Nadia Oussenko
Nadia Oussenko is a choreographer, filmmaker, photographer, and dance teacher. She completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she discovered her desire to pursue choreography for the camera. Recently Ms. Oussenko premiered a dance documentary about Molly Shanahan/ Mad Shak's yearlong process and culmination of evening length work titled
My Name is a Blackbird. Nadia has also had her dance films shown at the
12th Annual ADF Dancing for the Camera Festival of Video and Dance in Durham, NC,
Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival, the
Fifth Annual Dance For the Camera Festival at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, the
Around the Coyote Film Festival in Chicago, and the
Reel Dance Film Festival in Victoria, B.C.. Ms. Oussenko has also choreographed for dance festivals and concerts in Chicago such as
Dance Chicago and
Ameba Acrobatic and Aerial Dance Company.
