Russian Studies Workshop

Please join us for a talk with Yulia Kleiman, Senior Lecturer at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts and Chief Editor of the cultural journal Petersburg Theatergoer. In this talk, Dr. Kleiman will bring insight to the contemporary Russian Theatre in the context of Western theatre tradition, and explore the following questions: What are the origins of Russian Theatre art? What are modern theatre trends? How are forms and ideas of the theatre in Russia connected to its social and political life?

Yulia Kleiman, Senior Lecturer & Dean of the International Department of Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Performing Arts (former Saint-Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy)

Co-sponsored by RSW and Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance