Producer

ELENA TSARENKO

Producer and President

Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Federation

Elena Tsarenko was born on the 26^th of March 1961 in a Siberian town of Abakan located on a feeder of the mighty river Yenisei. Like many of her contemporaries brought up in the socialistic society she successfully combined studying at school with attending a music school of the violin class as well as amateur dancing team classes starting from the age of ten. Art entered Elena's life to stay with her forever.

In 1979 she graduated from Abakan Music College with the qualifications of the manager of a choreographic company and started work in the State Choir of Siberia as a dancer.

She continued her professional career as a repertoire teacher of the regional ensemble of professional and technical education called “The Youth of Siberia”. At the same time she studied in Kemerovo State Institute of Culture at the department of cultural and educational work to get higher education.

In 1986 at the all-Russian seminar for heads of ensembles of professional and technical education, which took place in Kursk City, Elena met a promising choreographer Yuri Tsarenko. They were united by love to art and each other. Having become Yuri’s wife, Elena moved to Kostroma where her husband did military service and worked. It was there that the young family embarked on their journey of personal and creative development.

In 1991 Elena and Yuri managed to realize their idea of setting up a professional choreographic company and so the first private theatre of folk dance called “Kostroma" came into being and Elena Tsarenko took the position of its producer.

In 1999 Elena was awarded with a letter of appreciation by Kostroma region administration.

In 2001 Elena Tsarenko became a laureate of the public award “Hope of Russia” and in the nomination “Phenomenal Woman”.

In 2002 she was nominated "Person of the year 2002”.

In 2002 Elena and Yuri Tsarenko set up a choreographic college “The Governorate Ballet School” affiliated to the Russian National Ballet “Kostroma" with the purpose of training professional dancers and creating a human resources reserve.

In 2003 Elena was nominated "Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Federation".

In 2006 Elena was awarded with an honorary certificate by Kostroma region administration.

Elena Tsarenko is a good manager and a happy mother. Together with Yuri Tsarenko they brought up two children who are reliable heirs of their common cause. Today their elder daughter Maria works as an executive director of the Ballet and the Director of the choreographic college "The Governorate Ballet School"; and their son, who is a graduate of the choreographic college "The Governorate Ballet School", is a soloist of the Russian National Ballet “Kostroma”, the assistant of the Art Director and "The Governorate Ballet School" college teacher of Professional Practice discipline.