11–14 April 2019. The diploma names Elena Radikovna Shakirova as teacher and Yulia Gagarina as artistic director.

The dance film «INSIDE» (Театр Земли, directed by Vitaly Kim, with Elena Shakirova on screen) received 3rd place in the 2019 One Minute Dance Film competition in Budapest. The organisers list «One Minute Inside» as third; the producer's description and a later biography corroborate the award and identify her as performer.

Elena Radikovna Shakirova received a letter of appreciation from the organising committee of the Fourth Belarusian Patterns festival in Minsk on 26 March 2017. Addressed to her as a choreographer, it acknowledges her contribution to developing children's creative potential and preserving cultural heritage; it is not a competitive prize.

In 2015, Elena Shakirova received a first-degree laureate diploma in the Choreographer–Stager category at the Dance Marathon Open Festival-Competition of Contemporary Choreography in Ufa. The diploma was issued by the city's Education Department and records her affiliation with the V. M. Komarov Ufa City Palace of Children's Creativity.

«Перевоплощение» is listed for the 2nd round with «И чистой юности рассвет»; the official list names Elena Shakirova in full as choreography teacher and stager.

DEREVO ArtHouse presented «Внутренние сады» at the jubilee Almetyevsk festival; Adasinsky tagged @sh.ele.ra in his announcement and her own caption names the show and festival; PTJ reviewed it.

Her August 2025 post associates Rustam Nerustam's «Подозрения» with the «Пятилетка» festival; the year is inferred from the post date.

A choreographic performance by «Тринадевять» to Kuryokhin's music was announced for the festival's intermission on 4 Dec 2024; TASS, Fontanka, Sobaka.ru and the theatre name the collective, not Shakirova.

Derevo ArtHouse, the Arkhangelsk Youth Theatre and Хор Дурацкого closed the jubilee festival with the premiere of «Люди и рыбы»; TASS and PTJ name the companies, not Elena Shakirova.

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.

Her 17 May 2024 post announces a repeat of «Тринадевять-2» for Night of Museums at the Kuryokhin Centre.

Elena Radikovna Shakirova participated as a volunteer in the museum's Pushkin's Lexicon programme for Night of Museums on 18 May 2024. The museum's certificate of appreciation identifies her affiliation with the theatre studio of St Petersburg State University.

DEREVO laboratorium closed the festival with «Евангелие от Иеронима» on the beach on 25 Jun 2023; her Academy bio links her to the work and festival; press names only the company.

«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.

Her own Instagram post announces «Тишина», choreographed by @sh.ele.ra, for audience screenings at the «Проба» festival in Moscow on 28 Mar 2021, 18:00–20:00.

KRIVDA's «Белая притча» in the Futurum 2 programme alongside companies from Moscow, Minsk and Tula; the festival archive names her as co-choreographer.

The Academy bio lists «Человек мира» (Russian Museum) among her appearances. A 2019 feature describes the travelling festival on 3–11 August, but its stored text neither names her nor mentions a Russian Museum stage.

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.

Official programme of a state museum credits «Идея, хореография — Елена Шакирова» for the Stage DFT performance in the Samoilov flat.

Her own post recalls a Night of Museums performance at the Chaliapin museum in 2017 or 2018, apparently her first collaboration with Ekaterina Lapina. VINCI separately lists Stage DFT appearances at Night of Museums in 2017–2018.

Participation with Stage DFT in «Ночь Света-2017» is listed in the VINCI bio. The Academy bio separately names «Ночь света в Гатчине» without a year. The linked evidence consists of biographies, not a festival programme.

Elena Shakirova performed in AVIA's numbers at the band's fortieth-anniversary concert at Aurora Concert Hall in St Petersburg on 10 October 2026. The programme featured AVIA and Anton Adasinsky accompanied by the band's physical-culture ensemble.

Elena Shakirova performed in The Thicket, a promenade production directed by Anton Adasinsky and Nikita Vasiliev for the 2026 Diaghilev Festival. The production was programmed for 15–18 June at an outdoor site outside Perm.

Dancer in AVIA's numbers at the Ice Palace anniversary show on 23 May 2026; her own post documents the occasion. The Channel One programme is dated 12 Sep 2026. A stored user-verified footage note identifies her at 0:40:16, 0:43:37–0:43:44 and 0:45:00–0:46:01, but the broadcaster does not name her. The review independently describes AVIA's dancers.

Premiere of Rustam Nerustam's pop-dance-opera; she is named among the seven dancers by the national magazine Театр, Sobaka.ru, the Kuryokhin Centre's own event page and the company's cast lists.

