Ksenia Parkhatskaya

Ksenia Parkhatskaya

Ksenia Parkhatskaya is one of today’s most interesting and versatile contemporary artists in the field of jazz and swing dance. She has studied competitive ballroom dancing since she was six years old, and modern jazz dance and theatre since 2006. She has lately been specialising in solo jazz dance in its various styles. In recent years she has also studied African dance styles and house music. Play, musicality, versatility and a strong personal input are the hallmarks of her work. Parkhatskaya has appeared as soloist with a number of big bands and created choreographic works for TV and film. She is also much in demand at many classical music festivals. She performed with the orchestra of the Paris Opera in Royan in France and at the Festival O/Modernt in Stockholm. Currently Parkhatskaya is touring the world giving workshops and performing her solo work and her new theatre/dance productions. She also runs her own online dance school.

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