Russya Connor had her first stage appearance as the smallest dwarf in the ballet Snow

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Russya Connor had her first stage appearance as the smallest dwarf in the ballet Snow White at the tender age of seven, and since then she has had a diverse performance history as a performance artist and theatre maker, both here in Australia and throughout Europe. Russya’s career began in her native Germany, where she worked as an actress, both in theatre and in film, and toured as a dancer/choreographer with ‘orientobsession’. Since moving to Australia several years ago Russya has been involved in a range of short films, theatre and dance performances.

 

In 2013 she had a sell out season for her self-directed solo work “Sea Inside” at The Blue Room Theatre”. She also is the director of the all-female Euthalia Ensemble, who have taken Penthesilea through sell-out seasons at the Black Box Theatre in Fremantle Festival 2012 and Fringe World 2013.

She also performed vertically in Public Space  (Best WA Performance Award) for The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights program, played with fire for Les Commandos Percu, BPM , at the  Perth International Arts Festival opening show, told suspended stories in How close do you want me? for the 2012 Spirit of Fringe awarded program Proximity, the first micro-art-festival in Australia. She also is the director of the all-female Euthalia Ensemble who have taken Penthesilea through sell-out seasons at the Black Box Theatre in Fremantle Festival 2012 and Fringe World 2013.

For the last seven years Russya is a sessional lecturer at Edith Cowan University and has taught contemporary performance, physical theatre, devising and movement training at ECU’s School of Communication and Arts and at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts.

Her current solo work blends visual arts, performance art, physical theatre and aerial dance. At present Russya is in the final year of her PhD studies into the area of contemporary performance at WAAPA, which has taken her from the depths of the ocean to the heights of the atmosphere, as well as into close proximity with her audiences in her explorations of the poetics of gravity.

 

( A full list of artistic work can be provided upon request)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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