#  Julia Smeliansky 

American Repertory Theater, Associate Director, Pedagogical Programs

Lecturer on Theater, Dance & Media

 

 

 



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Julia Smeliansky is the Administrative Director of the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, and Lecturer on Theater, Dance and Media. Ms. Smeliansky produced numerous international cultural projects and exchanges, including the Centennial American Tour of the Moscow Art Theater at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the American Tour of the Boris Eifman Ballet Theatre of Saint Petersburg, the Maya Plisetskaya Gala at The City Center in New York, and the Stars of Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet at Lincoln Center. Ms. Smeliansky co-translated with Mr. Ryan McKirttrick *Forbidden Christmas* by Rezo Gabriadze starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, as well as *Lady With A Lapdog* and *The Seagull* by Anton Chekhov. Her translations into Russian include *The Pillowman* by Martin McDonagh, *Circle Mirror Transformations* by Annie Baker, *Fat Pig* by Neil LaBute, *Is He Dead* by Mark Twain, *Leading Ladies* and *Lend Me A Tenor*by Ken Ludwig, and *Cemetery Club* by Ivan Menchel. Ms. Smeliansky is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama in theater management and holds an MFA in art history from Moscow State University.

 

 

 





 

 

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