Posted by in Drama, Theater, Uncategorized An Award for Playing November 6, 2018 was very important day for me. On that day Xi’an Municipal People’s Government awarded me with “Xi’an Friendship Award”. I received this prestigious award as one of ten outstanding foreign experts that are living and working in Xi’an. Among 10 awardees from business and management I was the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Recently, a book: “Pretending to learn”, caught my attention. When I saw the title, I asked myself — what would be the possible content of this book? What kind of miracle and overwhelming revelation is hidden in the pages of the book with such a mysterious title? I couldn’t have resisted curiosity and I bought…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Play is the work of childhood Jean Piaget Play is very peculiar human activity. We cannot define it and we cannot compare it with any other activity — it is unique and incomprehensible. Many scientists were trying to come to the definition of play through different discourses: biological, sociological, cultural, educational… and all of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Peter Brook, famous British theater director and one of the artists that highly influenced generations of theater makers in the 1960’s and the 1970’s, started his seminal book The Empty Space (1968) with the following statement: “I can take any empty space and call it bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Welcome to the English version of my blog Ivica Theater Studio that my LightBox Theter Company from Beijing, where I am the Artistic Director, regularly publishes in Chinese language for Chinese practitioners on WeChat platform. I was asked to publish the blog also in English language for those that are interested in the themes that…Read more »
