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Алексей Фомкин

Alexei Viktorovich Fomkin (Russian: Алексей Викторович Фомкин, 27 January 1973) is Russian ballet dancert, teacher оf ballet, researcher, art critic.

Parents

Mother - Alexandra Alekseevna Fomkina (born 1940), graduate (1961) of the Alma-Ata State Choreography School (teacher A. V. Seleznev), soloist of the ballet of the Donetsk State Academic Russian Opera and Ballet Theater (1962-1981).

Father - Victor Savelievich Butylin (1939-2012), the vocalist (tenor), worked in various theaters of the USSR, then - the regent of a number of Orthodox churches in the Donetsk region.

Education

• 1991 – Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, area of specialisation: choreography, ballet artist
• 2000 – Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Area of specialisation: history and theory of choreography. Qualifications: teacher оf ballet, researcher, art critic.
• 2009 –Herzen Russian State Pedagogical Institute (Saint-Petersburg): postgraduate programme resulting in the Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences degree.
• 2014-2017 – Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis: programme resulting in the Bachelor of Psychology degree.
• 2014-2017 – Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis: learning programmes “Psychological consulting, psychological correction, and psychotherapy”; “Clinical psychology”.

Work experience

• 1991-2008 – Ballet dancer, Kirov Ballet (currently – Mariinsky Theatre)
• 1993-1998 – Consultant, Centre for psychological, social and legal studies led by A.V. Osnitsky
• 1996-2013 – Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet:
  • Specialist, Russian Association for Education and Methodology in Choreography
  • Director of the Academy Museum
  • Dean of the Pedagogical Faculty
  • Deputy Head of the Department of Dance Teaching Methodology
• from 2002: Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs; Chairman of the Russian Association for Education and Methodology in Choreography
• Since 2004 – Executive Secretary of the Coordination Council for Arts and Cultural Education, RF Ministry of Education
• 2013-2014 – Head of the Department for Methodological Regulation of the Content of Higher Education and Learning Process, RF Ministry of Education and Science
• 2013 – Assistant Professor, Choreography Department, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
• 2014 – Assistant Professor, Choreography Department, G.R. Derzhavin Tambov State University
• May 2014 – February 2016 – Artistic Director, TanzHaus Moskvich (member of the network of dancehouses founded by Bertram Müller)