Rector of the University of Banja Luka Radoslav Gajanin held a meeting with the dean of GITIS directing faculty Ekaterina Granitova-Lavrovskaya and the senior teacher of the stage movement department Robert Elkibayev who participated at the Academic Theatre Festival of the University. They discussed cooperation between the two theatre schools that will comprise of regular master classes of GITIS teachers for the University’s students.
As part of the new agreement we expect that next year GITIS artistic team — a director, set designer, costumes designer, and choreographer — will create a show for students of the Academy of arts of the University. The performance will be presented at the recently opened Students’ Cultural Centre. Visits of the University’s teachers to GITIS for short term programs are also planned.
GITIS and the Academy of arts of the University of Banja Luka have been long term partners. University’s students have been regularly participating at the International Students Festival of final year shows “Your chance/GITIS fest”. The new cooperation has been initiated by the GITIS acting faculty graduate, the Academy of arts professor Elena Kostic-Trepetova.
Photo: D. Desnica

