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Mikhail Zaikanov
Hamburg, Germany
Born in 1983 in Moscow. During his studies at the Moscow Aviation Technological Institute, he became interested in cinema and video art. Between 2011 and 2013, he attended the Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia, specializing in video art. Fascination with time-based art led Mikhail to the theater, where he began working on multimedia- and set-design. Until 2022, he participated in the creation of about 100 productions in Russia, collaborantig with state and independent theaters. In 2022, he emigrated to Germany for political reasons.
Since 2024, been collaborating with state and private theaters in Germany, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Estonia and other countries.
Born in 1983 in Moscow. During his studies at the Moscow Aviation Technological Institute, he became interested in cinema and video art. Between 2011 and 2013, he attended the Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia, specializing in video art. Fascination with time-based art led Mikhail to the theater, where he began working on multimedia- and set-design. Until 2022, he participated in the creation of about 100 productions in Russia, collaborantig with state and independent theaters. In 2022, he emigrated to Germany for political reasons.
Since 2024, been collaborating with state and private theaters in Germany, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Estonia and other countries.
2023
Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), New York, USA
ART CONNECTS, Hamburg, Germany
2019
Laureate of the Harlequin Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
Nominee of the National Theater Award “Golden Mask”, Moscow, Russia
2016
Frame Foundation Grant, Helsinki, Finland
Annual grant of the Garage Museum, Moscow, Russia
Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), New York, USA
ART CONNECTS, Hamburg, Germany
2019
Laureate of the Harlequin Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia
Nominee of the National Theater Award “Golden Mask”, Moscow, Russia
2016
Frame Foundation Grant, Helsinki, Finland
Annual grant of the Garage Museum, Moscow, Russia
2022
Sviyazhsk Artel, Sviyazhsk Island
2021
Dostoevsky Laboratory, New Space of the Theater of Nations, Moscow
2020
Laboratory at the Theater-Theater, Perm
2019
Arthab Lab, Moscow Art Theater, Moscow
2016
Russian Culture Days residency, Dubrovnik
Sviyazhsk Artel, Sviyazhsk Island
2021
Dostoevsky Laboratory, New Space of the Theater of Nations, Moscow
2020
Laboratory at the Theater-Theater, Perm
2019
Arthab Lab, Moscow Art Theater, Moscow
2016
Russian Culture Days residency, Dubrovnik
2025
THE BLACK BLIZZARD, The Chaika Theater, Berlin, Germany
ODDOS SEE, Ohnsorg Theater, Hamburg, Germany
2024
THE ENFIELD HAUNTING, Karinthy Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
ODYSSEE ODER DAS KALYPSOTIEF, Ernst Deutsch Theater, Hamburg, Germany
ORDINARY LIFE, Wiese eG, Hamburg, Germany
THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Teatrul de Nord, Satu Mare, Romania
SEAGULL, Teatrul National Eugene Ionesco, Chisinau, Moldova
MEMORIA, Brechtfestival, Augsburg, Germany
2022
DARK DAYS, Fulcro, St Petersburg
MEMORIA, Meyerhold Centre, Moscow
INTUITION, Sovremennik Theatre, Moscow
LIFE ON ICE, Central House of Music, Moscow
MOSCOW SPEAKS, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow
ALIEN LETTERS, Youth Theatre, Chelyabinsk
ACCIDENTAL WALTZ, Pushkin Theatre, Pskov
LITTLE KARLSSON, Shchelkunchik Theatre, Yekaterinburg
LIFE FM, Sovremennik Theatre, Moscow
LOVE OF THREE ZUCKERBRINS, Children’s Musical Theatre, Moscow
GOGOL. DEAD SOULS, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
GOGOL. EVENINGS BAND, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
GOGOL. THE CITY OF THE LITTLE MAN, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
GREAT THEATRICAL HEAT, Vyksa Festival, Vyksa
HARVEST, Molot Stage, Perm
KARAVAICHUK. LOUDSPEAKER ORCHESTRA, Lenfilm, St Petersburg
PRETTY MAN, Pushkin Theatre, Moscow
THE WIZARD OF VELIKY USTYUG, Comics Theatre, Moscow
