ZHANNA GURVICH
ABOUT ZHANNA GURVICH
Zhanna Gurvich is an award winning designer and painter who has designed over one hundred productions for theatre, dance, opera, and film at venues such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Joyce Theatre, Chautauqua Opera, and the Juilliard Theatre. Zhanna’s favorite designs include: Radiance for Axial Theatre Company; Chaos Theory for Pulse Ensemble Theatre; The Most Dangerous Room in the House for The Susan Marshall Dance Company; Tears for Violetta for Ballet Hispanico; Three Sisters for Juilliard; In the Air and La Llorona for Stageplays Theatre; Hansel and Gretel for Chautauqua Opera; Ping Pong Diplomacy, Havana Bourgeoisie, and Billboard for Reverie Productions; Luck for Epic Rep.
Ms. Gurvich received an HOLA Award for Outstanding Set Design for her work on La Llorona.
Ms. Gurvich has painted for Scenic Art Studios, Goodspeed Opera House, Virginia Opera, Dallas Theatre Center, Mannes Opera, and The Mint Theater Company, including critically acclaimed portraits for Mary Broome and mural for Black Snow. A number of Ms. Gurvich’s paintings are held in private collections.
Ms. Gurvich teaches scene painting and storyboarding at Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
HOLA Award for Outstanding Set Design - La Llorona - 2007