Elena Shakirova choreographed You Are the Colour of Pale Straw, a 20-minute choreographic poem inspired by Elena Guro's Heavenly Little Camels. The work was presented in Jagger's student-theatre choreography evening in 2026, with fifteen dancers credited in the programme.

Elena Shakirova created the choreography for Nikolay Shneyder's production of Nikolai Erdman's The Suicide with Anna Kovalchuk's workshop. The printed programme credits her alongside the cast, vocal teachers and technical team.

Immersive physical-theatre journey through the Sheremetev Palace, announced for 5 Dec 2025 (Salon de Musique, 40 minutes), 27 May / 3 Jun 2026 and 22 Jul 2026 (50-minute performance). Museum pages and Fontanka name no cast. Her own post associates her with the May 2026 show; Adasinsky mentions Stravinsky's «Agon», but the reported photo-tag is absent from the stored text.

Site-specific water performance at the V «Лёгкие крылья» street-theatre festival in Almetyevsk, scheduled for four 30-minute shows on 26–27 July 2025. The PTJ review describes bacchantes becoming nymphs but does not name Shakirova. Adasinsky's post tags @sh.ele.ra alongside two other accounts; her own post corroborates the production, and his signed confirmations attest her participation as a performer.

Performance made within the Sortavala art residency in May 2025; own post only.

Choreographic performance by her collective at the closing of the Russian Museum's Kuryokhin exhibition (Marble Palace, Dec 2024–Jan 2025); own post; spbcult.ru announced a choreographic performance within the exhibition without naming the collective. Exact date approximate.

Piece by Rustam Nerustam mentioned in her own post about the contemporary-dance festival «Пятилетка» (29 Aug 2025). The caption gives no city or performance date; 2025 is inferred from the post.

Elena Shakirova is credited as staging choreographer of Aleksandr Krymov's Under the Linden Trees of Berlin, developed with students of Andrey Dezhonov's workshop. The production entered Black Theatre's repertoire and was first presented to a general audience in a professional theatre on 23 June 2025.

Production by «Перевоплощение» after Lidia Charskaya, crediting her as choreographer and teacher. Documented in 2024 diplomas, including December's Grand Prix at «Путешествие Маленького принца», it won 1st degree at «Тарарабумбия» 2025 in the 15–24 category. Official festival documents name her as dance/choreography teacher and stager; a venue report confirms a further performance on 12 September 2026.

Elena Shakirova created the choreography for Nikolay Shneyder's Kiki van Beethoven, performed by Anna Kovalchuk's workshop at the institute's Po Pravde Student Theatre. Based on works by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt and using Beethoven's music, the production premiered in December 2024 and remained in the theatre's subsequent repertoire.

Experimental VR dance performance produced with her collective «Тринадевять»; the Centre's page names the collective, not the individual performers. Her participation is inferred from membership only.

Plastic performance using sand as a metaphor for memory, announced for 1 Aug 2024 in Ufa through ZAMAN Museum. Sobaka.ru names her among four artists, and her CV lists her as a performer. Her own announcement gives an outdoor site at Kommunisticheskaya 42; the reel and full-video records lack stored text.

Named among the five choreographers of the second graduation evening (performative pieces exploring dance in a gallery space), per the Театр To Go listing.

Two-day «промысловая оратория» that closed the XXX Arkhangelsk Street Theatre Festival in June 2024, documented by TASS, PTJ and the city portal. Shakirova's own posts name the production, companies and mask-maker Mila Bastrikova, but their stored captions do not explicitly identify her as a performer.

Olga Tsvetkova's choreographic performance by Academy of New Dance students, programmed at Uppsala Circus in Saint Petersburg on 8 June 2024 for La Nuit des Idées. The Institut français en Russie programme names Elena Shakirova among the performers and describes the initiative as taking place on five continents.

Elena Shakirova directed and choreographed Along the Birds' Path (after Gregory Colbert's "Ashes and Snow") for Perevoploshchenie's 11–16 age group, with acting teacher Viktoria Vorobyova. The production is documented from April 2024 (distinction for expressive movement staging at the 14th Theatre Marathon, 2nd-degree laureate at Petersburg Experiment in May 2024) and was programmed at the fourth LETI! Summer Theatre Games on 1 June 2026, where it received a first-degree laureate diploma in the Physical Theatre Production category.

Own post announces «Тринадевять» at the Kuryokhin Centre on 1 March 2024, listing nine performers including @sh.ele.ra. A 17 May post names «Тринадевять-2» and announces a Night of Museums repeat. Her CV dates «Тринадевять» there to 2023, so a 2024 premiere is not established.

