International Conference
Performing Arts Training Today

Sergey Ostrenko (Russia)

Sergey Ostrenko is a Russian director and teacher working in professional theatre over twenty-eight years. His creative way has passed through the Cold War of the 1980s, collapse of the USSR in the 1990s, creative ordeals in the period of the interethnic tension in the Baltic and joining the New Europe. His creative work is the synthesis of the Russian Theatre School and the newest experiments in various performing arts. Ostrenko has dedicated many years to exploration of world theatre traditions working with multicultural groups of performing artists. His approach is known internationally as the effective method of growing cohesion and creation of live performances within limited time. Theatre workers from Russia, Europe, America, Asia and Australia who trained with Ostrenko have been using his method in their own creative practice.

The workshop programme is focused on practical exploration of performer’s psycho-physical instrument in the teachings of the Russian outstanding theatrical innovators - Vsevolod Meyerhold, Michael Chekhov and Konstantin Stanislavsky. Their passion to creating bold, imaginative and expressive theatre and unique understanding of performer’s nature inspire contemporary theatre makers all over the world. The workshop is open to actors of dramatic, physical, musical and dance theatres, dancers, choreographers, directors and teachers interested to explore the principles of Biomechanics, Psychological Gesture and Physical action, to gain a deeper understanding of psycho-physical approach in contemporary performer’s training and its application in practical work - rehearsal process, performance and teaching.

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