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The German part of the educational program “The Theatrical Window to Europe 2015″ with the participation of Mariana Sadovskaya and André Erlen has begun

Posted on 28.09.201511.03.2021 by Admin

The famous Ukrainian singer and composer Mariana Sadovskaya and the German director André Erlen began a tour across Ukraine. They will conduct master classes in acting, teaching the students of theatre schools in Lvov, Kiev, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk.

During the classes, students learn to work with dramatic texts as with music, exploring how stage action can emerge from the sound and singing.

“André and Mariana represent one more European theatre direction – the musical theatre. At the trainings they give basic skills. I think that meeting with such masters will become a memory of a lifetime, “- said the producer of the “Theatre na Zhukah” and the curator of the project “Theatrical window to Europe” Dmytro Ternovyi.

The project is taking place as a part of the Weeks of German Culture in Ukraine, with the support of the Consulate General of Germany in Dnepropetrovsk and German fund DAAD, which sponsors educational programs.

During the trip, Mariana Sadovskaya will also perform in Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov for the first time, and André Erlen will play the solo performance “Scenario” in these cities.

On 28 and 29 September the master classes for students of the theatre department of Lviv National University took place. On October 1 the trainings will begin in Kiev.

British director teaches documentary theatre to Ukrainian students

Posted on 26.09.201511.03.2021 by Admin

Tommy Lexen, the founder of the London BeFrank Theatre, will tell about his method of working with documentary material and will conduct the trainings in Kharkov, Lviv and Kiev.

He’ll stay in Ukraine from 26 September to 7 October in the framework of the program of Kharkiv Theatre na Zhukah “Theatrical Window to Europe”. The project is supported by the European program TANDEM “Dialogue for change”.

The producer of “Theatre na Zhukah” and the curator of the program “Theatrical window to Europe” Dmitry Ternovoy believes that nowadays the audience for the documentary theatre has formed in Ukraine.

“Society has changed dramatically, and, I think, today there are quite a lot of people who would like to see in the theatre performances that reflect real events. But the theatres often lack knowledge of how to make such stagings. I think the trainings will give some impetus to the students to take up the documentary genre more seriously, “- he said.

Last April in London, BeFrank Theatre put on stage the play “The Point of No Return” about the February events on the Maidan. Tommy Lexen had worked on it for over a year, and it was praised by the critics and the audience. The British director said that he is happy to share his experience with Ukrainian students.

“We strive to make an honest theatre based on real-life stories, and I think that Ukrainians will benefit much from learning about our way of working,” – he said.

Apart from the trainings for the students, the joint sessions for exchanging experience with the local theatres are also planned in all the cities: with “Theatre na Zhukah” in Kharkov, theatre “Peretvorennya” in Kiev and the Les Kurbas Theatre in Lviv. The Swedish actress of Ukrainian origin Svetlana Beeba, who was the director of stage movement in the play “The Point of No Return”, will be helping Tommy Leksen.

In 2011 Theatre na Zhukah launched the educational project for students of theatre schools ‘Theatrical Window to Europe”. The directors of Western theatres conduct the master classes for Ukrainian students. Previously, students were introduced to the methods of work of contemporary Polish theater, a traditional French commedia dell’arte, and to the Georgian dance.

The TANDEM program “Dialogue for change” is implemented in the framework of public initiatives of MitOst and UNAEDI. It is designed to support cross-border cooperation and cultural development of civil society.

Georgian group conducts workshops on national dance in Kharkiv

Posted on 10.09.201512.03.2021 by Admin

The dance group “Elva” from Tbilisi arrived in Kharkiv to conduct a series of master classes on Georgian national dance.

“We have been waiting for their arrival for a long time and we’re happy that we are finally able to realize our dream,” – said Dmitry Ternovoy, the producer of Theatre na Zhukah.

“Zhuki”s met the Georgian group at the theatre festivals in the Czech Republic, where they took part in their workshops several times.

“We are very fond of these guys, they are wonderful people, terrific dancers and teachers, and we have been trying to organize their training in Kharkov for several years. We planned a similar project in the spring of 2014, but there were just the days when separatists seized the Kharkiv Regional Administration. So we had to cancel the visit of Georgians, because it was impossible to guarantee their safety, “- said D.Ternovoy.

Now the project has been made possible due to the German program DAAD, which supports a variety of training programs and exchanges in Ukraine.

Classes will be organized primarily for students of theatre schools in Kharkiv: Kotlyarevsky Kharkov National University of Arts and Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.

“This project is a part of our long-term program “The theatrical window to Europe “, which we started in 2011. The program is oriented exactly to the students of theatre universities in Ukraine. Its aim is to introduce the students with a variety of modern theatrical culture and schools that exist in Europe, “- said D.Ternovoy.

He also said that in the nearest future in the framework of “Theatre window to Europe” a few more events that have received grant support from European institutions will be held. The training of the British director Tommy Lexen on documentary theatre, as well as joint sessions on musical theatre conducted by the German filmmaker André Erlen and composer and singer Mariana Sadovskaya.

Earlier in the framework of “Theatrical window to Europe” “Zhuki”s have organized the visits to Ukraine of Polish theatre “Scream” (School of Grotowski) and “Brama” (Stanevsky school), French actors Mark Jacquet and Gilles Sovestre (commedia dell’arte). The theatre colleges and universities in Kharkov, Kiev, Nikolayev, Lvov, Dnepropetrovsk were involved in various projects of “Window to Europe”.

The Chamber Dance Group Elva was established in Tbilisi in 2010 and aims to support various social and educational projects, the popularization of Georgian culture in the world. The group participates regularly in various international projects, including the European program EVS «Youth in Action”. It has the extensive experience in conducting workshops and trainings on the Georgian dance at the festivals in the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Greece, Norway and other countries.