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Last updated: 26-08-2024

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Presentation

Board Members:

Dr. Daria Ivanova-Hololobova – President (Associate Professor at the Department of Puppet Theatre Art at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and Television).

Tetiana Stefiniv – Vice President (Deputy General Manager-Artistic Director of the Ivano-Frankivsk Academic Regional Puppet Theatre named after Mariika Pidhirianka).

Dr. Tetiana Silchenko – General Secretary (Doctor of Arts, Associate Professor at the Department of Puppet Theatre Art at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Honoured Artist of Ukraine). 

Leonid Popov – head of the annual All-Ukrainian virtual review-competition of puppet theatres “Premieres of the Season”, Honorary President of the NGO UNIMA-UKRAINE (Honoured Artist of Ukraine, Associate Professor, vice-rector of the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and Television).

Ruslan Neupokoiev – Head of the International Relations Commission (Associate Professor, Honoured Art Maker of Ukraine, Head of the Department of Puppet Theatre Art at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and Television).

Dr. Sofiia Rosa-Lavrentiy – Head of the Scientific and Publishing Commission (Associate Professor of the  Department of Theatre Studies and Performing arts of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv).

Dr. Yana Partola – Head of the Professional Training Commission (Dean of the Faculty of Theatre Arts, Kharkiv National I.P. Kotliarevskyі University of Arts).

Mykhailo Urytskyi – Head of the Public Relations Commission (director, lecturer at the Department Puppet Theatre Art at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and Television).

Yana Tytarenko – Head of the Youth Commission (director of the Lviv Academic Regional Puppet Theatre).

Oleksandra Titarova – Head of the Commission for work with private theatres e (Producer of the Puppet Theatre “Ravlyk” (Snail).

Viktor Havryliuk – Head of the Audit Commission (General Manager-Artistic director of the Kherson Academic Regional Puppet Theatre).

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