Darya V. Diesperova

Education:

From 2000 to 2003 she studied at the Moscow Regional Higher College of Arts (MOVUKI), graduating with distinction in Folk Dance with the qualification «teacher‑organiser, artistic director of a creative ensemble» and a specialisation in social and cultural activities and folk art.

From 2003 to 2008 she studied at the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (MGUKI), specialising in Folk Dance and qualifying as Artistic Director of a choreographic ensemble and Teacher.

From 2017 to 2020 she undertook postgraduate studies at MGUKI in Cultural Studies.

Individual achievements and creative work:

Awards:

• Letter of Appreciation from the Bishop of Zaraysk, Department of Religious Education and Catechesis of the Moscow Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church (2018);
• Second‑ and Third‑Degree Diplomas, Governor’s Prize of the Moscow Region, Government of the Moscow Region (2018–2019);
• Scholar of the Governor’s «Young and Talented Authors» Award (2015–2016);
• Diploma of the Ministry of Culture of the Moscow Region (2018);
• Certificate of the Ministry of Education of the Moscow Region (2024);
• First‑ to Third‑Degree Diplomas, Grand Prix awards at regional, all‑Russian, and international festivals and competitions, and letters of appreciation for public and community work (2007–2020).

Author projects:

• Regional patriotic project «S chego nachinaetsya Rodina» (“Where the Motherland Begins”, Moscow Region, 2014–2017);
• Russian Traditions Festival «Nikola Veshniy», winner of the Moscow Region Governor’s Award (2017–2019);
• media project «Spi, ditya moe, usni», dedicated to the preservation of Russian folk lullabies (2019);
• family media project «Ugolog pamyati», marking Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War (2019);
• inclusive Nativity puppet theatre «Pritcha», an immersive theatre project (2020);
• girls’ gatherings «Slavutnitsy», a youth project focused on traditional upbringing of young women, preparation for marriage, and the formation of sound values and Christian principles among young people (2018);
• family folk ensemble «Blagovest» (2017–2019).

Research activity:

• Diesperova D. V., «Vecherki kak effektivnaya sreda obshcheniya molodezhi (traditsionny narodny aspekt)» in Science and Education: Preserving the Past, Creating the Future, proceedings of the 35th International Academic‑Practical Conference, 2021, pp. 113–116;
• Diesperova D. V., «Podgotovka molodezhi k semeynoy zhizni sredstvami russkoy narodnoy vecherki. Nauchnaya obosnovannost voprosa» in Pedagogical Education, 2022, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 56–62;
• Diesperova D. V., «Transformatsiya vecherotchnoy traditsii v sovremennykh usloviyakh» in Pedagogical Education, 2022, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 191–196;
• Streltsova Ye. Yu., Diesperova D. V., «Traditsionnye formy dosugovogo obshcheniya v vospitanii podrastayushchego pokoleniya» in Culture and Education: Scientific‑Information Journal of Universities of Culture and the Arts, 2023, no. 4 (51), pp. 125–133;
• Diesperova D. V., «Dukhovno‑nravstvennye tsennosti v russkoy pravoslavnoy semye (narodny traditsionny aspekt)» in Orthodoxy and Traditional Folk Culture, collected papers, 2021, issue 2.