If Only The Earth Rotated Slower

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008
COMPASS ROSE ARTS Entertainment and PR Agency
Moscow
Promoter
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2006-2007
CLUB "THE MOST"
http://www.themost.ru
Moscow
Art Department
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2006-2007
CITADEL RECORDS
http://www.citadelrecords.net
Moscow
Publicity
***
2005-2006
PROJECT "VOLGA"
http://www.volgamusic.ru
Moscow
Public Relations/Manager
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2003-2005
STAS NAMIN CENTRE
The RUSSIAN NIGHTS Film and Culture Festivals in USA http://www.russiannightsfest.com
Los Angeles/New York/Moscow
Public Relations/Program Guide Editor/Translator
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2000-2003
FILMS BY JOVE, INC.
Studio City (Los Angeles)
Writer/Associate Producer/Voiceover
"Home Movies from Outer Space" documentary
"Animated Societ Propaganda" series http://store.russiananimation.com/ansopr.html
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2002-2003
HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVALS/CONFERENCES
WORDS INTO PICTURES Film and Television Writers Forum
Los Angeles/Universal City
Coordinator
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2001
PARKER PR, INC.
Los Angeles
Public Relations
***
1997-1998
HALLMARK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORKS, INC.
Denver, Colorado
Voiceover
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1995-1998
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING
Denver, Colorado
Translation/Business communications/Cross-cultural consulting
Clients: Berlitz, U.S. West phone company, Executive Telecard, U.S. AID, Global Connections, Infosoft, Jefferson County Court, Colorado Avalanche, Children's Hospital and others
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1996-1998
THE COMPASS ROSE/Colorado International Forum magazine
Denver, Colorado
Publisher/Editor
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1995-1996
RUSSIAN LINK, LLC Translation Agency
Golden, Colorado
Public Relations/Marketing
***
1995-1996
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER
Denver, Colorado
Instructor of Russian Language and Culture
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1992-1995
CONCORD SERVICES, INC. International Relations Department
Denver, Colorado
International Liaison/In-house Translator (Russian-English-Finnish)

Hollywood Film Festival Awards, Los Angeles
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I am on the far right

I am interviewing Nia Vardalos, actor/writer
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of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", at the Writers Guild of America, Los Angeles 2003

Francis Weber, famed French screenwriter/director
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("The Dinner Game" etc.) has taught me some invaluable moviemaking tools

Denver G-8 Summit 1997: Brunch with
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First Ladies of Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia. I am next to NAINA YELTSINA

Denver G-8 Summit
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President Boris Eltsin

I am interviewing Gail Schoettler, vice-governor
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of Colorado, candidate for the state governor

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PROJECTS

 

2005-2006  Performing with projects "Volga", Rada & Ternovnik and others.  Organization of ethnic dance parties.

Various clubs, Moscow

 

2002-2003 Teaching Improvisational Dance Class & Staging Dance Performance.

Moorpark College, California

  

2003 Developing with Hollywood-based AIM Group, LLC.

"The Music Loop: American-Russian Journey" rockumentary

(pics. below) 

 

2002 Publicity for Russian rockbands touring USA Russian community

("Chizh & Co.", "Raznye Ludi," Zahar Mae etc.)

 

2002-2003 Promotion and technical advisement for Hollywood-based

OPEN FIST THEATRE and Burbank-based ARLEKIN music and drama theater

 

1996-1998 RUSSIAN-AMERICAN CLUB, founder/president.

Denver, Colorado

 

1997-1998 Presentations/discussions of Russian films, Denver Art Museum

 

1997-1999 Staging & Performing Dances at Culture, Ethnic and Children Festivals.

Denver, Colorado

 

1992-1998 Public talks on Russia at universities, colleges, schools, churches,

women's and international organizations. Colorado  

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EDUCATION           

 

1999-2003 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES

Screenwriting/Entertainment studies: voiceover & acting

 

1998

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER

Film Studies

 

1995

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT DENVER

Journalism/Screenwriting/French/Spanish

 

1984-1989 

MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY, School of Philology (Roman-Germanic Division)

Linguistics & literary studies, English/Finnish/Swedish

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

 

Women In Film:  Membership and seminars

(writing/acting), Los Angeles 

 

Women In Animation:  Membership and seminars

(voiceover/writing), Burbank

 

Writers Guild of America:  Panel discussions and 

library work, Los Angeles

 

Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators:  Membership, 

Annual conferences and seminars, Los Angeles  

 

Moorpark College:  Singing/music, Moorpark, California

 

Alliance Francaise:  Membership and classes (French), Denver

 
 
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

Website for Ethno-Electronic Project "VOLGA" (in Russian & English): Press releases, Overview, News, Booked Concerts, Performance, Selections of MP3, texts, pictures and other info, as well as the site layout.

Interview with Nia Vardalos, "The Big Fat Greek Wedding" (in Russian)

Review of film "The Million Dollar Hotel," the brainchild of U2's Bono and Wim Wenders (in English)

Review of the Los Angeles concert of Russian rock legend "Aquarium" (in Russian)

Press release for the Russian band "Chizh & Co." U.S. tour for STLport Consulting (in Russian)

Publicity for the Los Angeles "Russian Nights" Festival paricipant Alexander Vasiliev, "Splean" (in Russian and English)

Publicity for "The Russian Nights Festival" in Los Angeles (in Russian)

On promotion to the Los Angeles Russian community of Mikhail Bulgakov's play "Flight" ["Beg"] by Open Fist Theatre (in English)

Profiles for the employees of the Los Angeles-based "Western Costume Company" (in English)

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See photographs with my BIO

on http://home.earthlink.net/~anyasjournal/id1.html

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Writers Guild of America, west

Women In Film

Women In Animation, Los Angeles Chapter

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Faces of Russian musicians living in the U.S. for "The Music Loop: American-Russian Journey" rockumentary captured by my camera (see Projects)

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Konstantin Baranov, ex-"Nicolas Kopernikus" band of Moscow, now works for DigiDesign in San Francisco Bay area. (With Nastya Poleva, lead singer / guitarist of "Nastia" band of St. Petersburg, after performing in San Francisco for the Russian audience.)

 

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Andrei Otraskin (right), lead guitar of former "Jungle" St.Petersburg band, now teams up with Timothy Young in a guitar duetto "Guitar Monks" in Seattle.

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Vasily Shumov, creator of Moscow band “Tsentr” and rock opera “Arthur Rimbaud,” continues to produce music albums and experimental films out of his Los Angeles home.

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Yuri Naumov, songwriter / virtuoso guitar player originally from St.Petersburg who has settled in Brooklyn, performs at CBGB's in lower Manhattan.

         
         
         
         

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