2021
TESTIMONIES, Pushkin Theatre, Pskov
ADVENTURES OF PETER THE PIGEON, Pushkin Theatre, Pskov
DOSTOEVSKY. STORYTELLING, New Space Theatre of Nations, Moscow
CHILDREN OF THE IRON BIRD, Storytelling Theatre, Moscow
NIHIL, Fulcro, St Petersburg
INTUITION, Drama Theatre, Barnaul
DORMITORY ON BLOOD, Invisible Theatre, St Petersburg
7×7, Tomsk Museum of Regional Studies, Tomsk
POWER OF WORDS, Yasnaya Polyana Festival, Tula
PASSAGE, Abbey Players, Moscow
YOU OWE IT TO THE ARTIST, Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow
HEROES AMONG US, Theatre Art Centre, Nizhny Novgorod
DECEIVERS, Drama Theatre, Omsk
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK DISTRICT, Ermolova Theatre, Moscow
SUMMER SMELLS LIKE SALT, Drama Theatre, Kansk
ALCHEMY OF STORYTELLING, Storytelling Theatre, Moscow
PETYA AND THE WOLF, Triumph Philharmonic, Perm
DOSTOEVSKY 200. Opera, New Space Theatre of Nations, Moscow
FARTHER AND FURTHER, Jewish Museum, Moscow
2020
PECHORIN, Youth Theatre, Sevastopol
MYSTERIOUS DOG MURDER BY NIGHT, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
THE FOREST EXCHANGE, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
ACROSS THE SPACES OF THE UNIVERSE, Youth Theatre, Tver
WIZARD OF OZ, Ballet Moscow, Moscow
7 DAYS AT SOVRISK, New Space Theatre of Nations, Moscow
UNFORMAT, Meyerhold Centre, Moscow
BREADWORKS, Youth Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
TANGO MORGEN, TANGO PLI, Globus Theatre, Novosibirsk
OLD AGE, Fulcro, St Petersburg
2019
THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGIC KINGDOM, Youth Theatre, Kazan
IVANOV, Drama Theatre, Tyumen
IRANIAN CONFERENCE, Globus Theatre, Novosibirsk
CHAIKA VERSION, Chekhov API, Chekhov
ROCK. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, Pushkin Theatre, Moscow
V.E.R.A., Voznesensky Centre, Moscow
AIRING CLOCK, Russian State Library, Moscow
ORDINARY MIRACLE, Drama Theatre, Tyumen
OLIVER TWIST, Youth Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
ONE STEPS, Gulag Museum, Moscow
WHARF, Man Theatre, Moscow
2018
THE RAVEN’S CHILDREN, Meyerhold Centre, Moscow
DRAGON, Drama Theatre, Norilsk
MERCY, Sakharov Centre, Moscow
MISTRESSES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
TRAP FOR THE HEIR, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
DOXXXOD, Drama Theatre, Saratov
YOUTH, Drama Theatre, Tyumen
I VOICE A CARTOON, Liteiny Theatre, St Petersburg
THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Marina Djica Theatre, Dubrovnik
NORILSK JOKES, Drama Theatre, Norilsk
2017
MUSIC OF STEPS, Philharmonia, Moscow
CONVERSATIONS AFTER, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
MELNIKOV. DOCUMENTARY OPERA, Museum of Architecture, Moscow
I AM, Youth Theatre, Nyangan
WAIT FOR ME, Drama Theatre, Norilsk
SWEDISH MATCH, Marina Djica Theatre, Dubrovnik
LOOSE THREAD, Drama Theatre, Saratov
2016
LEKHA..., Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow
DOKTOR GAAZ, Helikon Opera, Moscow
MURDERER, Drama Theatre, Chelyabinsk
2014
MOSKVA-PETUSHKI, Volkov Theatre, Yaroslavl
ROMEO AND JULIET, Ermolova Theatre, Moscow
GOOD NEWS, Drama Theatre, Prokopyevsk
SNOW MAIDEN, Boyarsky Palaty, Moscow
2013
PUSHKIN’S CHAMBERLAIN’S ESCAPE, School of Modern Drama, Moscow
2012
THIS IS ALSO ME. VERBATIM, Praktika Theatre, Moscow
VIY, Center for Dramaturgy and Directing, Moscow
FLAT 1937, Territory Festival, Moscow
OBSERVED, OVERHEARD, UNRECORDED, School of Modern Drama, Moscow
THE BLACK BLIZZARD, The Chaika Theater, Berlin, Germany
ODDOS SEE, Ohnsorg Theater, Hamburg, Germany
2024
THE ENFIELD HAUNTING, Karinthy Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
ODYSSEE ODER DAS KALYPSOTIEF, Ernst Deutsch Theater, Hamburg, Germany
ORDINARY LIFE, Wiese eG, Hamburg, Germany
THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Teatrul de Nord, Satu Mare, Romania
SEAGULL, Teatrul National Eugene Ionesco, Chisinau, Moldova
MEMORIA, Brechtfestival, Augsburg, Germany
2022
DARK DAYS, Fulcro, St Petersburg
MEMORIA, Meyerhold Centre, Moscow
INTUITION, Sovremennik Theatre, Moscow
LIFE ON ICE, Central House of Music, Moscow
MOSCOW SPEAKS, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow
