Oksana Fyodorovna Dmitrieva (born August 22, 1977) is a Ukrainian
puppet theater
A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of their hands, arms, or control devices such as rods or strings to mov ...
director, chief director of the Kharkiv Puppet Theater, actress, playwright, theater critic, photographer, and graphic artist. She is an Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (2006).Премію імені Леся Курбаса у 2017 році присуджено заслуженій артистці АР Крим Оксані Дмітрієвій /ref>
Biography
Oksana Dmitriieva graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Theater and Art College in 1998 with a degree in Puppet Theater,Територія Погляду. Вип. 32. Оксана Дмитрієва. Інестетіка театру ляльок /ref> after which she immediately received an invitation to the Crimean Puppet Theater under the direction of director Boris Azarov in
Simferopol
Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, it is ...
). During her work in this theater she played in 17 performances and participated in international festivals. Олександр Стогній. Музей театральних ляльок. Путівник, — Харків, видавництво «Золоті сторінки», 2009 From 2004 to 2007 she was the director of this theater.
From 2001 to 2006, Oksana Dmitriieva studied by correspondence at the Ivan Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv Institute of Arts at two faculties at once - theater studies and puppet theater directing. Her first directorial works were "Balaganchik" and "The Love of Don Perimplin."
In 2006, she was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea."
In 2007, she graduated with a master's degree from the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. In the same year, two works by the director were presented at the Ivano-Frankivsk Festival "Oberehy:" "Wings for Thumbelina" (Poltava Puppet Theater) and the play "The Love of Don Perimplin."
Oksana Dmitriieva has been working at the Kharkiv Puppet Theater since 2007. First, as a director with a rehearsal of "The Magic Ring," and after the production, she received an invitation to take the position of director of the theater. Most of the works in the theater were realized in tandem with the main artist of the theater Natalia Denisova.
Oksana Dmitriieva has more than 30 roles on stage in her arsenal. She has staged more than 20 performances on the stages of Ukrainian theaters. She is a winner of international competitions and festivals.
Dimitriieva lives and works in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Оксана Дмітрієва на сайті Харківського театру ляльок