Beckett-inspired solo presented by the Academy of New Dance's account, crediting Elena Shakirova with the idea, choreography and performance, with Natasha Suvorova's participation; her self-authored CV places it at Pushkinskaya-10 in 2024.

Bosch-inspired dance production by Anton Adasinsky's DEREVO laboratorium that closed the XXIX Arkhangelsk Street Theatre Festival on 25 June 2023. The Academy biography documents Shakirova's participation, and her own post names the work. TASS, region29, 29.ru and Pomorland document the production without naming her.

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.

Performance at the Vorontsov Palace listed in her CV only; awaiting third-party corroboration.

Performance "Touch" presented at the closing of the contemporary-art exhibition "While the Day Is Hidden Beyond the Horizon…" in the Petrikirche catacombs, St Petersburg, on 19 June 2022. A signed letter of appreciation dated 24 June names Elena Shakirova and the performance. Her CV lists a performance under the exhibition title. Anna Buglak’s profile confirms her curatorial involvement; the stored excerpts do not establish curators from Russia, Germany and France.

KRIVDA dance piece announced for «Krivda и друзья!» (Театр ТОК, 14 Dec 2021). ByeByeBallet credits Shakirova and Lapina; the СПбГИКиТ staff page lists it among Shakirova's choreographic works in 2021.

Dance film she choreographed, directed by @iona_sha and made on the art.vinci contemporary course. Her post announces audience screenings in the «Проба» festival in Moscow on 28 March 2021, 18:00–20:00.

KRIVDA's 40-minute plastic performance after Saint-Exupéry's «The Little Prince», co-choreographed with Ekaterina Lapina. Listed at Futurum 2 (17 Nov 2019); posts document a 12 Dec 2020 showing and announce 1 Mar 2021. СПбГИКиТ and Театр To Go place it at Театр Цехъ; the review does not name the choreographers.

Own post: her «thoughts and observations took flesh and were shown to the audience» at a contemporary-dance evening within Ksenia Mikheeva's project. Self-published only; piece title not given.

Choreographer of the drama production created in the Мастерская Современного Театра directors' lab, based on Asya Voloshina's play and included in the OFF-programme of the «Прорыв» award 2019. The staff page lists the Alexandrinsky New Stage media centre (2019); Театр Поколений hosted it on 23 Dec 2020. Reviewed by okolo.me without a choreographer credit.

Elena Shakirova's participation in «Осень невинности» (2019) is listed in the VINCI course biography. The work follows Elena Churilova's «Peeping Tom» in the list, but its choreographer is not separately identified. The other linked record is a YouTube capture containing only boilerplate, with no production credits.

Site-specific dance performance credited «Идея, хореография — Елена Шакирова» in the official Night of Museums 2018 programme of the State Museum of Theatre and Music (three showings 19:00–21:00).

Her self-authored CV lists «Сказ на один раз» as a KRIVDA production, with co-choreographer and dancer roles and a 2018 residency. The linked VK page has no stored text.

A Stage DFT piece credited to four choreographers, including Elena Shakirova, in a colleague's teacher biography. The linked troupe page has no stored text; 2018 is unverified.

Performer in the seven-minute dance film «INSIDE», directed by Vitaly Kim for Театр Земли. The producer's YouTube description credits Elena Shakirova and a 3rd-place award in «One Minute Dance Film» at Ork Kota Platform-2019 / 20th SzólóDuó in Budapest; a 2022 promotional bio repeats the credit.

One of four dancers of Elena Churilova's piece for Stage DFT; credited in the teaser video on the choreographer's channel and in the VINCI bio.

Performer in Ksenia Mikheeva's «Ветер» (2016). The VINCI course biography documents her participation and the year; the Academy biography also names the work and choreographer.

The competition's official community introduces her by full name and patronymic as a jury member (choreographer, СПбГИКиТ docent, «Перевоплощение» choreographer-teacher, DEREVO LAB participant since 2023).

Elena Shakirova served on the expert commission of a district recitation competition and cooperated with the Museum of the History of Youth Organisations. Kitezh Plus recognised this service in a signed appreciation certificate dated 2023.

Elena Shakirova participated as a performer in the Nonexistent Music laboratory at the eighth Gnesin Contemporary Music Week on 28–31 October 2025. The laboratory formed part of a joint project of Gnesin Contemporary Music Week, the Centre for Electroacoustic Music and Praktika Theatre.