About us
The Lidia Kopina Company was founded as an independent theatre company in December of 2013. The creator and the leader of the company is director and actress Lidia Kopina. The creative method of the Company is based on different techniques of both physical and psychological theatre. Since its foundation, The Lidia Kopina Company has produced the performances Wandering Time, Red Tree, Road, as well as the actions "Transformation", "Equality", "Equilibro", "Body Memory", "Sound Reflexion", "Dance of Silence" and others.
The company is a laureate and participant of a number of international theater and dance festivals, including: World Culture Festival Karachi in Pakistan, Baghdad International Theater Festival, Erbil International Theater Festival, Alsawari International Theater Festival in Bahrain, XXIV International Festival of Contemporary and Experimental Theater in Cairo, International Women's Theater Festival Eazees in Cairo, Open Look Contemporary Dance Festival in St. Petersburg, Afisha Picnic, Sun Spirit, PRO.Position, WAFEst, F.Act and Art.Who.Art festivals in Russia, as well as within the framework of the "Night of Museums", "Night of Arts" programs and "Nights of Theatres", in the exhibitions "In Search of the Lost Sound. Noise and Synthesis", "The World of Theatre", "The Form of Emptiness".
Lidia Kopina has graduated The Saint-Petersburg University of Culture and Art in 2006. Her previous works were the solo performance “Settimana”, “Love – Eros - Madness”. Lidia had a long partnership with theatre “Derevo” (Germany, Dresden), ricci/forte performing arts ensemble (Italy), Pippo del Bono (Italy). Lidia took part in Fringe Festival in Edinburgh (Scotland, 2012), V International Festival of Arts in Delhi (India), II International Theatre Festival “En la Gran Carpa por la Paz” (Columbia), “Starting Point” Festival, “Monocle”, “Christmas Parade” in Saint-Petersburgh, Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk (Belorussia), The NET Festival and Stanislavsky Seasons in Moscow (Russia), Budapest spring festival (Hungary), Platonov art festival in Voronezh (Russia), The Festival of Street Theatres in Radebeul (Germany), Latitude festival (The Great Britain), “Afisha Picnic 2015”, “The Open Look” festival in Saint-Petersburg (Russia), XIII Festival of liberal theatre (Jordan). Lidia Kopina is also a cinema director and actress.
For a more detailed acquaintance with our productions, we suggest watching the presentation of our stage works: