Diana Ponomarova

DianaPonomarova

Dancer Classical & Contemporary Vienna

Dance in conversation with its surroundings: the audience, other dancers, the stage and the space itself.

Diana in a graffiti-covered concrete doorway, arms stretched to the walls
Concrete, Vienna48.21° N 16.37° E

About

Kyiv → Vienna

Her artistic practice explores the choreographic and narrative possibilities that emerge through the interaction between dance and its surroundings.

She is particularly interested in the relationship between the performer and the audience, other dancers, the stage, and the spatial environment itself.

Born in Kyiv in 2008, Diana moved to Vienna in 2014, where she began her journey in dance. She studies in the BA programme in Classical and Contemporary Dance at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK).

Diana on stage in a duet, arching back with one arm extended
On stage

Current work

Film · ongoing
In progress

Architecture as a dance partner

An interdisciplinary film project that treats architecture as both a dance partner and a narrative element. Through the interaction of movement, architectural space, film and composition, it investigates how the built environment can shape choreography and contribute to visual storytelling.

  • Movement
  • Architectural space
  • Film
  • Composition
A yellow mat and a laptop on a rooftop lawn, facing buildings under construction
Rooftop, Vienna

Path

Training & study
  1. 2008BornKyiv, Ukraine
  2. 2014Moves to Vienna. Ballet and jazz at Musikschule WienVienna, Austria
  3. —Preparatory Dance ProgrammeMUK
  4. 2024BA Classical and Contemporary DanceMUK

Backstage

With the class
Diana in a Minion costume: yellow face paint, goggles and beanie
A group of dancers dressed as Minions on wooden steps, holding a painted moon
The Minion group in a classroom, lifting the painted moon overhead

Contact

& elsewhere