Evgenia

Photographer

Evgenia Koroleva is an award-winning freelance theater and dance photographer who has been internationally exhibited and published. She began photographing while working as an opera singer at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre. The magic spirit of the stage and the dance is the central theme of her photographs.

Evgenia became the official photographer of various International dance and theater festivals, such as the Festival "Context. Diana Vishneva" (Russia), the Festival of Contemporary Dance "PRISMA" (Panama), and others. Her photographs were exhibited in Europe, Russia, South America, and the USA.

Exhibitions

  • Solis Theater Gallery (Montevideo, 2023)

  • Art gallery Morpho (Chicago, 2019)

  • Terra Sounds Studios (Chicago 2019)

  • Art gallery Jeronimo (Panama, 2016)

  • Officine Fotografice (Rome, 2016)

  • Albanian Embassy Art Gallery (Hague, 2016)

  • Art gallery Manuel Amador (Panama, 2015)

  • University of Panama (Panama, 2015)

  • Art gallery PromGrafica (Moscow, 2014)

  • Atrium MAMT (Moscow, 2014)

  • Art gallery Belyaevo (Moscow, 2014)

  • State Museum of Theater and Music (St. Petersburg, 2014)

”Evgenia has a significant advantage over the other photographers: Since 2006, she has been an opera singer at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theater in Moscow. Recently, the two parallel worlds in which this artist creates were invaded by another reality - the Art of Photography. Photographs of Evgenia are not just snapshots of certain theatrical situations, but rather the poetic view of the theater's life.”

- Anna Smirina, Director of the Historical Museum of MAMT (Moscow)

" A photographer is a type of person - it’s impossible to resist this passion. Evgenia - a natural photographer. She is a virtuoso of observation. Her pictures are perceived as small stories in which everyday things become new and unusual things become familiar and close. Evgenia has a unique eye - noticing minor nuances, she creates her reality. Her imagination draws a picture of life, filled with half-tones of mood, which allows not only freezing the moment but also maintaining the emotional impulse of what is happening. The Koroleva singer's experience helps Koroleva, the photographer, capture and convey the elusive, for an outside observer, the atmosphere of the theater's life. But, I am sure that the more critical part of her photo-creativity success is another thing - her dramatic photographs are lacking in theatricality. They are full of life, and this is fascinating. The world of theater, backstage, and stage intrigues, fascinates, and attracts. Evgenia does not tear the veil of the mysterious from it but turns this world to the viewer with a different side, not less interesting and exciting. And she does it like a true photo master - she draws with light and shadow, finding unusual proportions in half-light and spotlight. The glare of the limelight and the decorations in her photographs acquire a different meaning. They cease to be only the scene; they become elements of human life, work, despair, and joy. To finish with a quote by an unknown author: “I always thought that good photos are like good jokes. If you explain to them, they are no longer so good.” Evgenia's photos do not need an explanation; they tell more than words.”

- Tatyana Borodyna, Chief Editor of the Magazine "Elegant New York" (NYC)

”Evgenia Koroleva is one of our time's most particular and original ballets and stage photographers. Her distinctive images put the spectator right into the show, close to the dancers. The lines are clean, and the colors are bright and contrasting, yet sometimes her “swans” seem almost unreal as if they were taken out of a magical dream. Not so many photographers can bring their own personal style into stage reportage, and Evgenia is one of them. Without losing the mood of a performance, she knows how to help us see it from a different perspective. Evgenia always chooses unusual angles and unexpected moments to make her pictures. She creates this exciting, mysterious atmosphere and reminds us that ballet will always remain a miracle. Thanks to Evgenia's art, we can take a look behind the curtains, step onto the stage, or even soar above it. We can actually “feel” the spirit of the performance. Without a doubt, Evgenia creates very emotional, passionate, and powerful images that can awaken anybody’s interest in the art of ballet."

- Giulia Kascina, Anna Pavlova Network (Milan)

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