Ksenia Ravvina was born in Saint Petersburg and based in Berlin, is a theatre director, author and curator. She studied History at Saint Petersburg State University, Theater Directing in Frankfurt and Applied Theater Studies at Justus Liebig University in Giessen.
She works at the intersection of different forms and genres, encompassing performance/theatre, opera and multimedia conceptual works. As a border crosser, she deals with themes such as absence and visibility. Her work is characterized in particular by the scenic articulation of complex theoretical issues by means of an artistic language in which the political and the poetic are indissolubly interwoven.
In recent years, several projects have been created in Germany, Bulgaria, Latvia and the USA, including collaborations with Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Dirty Deal Teatro in Riga a.o., and various works in cooperation with Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt, Frankfurt LAB, Schwankhalle Bremen, Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, RUHRTRIENNALE, Opera Philadelphia, Theater im Delphi and Deutsches Theater Berlin.
Since Autumn 2023, Ksenia Ravvina has taken on the artistic direction of Fringify – Independent Arts Festival Hamburg, alongside Alexandar Hadjiev, and will lead the editions of the festival from 2024 to 2026.
2024–2026 – Artistic Director, Fringify – Independent Arts Festival Hamburg
2023 – Poem without a Heroine, Theater im Delphi, Berlin – Direction, Text, Devising
2023/2022 – EXISTINCT (Sofia, 2023; premiere: Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, 2022) – Direction, Devising, Co-Concept
2022 – OBSCURE (Installation), Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Berlin – Co-Curation, Devising
2021 – In a Real Tragedy, It Is Not the Heroine Who Dies; It Is the Chorus, Deutsches Theater Berlin / Radar Ost – Direction, Text, Devising
2021 – The Arrival, Theater Münster – Direction, Devising
2019 – UNTERTITEL. A Techno Opera in Three Acts, Atelier Frankfurt – Direction, Devising
2019 – Denis & Katya, Opera Philadelphia, USA – Co-Creation, Devising, Dramaturgy (Music: Philip Venables; Director: Ted Huffman)
2018 – Aklā zona, Dirty Deal Theatre, Riga, Latvia – Dramaturgy, Artistic Consultation (Director: Mara Gange)
2017–2018 – Makulatur (Performance, Exhibition), Tanzplattform / Staatstheater Darmstadt / Mousonturm Frankfurt – Direction, Devising
2016 – Sweat Life, Studio Naxos / Naxoshalle Frankfurt – Direction, Devising
2016 – Adolescence, Ruhrtriennale / Staatstheater Bochum – Direction, Devising
2014 – Rocking(son)g, Rough Cuts / Frankfurt LAB / Schwankhalle Bremen – Direction
2013 – Kassandra.Sehen, Staatstheater Wiesbaden – Direction
2012 – Herr Korbes, Böse Märchen – Wer hat Angst vor den Gebrüdern Grimm?, Theater und Orchester Heidelberg – Direction
2011 – Medea, Frankfurt LAB (Text by Euripides, Seneca, Hans Henny Jahnn) – Direction, Devising
2011 – Metamorphosen, Frankfurt LAB – Direction, Devising
2011 – Möwe (after Anton Chekhov), Landungsbrücken, Frankfurt am Main – Direction
2010 – White Nights, Museum of Russian Dramatic Art, St. Petersburg, Russia (Text: Julia Ravvina after F. Dostoevsky) – Direction
