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Collaborations with Opera

Masha has extensive experience working in opera across a wide range of roles, including director’s assistant, choreographer, movement coach, performer, dancer, and production planner.

Masha is a movement coach for the Dutch National Opera Studio. 

Masha has been developing her own teaching method (EM - Exploring Movement method), which is focused on guiding the singers to connect more deeply with their bodies, integrate voice and movement, release physical tensions while singing and performing, and develop characters through physical expression and embodiment.

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Die Passagierin (Mieczysław Weinberg)
Director: Tobias Kratzer

Working as a performer

March-May 2026

Dutch National Opera

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The Knife of Dawn (Hannah Kendall and Tessa McWatt)
Director: Gavin-Viano

Working as director's assistant

February-March 2026

Dutch National Opera

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I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Vincenzo Bellini)
Director: Tatjana Gürbaca

Working as director's assistant

October-December 2025

Dutch National Opera

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We Are The Lucky Ones ( Philip Venables)
Director: Ted Huffman
Dramaturge: Nina Segal

Working as director's assistant

February-March 2025

Dutch National Opera

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Four Note Opera (Tom Johnson)
Director: Kenza Koutchoukali

Working as choreographer/movement coach

March 2024

Dutch National Opera

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Being featured at video Series: Inside the Opera Studio by Dutch National Opera

As movement coach

December 2023

Dutch National Opera

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Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber)
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov

Working as director's assistant

April-June 2022

Dutch National Opera

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Denis & Katya (Philip Venables)
Director: Ted Huffman

Working as planner

October 2021-March 2022

Dutch National Opera

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La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Director: Tatjana Gürbaca

Working as planner

November-December 2021

Dutch National Opera

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Girls of the Golden West (John Adams)
Director: Peter Sellars

Working as director's assistant

January-March 2019

Dutch National Opera

Four Note Opera

©2026 by Masha Zhukova

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