Daniil Posazhennikov
Early-Career Fellow 2026–2027

Daniil Posazhennikov (born 1994 in Russia) is a theatre director, composer, and artistic researcher based in Zurich. His work explores theatre as a mode of research, investigating perception, distributed agency, and the possibility of a non-semiotic theatre beyond language and representation. Combining theatre, contemporary music, spatial design, and digital technologies, he develops performative environments that function as experimental systems rather than narrative structures.

Since 2024, together with actress Regina Raimjanova, Daniil has co-led 3rd Echelon Theater, where artistic production serves as a platform for long-term, practice-based research. Before moving to Switzerland, he founded the interdisciplinary company Geometry of Sound, creating more than forty projects spanning theatre, opera, concerts, and exhibition formats. His work has been presented internationally, including at the Biennale di Venezia (IT). He completed an MA in Theatre Directing at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, CH). At the Collegium, he continues his research into non-semiotic theatre through artistic experimentation and transdisciplinary collaboration.