Maria Koreneva
| Biography
Maria Koreneva and Aleksander Garibashvili have been co-directors on stage and screen projects over the last 20 years. In their work they employ aspects of physical theatre, dance, satire, songwriting, and visual storytelling to get to the core of their subject’s reality. They have developed work for large collectives with a cast of more than 20 performers, as well as more intimate works.
In 2014 they released “12 Songs of Freedom”, a documentary theatre project based on the stories from the Ukrainian Maidan Revolution.
In 2016, they collaborated with Danish theatre C:ONTACT on a musical performance, “PPR,” based on the stories of Ukrainian civilians (mainly teenagers), during their resettlement in east Ukraine, after the military conflict in the Donbass region. A documentary film was shot in parallel to the project, by documentary filmmaker Dmitriy Lavrinenko, entitled “PARTS.’
In 2019, Aleksander completed an experimental short film, ‘The Hill’, that documented his collaboration with prominent Ukrainian visual artist, Konstantin Zorkin (Official Selection – Assolo Film Fest and Bagota Experimental Film Fest).
In 2020 they again collaborated with C:NTACT, on a spectacle dealing with stories around corruption in Ukraine, resulting in a performance and a series of Mocumentaries, broadcast on social media.
In 2022 dealing with the aftermath of the Ukrainian invasion, they developed a movement performance ДЕ-ТИ?, based on personal experiences and stories of victims of Russian war crimes. Subsequently a short film “TELL ME, ДЕ-ТИ?” Was released the same year. The film is currently screening on public television in Finland and making appearances at film festivals in the UK.
| Biography
Maria Koreneva and Aleksander Garibashvili have been co-directors on stage and screen projects over the last 20 years. In their work they employ aspects of physical theatre, dance, satire, songwriting, and visual storytelling to get to the core of their subject’s reality. They have developed work for large collectives with a cast of more than 20 performers, as well as more intimate works.
In 2014 they released “12 Songs of Freedom”, a documentary theatre project based on the stories from the Ukrainian Maidan Revolution.
In 2016, they collaborated with Danish theatre C:ONTACT on a musical performance, “PPR,” based on the stories of Ukrainian civilians (mainly teenagers), during their resettlement in east Ukraine, after the military conflict in the Donbass region. A documentary film was shot in parallel to the project, by documentary filmmaker Dmitriy Lavrinenko, entitled “PARTS.’
In 2019, Aleksander completed an experimental short film, ‘The Hill’, that documented his collaboration with prominent Ukrainian visual artist, Konstantin Zorkin (Official Selection – Assolo Film Fest and Bagota Experimental Film Fest).
In 2020 they again collaborated with C:NTACT, on a spectacle dealing with stories around corruption in Ukraine, resulting in a performance and a series of Mocumentaries, broadcast on social media.
In 2022 dealing with the aftermath of the Ukrainian invasion, they developed a movement performance ДЕ-ТИ?, based on personal experiences and stories of victims of Russian war crimes. Subsequently a short film “TELL ME, ДЕ-ТИ?” Was released the same year. The film is currently screening on public television in Finland and making appearances at film festivals in the UK.
