DRT: Artist – Dancer No. 51,249/SP

Originally from Russia, Pasha began his dance career at the age of 18, in 2010. After four years of regular classes in Urban Dances, he started teaching. In 2015, due to safety reasons related to extreme homophobia, he left Russia and moved to New York to further his artistic career, studying with leading figures in Contemporary, Urban dance circles and the Ballroom community (Voguing). At the end of 2017, he moved to Brazil seeking new professional challenges as a dance artist, whether as a teacher, choreographer, and/or dancer, and began working with “T.F. Cia de Dança” as a performer-creator and teaching regular classes at various dance schools in São Paulo. Before the pandemic, he participated in artistic residencies with the “Cena 11” dance company and the “Aqui Mesmo” collective. During the pandemic, while a student in the Dance Technical Course at the Tania Ferreira Academy, she began studying video dance, and one of his works, “Protocol 22,” was exhibited at the SESC Dance Biennale in 2021. From 2021 onwards, he became more intensely involved in the Ballroom scene in São Paulo, participating in training sessions and regular events of the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2021, 2023, and 2025, she participated in the “Dança em Trânsito” festival, which promotes artistic exchanges with dancers from other Brazilian states and international artistic residencies with Zappala Danza (Italy) and Iker Karrera (Spain). In 2023, she was part of Laila Padovan’s “Projeto Pele” in collaboration with the São Paulo Municipal Theater, resulting in performances both in the streets of the city center and within the theater itself. In September 2023, Pasha premiered his solo piece “HOMO” as part of the Dance Promotion program of T.F. Cia de Dança, reflecting on homophobia within the Russian and Brazilian social contexts. Since its premiere, he has presented his solo at several festivals in Brazil (Dança à Deriva, Mostra Verbo and Teatro Sérgio Cardoso) and Bolivia (NUNA Fest and Festival Cuir).