Ishrafeel Shaheen attending theatre conference in Russia

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Entertainment Desk :
Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Saint Petersburg, is celebrating their 240th founding anniversary from October 27 to November 3. They are arranging an international conference on the issues of theatre education, as a part of the celebration. Renowned theatre activists and personalities from across the globe are attending the event. Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, established in 1779, is the oldest and largest institute of its kind in Russia.
As the only representative from Bangladesh, Dr Ishrafeel Shaheen, a noted director and Professor at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Dhaka, went there to attend the conference. He graduated from the National School of Drama in Delhi before completing his PhD from Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata on Street Theatre in Bangladesh in 1999.
Before leaving country Dr Shaheen informed that at the conference he will conduct a seminar on ‘Education of mutual diagnosis and the site of shared creation: Theatre needs education, education needs mutual diagnosis and shared experiences as stimulation of socio-emotional cognitive transgression.’
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