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Biography
Ira Judkovskaja is a Russian-born Dutch theatre director.
Biography
Ira Judkovskaja (Moscow, 1975) graduated in 1999 from the Amsterdam School of the Arts (Directing). After graduating she worked with various theatre companies and production houses, including Noord Nederlands Toneel (NNT) and Het Toneel Speelt and Toneelschuur.
As a director Judkovskaja engages a broad spectrum of forms, styles and repertoire choices, drawing on both classical and contemporary materials. Her work is characterized by a marked attention to text and an imaginative use of space. Judkovskaja makes textual theatre, music theatre and physical theatre. Venues range from intimate settings to site-specific outdoor locations. Since 2008 Judkovskaja is the artistic director of the professional Dutch theatre company Tryater in Leeuwarden, in the northern province of Friesland.
Work
Theatre Director
- 2008 "Gleone Gloede (Burning Bright)"
- 2009 "Fan de Sted en it Libben (On Life and the City)"
- 2010 "Master & Margarita"
- 2011 "Macbeth"