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Rima Pipoyan is a pioneering Armenian choreographer, director, dancer, and educator, blending modern ballet, contemporary movement, martial arts, and cultural gesture. Founder of RP dance company, Choreogarphy foundation, and Modern Dance Educational system, she has brought Armenian contemporary dance to international stages, acclaimed for her bold, poetic, and transformative artistic voice.

AWARDS, MASTER CLASSES, FELLOWSHIPS

Fellowships, Awards, Master classes, Workshops, Lectures:

  • 2022, Artistic residency at ContextAir Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • 2022, master classes on modern dance conducted by me for the students of the Academy of Arts in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • 2022, Best film for “YEL” Short Dance Film, Dance Spotlight, Slovenia
  • 2022, a master class on modern dance conducted by me for professional dancers organized by Derida dance center , Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2022, Resident Artist at the Begehungen Festival, Germany
  • 2022, Tanzkongress, Scholarship holder, Mainz, Germany
  • 2022, Modern Dance Master Class conducted by me, Compañía Nacional de Danza Spain, Madrid
  • 2022 Digital Lab: contemporary dance managers – lector and mentor for the Goethe-Institute in Ukraine
  • 2022, Aerowaves Choreographer
  • 2021, Best Dance Video Direction for “YEL” Short Dance Film, X World Short Film Festival
  • 2021, Best Director for “YEL” Short Dance Film, Vesuvius International Film Fest, Campania, Italy
  • 2021, Best Dance Film for “YEL” Short Dance Film, Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival, New York, USA
  • 2020, “Yel” Dance film, Honorable Mention, London International Web and Shorts Film Festival 
  • 2020, East-West Resident, Creative Armenia. Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2020, Creative Caucasus Women Empowerment, Conference and Workshop, Batumi, Georgi
  • 2019, Project-Laboratory Insomnia, Resident artist, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
  • 2019,  Biennale Dance College: choreographer, Venice, Italy
  • 2019, Diploma, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia
  • 2018, 1st prize, “Woman before decision making”, International Festival of Modern Choreography, Vitebsk, Belarus
  • 2018, “Spellbound contemporary ballet”,Master classes by Maria Cossu and Mario Laterza. Italy-Belarus
  • 2018, Master classes of contemporary ballet by Giulianna Mele and Giacomo Todeschi, Italy-Belarus
  • 2018, Artistic residency at Auditorio de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
  • 2018, 3rd  Prize, Public award ,“Woman before decision making”, Gdansk International Dance Contest Festival, Poland  
  • 2017, 1st prize , “Blessed” dance routine, Global Fest International Dance festival-contest, Moscow, Russia
  • 2017 Summer school, intensive contemporary dance classes by Thea Sosani dance theater (Germany, Reinsburg), Shekvetili, Georgia,
  • 2017, 3rd prize “Blessed” dance routine, Choreographic miniature contest, Belgrade, Serbia
  • 2017, Grand Prix, “Blessed” dance routine, Global Fest International Dance festival-contest, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2017 AfterLab Performance by Valeria Khripach and Olga Rabetskaya (Belarus), Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2017, 1 week of Contemporary Dance classes by Julia Koderer (Germany, Munich); Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2016 Fellowship, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
  • 2016 Master Classes by “The LaborGras” company, Berlin, Germany
  • 2015 Technical Contemporary Dance Class by Romain Guion (Switzerland, Zurich), Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2015, 2 weeks of Contemporary Dance and Choreography workshop and performance, DANCEformation Bremen, Germany
  • 2015, 1 week of Contemporary Dance and Choreography Summer School by Denise Lampart (Switzerland, Zurich) – Shekvetili, Georgia
  • 2014 Contemporary Dance and Choreography master calsses by Jochen Heckmann (Germany)- Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2014 Modern dance Workshop by Victoria Malin, Candoco dance company (London. UK)- Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2014 Contemporary Dance Workshops by Will Pratt (UK, London), Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2014 Erick Hawkins modern dance technique by Valerie Green, (New York, USA) –Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2013 Master classes by Juri Petukhov, Vaganov Ballet Academy (Moscow, RF), Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2013 Masterclass in performance technique by Tatjana Fateeva,  Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2009 Armenian Dance 2 Olympiad, Gold and silver medals in solo and duet modern dance nomination, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2008 Armenian Dance 1st Olympiad, Gold and silver medals in solo and duet modern dance nomination, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2008 Master classes by AKHRAM KHAN dance company (London, UK); Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2007 Master classes by Candoco dance company (London, UK), Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2008 International Traditional Wushu Competition, Gold medal (style chang quan), Yerevan, Armenia
  • 2006 “Baze” Pan-Armenian Youth Assembly, Dance nomination (gold medal), Yerevan, Armenia

Rima Pipoyan

Choreographer | Director | Performer | Educator

Contact:
rimapipoyan@gmail.com
(+374) 55-477-554

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