Sankar Lal Sivasankaran Nair comes from Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, India), where for a few years he studied playing traditional Kerala instruments, as well as basics of the dance-theatre, kathakali. He is a certified aiurvedic massagist. He learned the Southern style of kalarippayattu in Thiruvananthapuram mainly from Tirupuram C. Madhavan (Anjaneya Kalari Sangham), Jayachandran Nair (Kerala School of Martial Arts), as well as Thankapan Assan and Ajith Kumar (Maruthi Marma Chikilsa Kalari Sangham and Ayurveda). In the years 2005-2008, he worked with an Indian theatre group Milon Mela, co-leading numerous workshops and performing in festivals in India and Europe (among others in Poland, on invitation of the Grotowski Centre and Institute). Since a year he has lived in Wroclaw (Poland). He leads trainings and workshops of the Southern style of kalarippayattu, and also gives ayurvedic massages.
Andrey Vipulis (Latvia/Russia) – born in Khabarovsk (USSR); 1987–1991 – The Moscow State Institute of Culture, speciality – the director of theatrical collective; 1990–1992 – actor of “Theatre-studio with the direction of А.Govoruho” (Moscow); 1992–1995 – actor of “Creative workshops” in group of Klim (Moscow). Took part in projects: "Persians" of Eshil, "Hamlet" of W. Shakespeare (the author of projects – Klim) and in performance “Delights of love” of Marivo (direction - V.Berzin). In 2003 actor in master class of Klim (Moscow). 2005 – actor in the project "Slovo o polku Igoreve" (direction - S.Kovalevich) at the territory of "The college of Business" (Moscow). 2005 – Performance-exhibition “College” (Moscow). 2009 – director of author's film "Birds of Passage" (2009). Since 2004 the head of "Workshop" at the territory of "The College of Business" (Moscow).
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