Regional Forum of Young Performing and Visual Artists

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Accompanying Event of Tbilisi Biennale of Stage Design

The Regional Forum of Young Performing and Visual Artists included two lecture-master classes and two round table discussions led by international experts.

During the round table, the participants from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine and Russia were able to share their experiences and brainstorm on the problems that are similar all over the region, and discuss the opportunities of the large-scale international projects and events.

Participants from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine and Russia held mini-presentations on the specific issues of contemporary art, stage design and production.

Participants of Regional Forum of Young Performing and Visual Artists

Armenia
Alina Alexsanyan – Scenographer
Nelly Barsegyan – Stage and Costume Designer
Arpi Bekaryan – Journalist
Gor Margaryan  – Director
Mariana Yeghiazaryan – Artist

Azerbaijan
Mustafa Mustafaev –Stage and Costume Designer
Tural Vagifoglu  –  Director
Aliya Dadashova – Journalist

Georgia
Nino Gunia-Kuznetsova – Curator
Shota Bagalishvili – Stage and Costume Designer
Sergey Shivts – Stage and Costume Designer
Giorgi Orakhelashvili – Student
Ilya Sajaya – Student
Mariam Khachapuridze – Student
Nina Jandieri – Student
Nanka Esiava – Student
Sofia Sharia – Student
Tiko Megrelishvvili – Student

Russia
Inna Mirzoyan Curator
Aleksei Levdanskii –Stage and Costume Designer
Aleksander Iakunin – Stage and Costume Designer
Anastasia Bugaeva  –Stage and Costume Designer
Ilariya Nikonenko – Stage and Costume Designer
Timofei Riabushinskii – Stage and Costume Designer

Ukraine
Oleksandr Sergiienko – Director, Producer, Actor  
Anastasiia Podervianska – Scenographer, Puppet Designer|
Oleksandr Smyrnov – Artist, Sculptor, Puppeteer
Yana Tytarenko – Director
Uliana Kulchytska – Stage and Costume Designer

AGENDA

Thursday, October 11
15: 00-16:00 – Registration
17:00 -19:00 – Opening

Venue: Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum, 8 Sioni St. III floor.

Friday, October 12
I Session
Pamela Howard, Director/ Scenographer, UK. International Chair in Drama: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Emeritus Professor: University of the Arts, London and a Visiting Professor Arts University Bournemouth. 
11:00-14:00 – Lecture „Creativity in Defiance of Tyranny “ 


Round Table / Discussions
Venue:  Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University`s  D. Aleksidze Theatre, Auditorium #1. 19, Rustaveli Avenue

II Session
Polina Bahktina, Artist, Scenographer, Illustrator, Russia. Curator of the Scenography course at the British Higher School of Design in Moscow
14:00 -16:00   –  Lecture “PQ2015: Main Tendencies and Prospects”

16:30 -18:00  – Lecture “Theatre Out of a Scenic Box (Promenade Theatre  / Site Specific)”

Venue:   Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University`s D. Aleksidze Theatre, Auditorium #1. 19, Rustaveli Avenue




Saturday, October 13
I Session
Yan Kalnberzin, Video and Media Artist, Russia
11:00 – 15:00  – Lecture and master class for video artists and video engineers

Venue: Tbilisi State Academy of Arts; 47 Zubalashvili St. V floor

II Session
Regional Forum of Young Performing and Visual Artists
Presentations by Forum Participants
Moderator: Prof. Tamar Bokuchava, Georgia

16.00 – 16.15   Theatre as a Social Voice
Nelly Barseghyan, Armenia

16.10 – 16.30  Idea or Compromise
Two performances: The Taming of the Shrew; Karenin
Anastasya Bugaeva, Russia

16.30 – 16.45  My Work Experience and Problems With Material and Technical Resources in Theatre
Mustafa Mustafayev, Azerbaijan

