Dance
KSENIA PARKHATSKAYA is a dancer, choreographer, singer and actress. She is one of the most versatile artists in the field of jazz dance. Known for her sensational 20s Charleston and solo jazz dance style she has garnered over 200 million views online. She has toured the world since 2010, teaching and performing her original work in over 35 countries around the globe.
Trained in competitive ballroom dance since the age of 6, modern jazz and theatre since 2006. Ksenia’s current specialisation is solo dance styles to different types of jazz music: ragtime, swing, bebop, cool jazz, contemporary jazz, 20s charleston, etc.
Ksenia regularly performs with live ensembles and orchestras. To name a few, Christian McBride Trio (US), Postmodern Jukebox (US), Barcelona Jazz Orchestra (Sp), Keystone Sextet (Fr), etc.
Being a versatile soloist Ksenia Parkhatskaya is also much in demand at classical music festivals. She has performed original choreographies to jazz arrangements of classical pieces with the Paris Opera Orchestra at “Un Violon Sur Le Sable” and “Symphonie d’ete” (Fr). Ksenia danced in the full length opera piece at O/Modernt (Swe) and performed for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet company (US).
SECRETS OF SOLO is Ksenia’s online dance school dedicated to solo dance. Features 8 courses, and 22 hours of material. Marked as Top 5 Online Dance Schools by Hong Kong Dance Magazine.
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KSENIA & BCN JAZZ DANCERS is an international dance troupe of Ksenia Parkhatskaya, where as choreographer she explores new movement to jazz music and creates stories through solo jazz dance and film.
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Music
Film & Theatre
AS AN ACTRESS KSENIA started in St -Petersburg theatre “Uventa” (2005 – 2009). It is there she studied drama and theatre, Stanislavskii system and M. Chekov technique under the direction of V.I.Nikolaev.
In 2017 Ksenia Parkhatskaya starred as a lead actress and dancer in an award -winning short film “Paris You Got me” (director Julie Boehm). To name the few “Best Dance Film”, “Best Film Director” at PAMA, “Best International Short Film” at FICVI, “Best short film” at Cuenca Short Film Festival FICCión-20‘, etc. Ksenia was nominated “Best Actress” at BokehFFF18.
Images: Paris You Got Me – all rights reserved
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RADIO HERMITAGE
In 2016 dancer Ksenia Parkhatskaya and David Duffy brought to light a full length production – “Radio Hermitage”. It is a one woman theatre show with live jazz quintet centred around dance. The show intertwines a history of solo jazz dance with the personal story of a Russian girl escaping a tragic moment in her life through a radio station.
→ radiohermitage.com
