ANNA MELNIKOVA received her dance training in Moscow. Since 2004 she has been studying choreography at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst ?Ernst Busch? Her first choreographic works have already been invited to the Tanztage Berlin 2006 and to 100° Berlin 2007. In 2006 she participated in the student exchange program between the HfS "Ernst Busch" and Dartington College of Arts, England. In March 2007 the piece "Nicht Anna. A solo for two" by Julieta Figueroa was developed for her. For her thesis she is planning a Russian evening based on the play "Valentine's Day" by I. Vyrypaev.