Conversations Series

Led by Professor Maria Shevtsova, this annual event showcases an internationally renowned practitioner in an intimate, convivial context. Shevtsova engages her invited practitioners in exciting, in-depth conversations about their work, followed by open discussions with the audience. On occasion, these Conversations are accompanied by a performance or workshop demonstration.

Guests of the Conversations Series have been to date:

2005 Eugenio Barba, director of the Odin Teatret, Holstebro, with a performance White as Jasmine by Iben Nagel Rassmussen

2006 Lev Dodin, director of the Maly Drama Theatre – Theatre of Europe, St Petersburg (interpreted from Russian)

2007 Declan Donnellan, director of Cheek by Jowl, London, and Chekhov International Festival Company, Moscow [Download poster, PDF]

2008 Mario Biagini and Thomas Richards, directors of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, Pontedera [Download poster, PDF]

2009 Jaroslaw Fret, director of the Grotowski Institute and Teatr Zar, Wroclaw, with a workshop demonstration by Teatr Zar [Download poster, PDF]

2010 Anna Zubrzycki and Grzegorz Bral, Leaders of the Song of the Goat Theatre