ALIEN LETTERS, Youth Theatre, Chelyabinsk
ACCIDENTAL WALTZ, Pushkin Theatre, Pskov
LITTLE KARLSSON, Shchelkunchik Theatre, Yekaterinburg
LIFE FM, Sovremennik Theatre, Moscow
LOVE OF THREE ZUCKERBRINS, Children’s Musical Theatre, Moscow
GOGOL. DEAD SOULS, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
GOGOL. EVENINGS BAND, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
GOGOL. THE CITY OF THE LITTLE MAN, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
GREAT THEATRICAL HEAT, Vyksa Festival, Vyksa
HARVEST, Molot Stage, Perm
KARAVAICHUK. LOUDSPEAKER ORCHESTRA, Lenfilm, St Petersburg
PRETTY MAN, Pushkin Theatre, Moscow
THE WIZARD OF VELIKY USTYUG, Comics Theatre, Moscow
2021
TESTIMONIES, Pushkin Theatre, Pskov
ADVENTURES OF PETER THE PIGEON, Pushkin Theatre, Pskov
DOSTOEVSKY. STORYTELLING, New Space Theatre of Nations, Moscow
CHILDREN OF THE IRON BIRD, Storytelling Theatre, Moscow
NIHIL, Fulcro, St Petersburg
INTUITION, Drama Theatre, Barnaul
DORMITORY ON BLOOD, Invisible Theatre, St Petersburg
7×7, Tomsk Museum of Regional Studies, Tomsk
POWER OF WORDS, Yasnaya Polyana Festival, Tula
PASSAGE, Abbey Players, Moscow
YOU OWE IT TO THE ARTIST, Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow
HEROES AMONG US, Theatre Art Centre, Nizhny Novgorod
DECEIVERS, Drama Theatre, Omsk
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK DISTRICT, Ermolova Theatre, Moscow
SUMMER SMELLS LIKE SALT, Drama Theatre, Kansk
ALCHEMY OF STORYTELLING, Storytelling Theatre, Moscow
PETYA AND THE WOLF, Triumph Philharmonic, Perm
DOSTOEVSKY 200. Opera, New Space Theatre of Nations, Moscow
FARTHER AND FURTHER, Jewish Museum, Moscow
2020
PECHORIN, Youth Theatre, Sevastopol
MYSTERIOUS DOG MURDER BY NIGHT, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
THE FOREST EXCHANGE, Theatre-Theatre, Perm
ACROSS THE SPACES OF THE UNIVERSE, Youth Theatre, Tver
WIZARD OF OZ, Ballet Moscow, Moscow
7 DAYS AT SOVRISK, New Space Theatre of Nations, Moscow
UNFORMAT, Meyerhold Centre, Moscow
BREADWORKS, Youth Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
TANGO MORGEN, TANGO PLI, Globus Theatre, Novosibirsk
OLD AGE, Fulcro, St Petersburg
2019
THE MYSTERY OF THE MAGIC KINGDOM, Youth Theatre, Kazan
IVANOV, Drama Theatre, Tyumen
IRANIAN CONFERENCE, Globus Theatre, Novosibirsk
CHAIKA VERSION, Chekhov API, Chekhov
ROCK. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, Pushkin Theatre, Moscow
V.E.R.A., Voznesensky Centre, Moscow
AIRING CLOCK, Russian State Library, Moscow
ORDINARY MIRACLE, Drama Theatre, Tyumen
OLIVER TWIST, Youth Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
ONE STEPS, Gulag Museum, Moscow
WHARF, Man Theatre, Moscow
2018
THE RAVEN’S CHILDREN, Meyerhold Centre, Moscow
DRAGON, Drama Theatre, Norilsk
MERCY, Sakharov Centre, Moscow
MISTRESSES, Theatre of Nations, Moscow
TRAP FOR THE HEIR, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
DOXXXOD, Drama Theatre, Saratov
YOUTH, Drama Theatre, Tyumen
I VOICE A CARTOON, Liteiny Theatre, St Petersburg
THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Marina Djica Theatre, Dubrovnik
NORILSK JOKES, Drama Theatre, Norilsk
2017
MUSIC OF STEPS, Philharmonia, Moscow
CONVERSATIONS AFTER, Tabakov Theatre, Moscow
MELNIKOV. DOCUMENTARY OPERA, Museum of Architecture, Moscow
I AM, Youth Theatre, Nyangan
WAIT FOR ME, Drama Theatre, Norilsk
SWEDISH MATCH, Marina Djica Theatre, Dubrovnik
LOOSE THREAD, Drama Theatre, Saratov
2016
LEKHA..., Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow
DOKTOR GAAZ, Helikon Opera, Moscow
MURDERER, Drama Theatre, Chelyabinsk
2014
MOSKVA-PETUSHKI, Volkov Theatre, Yaroslavl
ROMEO AND JULIET, Ermolova Theatre, Moscow
GOOD NEWS, Drama Theatre, Prokopyevsk
SNOW MAIDEN, Boyarsky Palaty, Moscow
2013
PUSHKIN’S CHAMBERLAIN’S ESCAPE, School of Modern Drama, Moscow
2012
THIS IS ALSO ME. VERBATIM, Praktika Theatre, Moscow
VIY, Center for Dramaturgy and Directing, Moscow
FLAT 1937, Territory Festival, Moscow
OBSERVED, OVERHEARD, UNRECORDED, School of Modern Drama, Moscow
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zaikanov@gmail.com
zaikanov@gmail.com
