Position: Associate Professor
Academic title: Associate Professor
Education: 1967 – Belarusian State Choreographic School (specialty “choreography”, qualification “ballet dancer”); 1982 – Minsk Institute of Culture (specialty “cultural and educational work”, qualification “cultural educator, director of a choreographic group”)
Courses taught: Classical dance, Methods of teaching classical dance, Classical variations and duets
Creative portrait:
Position: Associate Professor of the Department of Opera Training and Choreography Academic title: Associate Professor
Education: 1991 – Grodno Music College, choral conducting department; 1996 – educational institution “Belarusian State Academy of Music” with a degree in “Choral Conducting”, 1997 – Master’s degree, 2002 – Postgraduate study, 2010 – with a degree in “Theater Directing (Musical Theatre)”
Courses taught: Opera studio
She was born on February 23, 1972 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. In 1993 she was accepted into the choir of the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater, and since 1997 she has taken the position of choirmaster. As a choirmaster, she took part in the production of the cult rock opera “Juno and Avos” by A. Rybnikov (2002, together with the main choirmaster of the theater S. Petrova), became the director of the performances “Aibolit-2002” by I. Levin, “Pinocchio BY” by A. Rybnikova, “Don Juan in Seville” by M. Samoilov, “The Adventures of the Bremen Town Musicians” by G. Gladkov. In February 2010, on the stage of the Republican Theater of Belarusian Drama, Anna Motornaya’s creative project “Tragicomic READING, or Comitragic SINGING of the opera “Anniversary” by S. Cortes (based on the works of A.P. Chekhov, libretto by V. Khalip) was presented. Since 2010, she has been the director of the Belarusian State Academic Musical Theater, on whose stage she has staged the following performances: 2011 – comic opera “The Bell, or the Wedding Night of the Pharmacist” by G. Donizetti; 2012 – opera “Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo; 2013 – operetta “Mr. X” by I. Kalman; 2014 – operetta “The Gypsy Baron” by I. Strauss; 2014 – musical fairy tale for children and adults “New Year’s Trouble in the Fairytale Kingdom” by E. Atrashkevich; 2015 – musical “My Fair Lady” by F. Lowe; 2016 – operetta “Ball at the Savoy” by P. Abraham; 2018 – music farce “Hello, I’m Charlie’s Aunt!.. (Charley’s Aunt)” by O. Feltsman; 2020 – musical comedy “Truffaldino from Bergamo” by A. Kolker. Since 2021 he has been a director at the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus. On the stage of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus she has staged operas: C. Gounod’s “Faust” (premiere November 21, 2020), V. Soltan’s “The Wild Hunt of King Stakh” (2021). Since 1998, he has been a teacher at the Department of Choral Conducting of the Belarusian State Academy of Music, since 2010 he has been teaching at the Department of Opera Training of the Belarusian State Academy of Music (director and director of the chamber comic opera “Fantasia” by V. Kuryan, the opera “La Bohème” by G. Puccini, the opera “Carmen” “J. Bizet, the opera “Pebble” by S. Moniuszko, the opera “The Human Voice” by F. Poulenc, the opera “Faust” by C. Gounod, the opera “Don Juan” by W. Mozart). Creative achievements: 2016 – musical “My Fair Lady” by F. Lowe (produced by Anna Motornaya) – winner of the award in the category “Best Musical Theater Performance” at the IV Republican Theater Arts Competition “National Theater Award”; 2018 – Gratitude from the Minsk city organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Culture, Information, Sports and Tourism Workers for many years of fruitful work in the cultural sector, high professional responsibility, support of trade union initiatives and on the occasion of the theater’s birthday; 2018 – Certificate of Honor from the Minsk City Council of Deputies for many years of work on the patriotic education of the younger generation and conducting a series of charitable events for war and labor veterans; 2019 – Certificate of the Central Committee of the Belarusian Trade Union of Culture, Information, Sports and Tourism Workers for many years of conscientious work in the field of culture, high professionalism and active social activities; 2019 – Gratitude from the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus for many years of fruitful work and high professionalism; 2019 – Gratitude from the Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War for participation in the festive program “10 Shades of Museum Night” as part of the international event “Night of Museums” and a great contribution to the successful implementation of this project; 2019 – Certificate from the rector of the Belarusian State Academy of Music for fruitful, conscientious work in the 2018/2019 academic year, high level of professional excellence, education of gifted and talented youth; 2021 – Winner of the VI Republican Theater Arts Competition “National Theater Award” in the category “Best Director’s Work in a Musical Play” (opera “Faust”).
