in 1984 he became an
artistic director at the mime studio of moscow state university. the
studio transformed into one of the first independent theater-studios in
moscow in 1987, during the beginning of perestroika. the company was
called "poor yorik". during this time sasha entered the state institute
of theatrical arts, where he studied drama for four years.
in 1990, after closing
down the "poor yorik", he worked successively as a director and
choreographer in a circus, on tv, and in drama theaters in moscow and
abroad. in that period he also visit west europe, takes different dance
classes in amsterdam and participates in various theater dance
projects.
in 1994 he started the
project called "the kinetic theater" in moscow, which led to the
creation and performance of a string of experimental works. the project
eventually became an intensive search focused on the definition of
russian contemporary dance. since the winter of 1995/96 the idea of
combining of postmodern russian texts, contemporary dance and
traditional russian dramatic style continues in the company's
productions.
