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Ekaterina Zharinova is a contemporary dance artist, curator, and scholar from Yekaterinburg, Russia who is based in London, the U.K.

In 2000-2005, Ekaterina danced extensively with Provincial Dances Theatre (choreographer Tatiana Baganova) touring across the country and abroad. Since 2006, she has been creating work independently and in collaborations. In 2012-18, created dance performances and curated dance programs for museum spaces including Yekaterinburg History Museum and Boris Yeltsin Presidential Museum. In 2013-17, prolifically collaborated with media artist Denis Perevalov making dance performances with interactive media.

EDUCATION

2018-Present Ph.D. Candidate in Performance Studies, Performance Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Group, the University of California in Davis (Davis, CA, USA)
Major Professors: Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Lynette Hunter. DE in Performance as Research. DE in Science and Technology Studies.

2015-2017 M.F.A. in Dance, Department of Theater and Dance, the George Washington University (Washington, DC, USA)
Fellowship recipient. 2017 C.A.S.T. Award recipient. Final project “INSIDE THE CHAIN: An Intersection of Dance, Mathematics, and Technology.” Faculty Advisor: Maida Rust Withers, Distinguished Professor of Dance.

1997-2000 Three-year training program in contemporary dance, Contemporary Dance School, Yekaterinburg Center for Contemporary Arts (Yekaterinburg, Russia)

1999-2001 M.S. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Ural State University named after Maxim Gorky (Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Major: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics. Specialization: Computer Mathematics. Master’s thesis: “Solving of Stochastic Differential Equations.”

1995-1999 B.S. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Ural State University named after Maxim Gorky (Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Major: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics. Specialization: Computer Mathematics. Bachelor’s thesis: “Mathematical Interpretation of Equations with ‘Noise’.”