16.45 – 17.10   Sviatko’s Dreams – presentation of the performance
Three-minute video, photos and three video episodes
Uliana Kulchytska, Yana Tytarenko, Ukraine

17.10 – 17.25  How I Built My Theatre, or Fairy Tale of My Life
Giorgi Apkhazava, Georgia

17.25 – 17:45   Paper Theatre and Ukrainian Theatre Artists
Anastasiia Podervyanskaia, Ukraine

17.45 – 18.00   The Revival of the Paper Theatre in Ukraine or the Storytelling as a Rescue of Imagination
Oleksandr Sergeenko, Ukraine

18.30 – 19.00   Paper Theatre: Mykola Leontovych
Na Rusalchyn Velykden / On the Water Nymph`s Great Day
Imagination Format Studio: Sergiienko Oleksandr, Director & Producer; Anastasiia Podervianska, scenographer, puppets designer; Oleksandr Smyrnov, artist, sculptor, puppeteer, Ukraine.

Discussion

Venue: Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University’s Davit Aleksidze Theatre, Auditorium #1
Address: 19, Rustaveli Avenue


Sunday, October 14
I Session
Yan Kalnberzin, Video and Media Artist, Russia
11:00 – 14:40 – Lecture and master class for video artists and video engineer

Venue:   Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, 47 Zubalashvili St. V floor

II Session
Yaron Abulafia, PhD. Performance / Light Designer, Israel/ Netherlands
15:00-16:30  – Lecture „The Creative Process of Performance Lighting Design‘. 
17:00 -18:30 – Official book launch event of The Art of Light on Stage: Lighting in Contemporary Theatre”.                                          

Venue: Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University`s D. Aleksidze Theatre, Auditorium #1. 19, Rustaveli Avenue.


Monday, October 15
I Session
Yaron Abulafia, PhD. Performance / Light Designer, Israel/ Netherlands
11:00-15:00 – Master Class

Venue: Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University`s D. Aleksidze Theatre, Auditorium #1. 19, Rustaveli Avenue

II Session
Regional Forum of Young Performing and Visual Artists
Roundtable/Discussion
Moderator: Prof. Tamar Bokuchava, Georgia.
16:00-17:00  – Participants – young performing and visual artists from Georgia Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Russia
17:30 – 18:30 – Participants – curators, mentors, members of OISTAT Centres; Venue: Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University`s D. Aleksidze Theatre, Auditorium #1. 19, Rustaveli Avenue


Tuesday, October 16
I Session
Dobrivoje Milijanović, DA, Polymedia Art, Serbia Assistant Professor at Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Department of Sound Design, teaching Sound Design for Stage
Romana Bošković Živanović,DA, Scene Design, Serbia. Associate Professor, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad
11:00-16:00 – Master class – Sound and Space: perspectives in Sound Design for Dramatic and Post-Dramatic Theatre.

Venue: Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University`s D. Aleksidze Theatre, Auditorium #1. 19, Rustaveli Avenue


Wednesday, October 17
Free day (trip to Kakheti)


Thursday, October 18
14:00-15:00 – Closing
Venue: Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum, 8, Sioni St. III Floor


Friday, October 19
10:00 – Dismantling of exposition and removal of works.
Venue: Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi History Museum, 8, Sioni St., III Floor.

Team:
Nino Gunia-KuznetsovaExecutive Director of  YTA Union / Georgian Centre of OISTAT,  Director of Tbilisi Biennale of Stage Design
Meri Matsaberidze – Project Manager
Maia Nikolaishvili   –  Consultant
David Gogolashvili  – PR Manager
Zurab Nakashidze – Logistic Manager
Manana Gunia –  Designer
Malkhaz Barbakadze – Photo/Video Documentation
Nino Kazalikashvili  – Finance Manager

Volunteers:
Tinatin Mamedova  – Student of Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University
Natia Pantsulaia  – Student of Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University
Dea Bagashvil – Student of Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University

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