Acting Training Program

Juliana Berezhnaya is an opera, film & theatre director and educator with 15+ years of experience across Europe (Vienna · Berlin · Prague). Founder of ArT Platforma Acting School and Artistic Director of TEATR FORMA, she is the author and curator of multiple stage and screen projects, including Medea, Three Sisters, Ionesco plays; the operas Carmen and Don Giovanni (Musikverein, Vienna), and the film Clarimonda. She holds a degree in Opera Theatre Directing from RATI–GITIS (Moscow), where she trained under the direction of Roman Viktyuk, and a degree in Film Directing from FAMO Film Academy (Czech Republic). Juliana is known for translating professional stage methods into accessible, results-driven training for non-actors, opera singers, dancers, and actors-in-training.

Eleonora Shafran is an Associate Director of ArT PLATFORMA and a Lead Actress at TEATR FORMA, which unites the independent theatre TEATR FORMA and the acting training programme Acting For Life. A working film and theatre actress and model, she trained at Vancouver Film School (Acting for Film & TV) and has a strong classical and Shakespearean background. Her recent stage credits include Medea (title role), Three Sisters (Olga), and productions with Prague Shakespeare Company (Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Book of Will). Eleonora also works in opera as an Assistant Director and Acting Coach for leading singers and is a core acting coach in Acting For Life, guiding students through the full course.

Acting for Life is grounded in the Russian psychological school and the Stanislavski system (actions, objectives, inner truth), combined with Michael Chekhov’s imaginative and physical technique and a movement-based, ritual-inspired approach to performance. In practice this becomes a clear, body-first method: through grounding, breath and physical action, participants open voice, imagination and emotional presence, learning to stay truthful and precise both on stage and in real life.

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