Since 1998, I participated in interdisciplinary performances by creating costumes, installations, decorations, and live paintings. Participating in performances gives me an opportunity to change space in the real time. The risks and challenges resulting from this process create a new language of expression that would never exist unless I collaborate with participants in a traditional way.

Scrap-Soup is an improvised multi-media performance featuring five contemporary dancers in collaboration with visual artist, Vadim Puyandaev, and musicians Albert Mathias and Sean Feit. Scrap-Soup deals with the preservation and transmission of information and draws its inspiration from the visual aesthetics of ancient manuscripts as well as from the efficiency and mass-accessibility of contemporary texts.

The Garden is an audio-visual-kinetic performance (structured improvisation) by Erika Tsimbrovsky and Vadim Puyandaev.Co-Sponsored by Introduction to the Humanities "The Art of Living" and Stanford Arts Initiative.Long-time collaborators Erika Tsimbrovsky (choreography/dance) and Vadim Puyandaev (visual art) come together with Albert Mathias (music/soundscape) and dancers Kira Kirsch and Suzanne Lappas for an evening-length improvisational performance.Wednesday December 5, 8pm. 2007. Stanford University Dinkelspiel Auditorium 471 Lagunita Drive.