SCHOOL OF IMPROVISATION AND
PERFORMANCE
"THE ART OF BEING"
A THEATRICAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECT THAT OPENS UP UNIQUE DEGREES OF FREEDOM IN CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION
14
years
> 70
offline and online courses
> 50
staged performances
> 300
students
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE (IN A BROAD SENSE) — A PRESENTATION, A SHOW, PERFORMED BY ONE OR MORE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN AUDIENCE.
PERFORMANCE (FOR US) — IS NOT GALLERY, ACTIONIST, OR PROVOCATIVE ART, BUT AN IMPROVISATIONAL THEATER OF HONESTY.
- an invitation to be honest with yourself in the presence of others, to be visible, expressed, manifested.
- a unique space, whose artistic distance equally allows for the discovery of the most hidden aspects of the soul to the audience and for freely playing with forms and composition.
"The Art of Being" school was founded in 2010.
For fourteen years, the interest in understanding the human essence and an unwavering attraction to aesthetics have driven us to create a unique form of contemporary art — the stage space, where profound human experiences find artistic forms for sincere expression.
Questions we explore on stage...
- WHAT HAPPENSWHEN THE ATTENTION OF DOZENS OF EYES IS FIXED ON YOU, AND IT'S YOUR TIME, YOUR SPACE, YOUR ATTENTION?
- WHAT HAPPENSWHEN THE FEAR OF TELLING THE TRUTH TO OTHERS BECOMES INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THE FEAR OF REMAINING IN A LIE TO YOURSELF?
- WHAT REMAINSWHEN THERE IS NO PREDETERMINED FORM AND NO READY-MADE ACTIONS?
- WHAT BECOMES POSSIBLEIN THE CANDOR OF UNSTOPPABLE ACTION?
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU JUST BE?
AGENDA
Online and offline projects by Katrina Gridina, Avignon (France)
Live performance in Avignon
An interactive improvisational solo performance by Katrina Gridina about the psychological aspects of Russian emigration on the stage of the Au Chapeau Rouge theatre.
Online-screening with discussion | zoom
We will celebrate Human Rights Day by watching a recording of Katrina Gridina's performance about the psychological aspects of Russian emigration. For crowdfunding participants.
Авторская программа Катрины Гридиной
КЛУБ АНОНИМНЫХ ГЕНИЕВ
январь 2025
январь 2025
Онлайн-программа для поддержки (психологической, духовной, информационной, практической) людей, стоящих на пороге создания своего авторского произведения или даже нового стиля сценического искусства.
Offline projects by Guzel Zamalieva, Koh-Phangan (Thailand)
Laboratory + performance
Sexuality Investigation Laboratory "Theatre of Emancipation" and Improvisational Performance
Improvisation and Performance Course for Beginners
1st part of the main program of the School, Basic course "The Art of Being"
Evening of Improvisational Performance
OPEN STAGE
January 3, 2025
January 3, 2025
New experimental format of an evening of improvisational performance
ABOUT US
We teach improvisational performance through a unique proprietary methodology, synthesizing:
We do not limit ourselves and utilize all possible and available means:
- the spontaneity of free creativity
- the risk of intensive psychological self-exploration
- the depth of philosophical worldview
- the clarity of structured theoretical material.
We do not limit ourselves and utilize all possible and available means:
- movement and dance
- text and voice
- photo and video
We do everything so that you can:
inventing structures, fitting into compositions, breaking rules, and simply improvising experiencing yourself as a work of art
finding artistic application for your emotions
transitioning from fear of public performance to free creativity
learning to recognize the nuances of your thoughts, feelings, ideas, and sensations
allowing yourself to be honest with yourself in the presence of others
mastering a wide range of strategies for artistically expressing your impulses
viewing your body, space, time, objects, words, and partners as sources and tools of creativity
engaging on stage, feeling the group process together
perceiving and utilizing space, time, your body, objects, words, music, and partners as tools and sources of creativity
inventing structures, fitting into compositions, breaking rules, and simply improvising
experiencing yourself as a work of art
HISTORY
OF THE SCHOOL OF IMPROVISATION AND PERFORMANCE «THE ART OF BEING»
SEVEN BASIC PRINCIPLES
according to which we guide people to improvisational performance and based on which we practice ourselves
according to which we guide people to improvisational performance and based on which we practice ourselves
- 1st basic principle
"IT IS WHAT IT IS, WHAT IS NOT - IS NOT"
- 2nd basic principle
"IN CASE OF DOUBT GO WITH THE TRUTH"
- 3rd basic principle
"CORRESPONDENCE OF FORM AND ESSENCE"
- 4th basic principle
"HUMAN IS A PEACE OF ART"
- 5th basic principle
"ANYONE CAN SCREW UP"
- 6th basic principle
"EVERYTHING CHANGES"
- 7th basic principle
"FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE GENERAL AND BACK"
SEVEN BASIC PRINCIPLES
according to which we guide people to improvisational performance and based on which we practice ourselves
- 1st basic principle
"IT IS WHAT IT IS,
WHAT IS NOT - IS NOT"
- 2nd basic principle
"IN CASE OF DOUBT GO WITH THE TRUTH"
- 3rd basic principle
"CORRESPONDENCE
OF FORM AND ESSENCE"
- 4th basic principle
"HUMAN IS A PEACE OF ART"
- 5th basic principle
"ANYONE CAN SCREW UP"
- 6th basic principle
"EVERYTHING CHANGES"
- 7th basic principle
"FROM THE PERSONAL TO THE GENERAL AND BACK"
OUR TEAM
The School's trainers conduct their activities in France, Thailand, Russia, Argentina and online
- Katrina GridinaCO-FOUNDER. METHODOLOGIST. PERFORMER. TEACHER(Moscow - Avignon, France)
Co-founder and co-director of the School «The Art Of Being», performer, coach for authors and artists, host of online programs «Art of Being», «Club of Anonymous Geniuses» and «Creat as you are», director of the «Theater of Honesty» - Guzel ApsaraPERFORMER. TEACHER. CURATOR(Nizhnevartocsk - Koh Phangan, Thailand)
Head of the residence of the School «The Art Of Being» on the Koh Phangan, teacher of offline programs, performer, curator of the creative association of the Improvisational Theater of Honesty on Koh Phangan - Karen Ter-MartirosyanTEACHER. PERFORMER(Moscow - Goa, India)
Dancer, performer, psychologist, dance-movement and body-oriented therapist, trainer of the School «The Art Of Being», Certified teacher of holistic dance and movement pedagogy at the Sabine Parzer Institute - Maria DolganovaTEACHER. PERFORMER(Moscow - Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Phenomenologically oriented therapist, group psychotherapist (client-centered approach), author and host of psychological programs and trainings of the School «The Art Of Being» - Yulia RazumovaCOORDINATOR.(Chelyabinsk - Istanbul, Turkie)
Coordinator of online programs and performances by Katrina Gridina at the 58th Avignon OFF Festival, communications consultant, independent manager of socio-cultural projects
OUR BLOG
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With warmth and inspiration,
the #artofbeing team
With warmth and inspiration,
the #artofbeing team