Elena Sotnikova
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Graduated from B.V. Schukin Theater School in 1982, course of Stavskaya L.V. In the same year was admitted to the company of Evg. Vakhtangov Theater.
Since 2004 she has been teaching in the Department of Declamation Art in B.V. Schukin Theater School.
Participant and author of many informal theater performances, including in Actor’s House, creator of “Women’s Battalion” of Vakhtangov Theater.
Permanent participant of concerts in “Russian Houses” abroad: in Prague, Vienna, Berlin.
In 2008 on “Culture” radio the stories by Guy de Maupassant were recorded “Yvette”, “The Necklace”, “Mademoiselle Fifi” as well as stories by E. Kandalova and radio play “Bright is the Night”, 2004.
Author of the book “Fifth Season” – Moscow, 2004.
A. Nikolskaya: “She resembles a Fair Lady from the era of Silver Age. Tall, with graceful figure, a bunch of streaming fair hair and big transparent eyes, with extremely light flying walk and queenly turn of head, she is different from the women of modern contemporary type. The environment of that woman is ball dresses of whispering expensive fabric, elegant carriages, and boudoirs in the twilight of glimmering candles”.
