‍Co-founder of TISTO · Actor · Theater Director

Co-founder of Beautiful Flowers Theatre and NAFTA Theatre. Co-founder and director of Parade Fest International Theater Festival. TEDx speaker on transformation through play.

15+ years working at the intersection of theater, education, and leadership. Founded TISTO School in Ukraine — 1,000+ graduates, 20+ programs, 21 corporate clients including EPAM, GlobalLogic, and SoftServe. Led teams of 200+ people using theater-based methods.

Since 2022 — co-founder of Rescue Now humanitarian foundation (450,000+ people assisted, partnerships with UNICEF, USAID, UN).

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Actress · Teacher · ICF-Certified Coach

30 years of professional experience in theater and performance. 5 years with the Kharkiv State Academic Drama Theatre. 2.5 years teaching at Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts (Berlin). 13 years at Kharkiv National University of Arts.

3,000+ hours of acting training delivered. Certified coach under ICF standards (CoachingUp University). Co-creator of the TISTO program.

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Actor · Facilitator · MFA, The Juilliard School

The first Ukrainian actor in the history of The Juilliard School. Also holds BFA and MFA from Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema, and Television, and completed the Midsummer Conservatory Program at the British American Dramatic Academy (London).

30+ projects in film, television, and commercial productions. 10+ years of training in leading international programs. Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Prize in Acting (2024).

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Actress · Educator · Business Coach · PhD (Pedagogy)

9 years of stage career in Ukraine and Europe. 10 years teaching at Kharkiv National University of Arts, Ernst Busch Academy (Berlin), and Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (Potsdam).

Author of the Flow-Vision Coaching Method — a proprietary approach to working with the subconscious. 1,000+ workshops and masterclasses delivered, from aspiring actors to C-suite executives.

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Theater Director · Filmmaker · Acting Teacher · MFA, NYU Tisch

French-Singaporean filmmaker and theater director based in New York. Directed three productions in NYC in 2025, including her original play Eclipse. Films screened at Dallas, Brisbane, and St. Louis International Film Festivals. Winner, Best Drama Short — Barbados Independent Film Festival.

Acting on Camera instructor at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (Young Actors Program). Studied management at HEC Paris Business School.

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Theater Director · Actor · Educator

Ukrainian theater director, actor, and co-founder of Beautiful Flowers Theatre — an internationally recognized independent theater known for its wordless “funk futurism” performances presented across Europe and beyond.

Founder of NAFTA Theatre in Kharkiv and VARTA Theatre in Lviv — independent platforms combining contemporary theater, education, and socially engaged performance. Productions have been presented at META FORMY (Wrocław) and Berliner Theatertreffen.

Recipient of the Les Kurbas Prize (2024) for the production Rainbow on Saltivka — becoming the first director from Ukraine’s independent theater sector to receive the award. Directs productions across leading Ukrainian theaters.

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Psychotherapist · PhD in Psychology · Relationship Coach

Psychotherapist, relationship coach, teacher, and supervisor with 20+ years of clinical experience in counseling and psychotherapy. Associate Professor of Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2006–2021).

Certified couples therapist trained in the Gottman Method. Deputy Director of the Ukrainian Institute of Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy. Member of both the Ukrainian National Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association.

Trainer at TISTO since 2021, working at the intersection of psychology, embodiment, communication, and human connection.

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Director · Actor · Educator · Improv Coach

Yuriy Klyatskin is a theater director, actor, educator, and improvisation coach with 24 years of professional experience in performance and live interaction. Founder of the Improvisation School and the immersive theater “Potik.”

For 15 years, he worked as an actor, director, and educator at the iconic Ukrainian improvisational theater “Chornyi Kvadrat,” helping develop improvisation practices for stage and everyday communication.

Improv coach for the Ukrainian television show League of Laughter (Seasons 7–9). His work focuses on adaptability, spontaneity, playful thinking, and helping people feel more alive and responsive in real-life situations.

Actor • Director • Acting Teacher • Сertified Coach

20 years of acting experience. 13 years at „Burgtheater“, Vienna. 5 years at Salzburg-Festival and others. 3 years teacher at HfS Ernst Busch, Berlin.

Certified Coach (ISO/IEC 17024) and certified (Goethe) teacher for German as a foreign language.

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Fima Chupakhin is a New York based Ukrainian jazz pianist, film composer, and producer: a Fulbright Scholar, a Ukrainian Film Awards Best Composer nominee, with performances at major U.S. festivals and iconic New York venues.

Music For Daydreaming is his ambient, piano driven project: intimate piano, soft electronic textures, slowly unfolding soundscapes — music to get lost in for a little while. It premiered at Burning Man in 2025.

On Sunday night it plays live: by the fire, under the open sky.

Actress · Theatre curator · MA student in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Yulia Linnik is a theatre artist and curator. She began her path as an actress, working on theatre projects in Ukraine with Nafta Theatre in Kharkiv and the Tinyova Theatre Group in Kyiv, as well as internationally in Austria, Poland, Germany, and the United States, before expanding her practice into theatre curation and directing.

Over the past year, she has curated an educational programme at the Kyiv National Molodiy Theatre, produced Jérôme Bel’s GALA at Lviv’s Zankovetska Theatre, and directed Ophelia and Polonius Meet in the Summerhouse. Since September 2026, she has been pursuing an MA in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts as a Fulbright scholar.