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OLEKSANDR CHAIKA

Assistant to the Director of the Les’ Kurbas Centre, manager, pedagogue, director, head of the Ukrainian Mime Centre, member of the board of the European Mime Federation. Organizer of a series of master-classes developed at the Netherlands Theatre Institute and the Moveable Academy of Performing Arts (Amsterdam) in Kyiv. Director of the VIRTEP virtual theatre project, a contemporary Ukrainian theatre internet portal. Co-author of the Free Innovative Academy’s of Art (FIAA) and the “Theatrical Initiative” Studio’s conceptions. Author of a two-year program in the psycho-physical development of an actor. Severe opponent of the traditional playwright-director-actor paradigm of play creation. Sees the future of theatre in the actor capable of authoring a staging. As resident director of the “Zhart” theatre (1995-1997), directed a number of original productions, among them The Two of Us, The Wedding, and 12 (version). Western-European festival audiences had the occasion to see these plays in 1995-1997. Considers the actor’s radiance and creativity as the main artistic elements of a play.




 

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