Danila Korogodsky
(562) 985-7783
dkorogod@csulb.edu

Scenic Design

Danila Korogodsky, a theatre designer and painter, was born in Kaliningrad, Russia to a theatrical family. After graduating from Leningrad Theater Institute in 1977, Danila worked for 10 years as a Resident Designer at The Leningrad Theater for Young Spectators. He also freelanced around the country, did some projects as an illustrator of books, and exhibited his works as a painter. At that time Danila designed more than fifty productions for Moscow’s Mossoviet Theatre, Novy Theatre, Taganka Theatre, Drama Theatre in Tashkent, Tallin, Baku, Vladivostok, and others. His theatre work and his paintings were frequently exhibited both in Russia and abroad. Several of his works have been purchased by museums and private collections. Danila was selected to represent Russia at the 1983 Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design. In 1989, he was invited to design a show for the Honolulu Theatre for Youth, and since then has freelanced in the United States as a theatre designer, design professor, and painter. During the past nineteen years Danila has designed more than two hundred shows all around United States and Europe. Danila was a guest professor at Indiana University, Bloomington; Ohio State University, Columbus; and was head of the design program at DePaul University, Chicago.