Performer Support During Festival Off Avignon

Embodiment | Stage presence | Artistic resilience
Performance sustainability
Support for performers, companies and creators working under the intense conditions of Festival Off Avignon.

Festival Off d'Avignon is not only an inspiring and exiting experience with highly valuable outcome, it also places extraordinary demands on performers.

To help artists on the ground I provide short, focused interventions that help teams maintain artistic quality without burning out.
With daily performances, financial pressure, audience unpredictability, and creative exhaustion, festivals often push artists into survival mode.





This support format is professionally designed

to help artists maintain clarity, embodiment, resilience, and artistic quality

throughout the intensity of the festival.

  • Pre-show reset
    – nervous system regulation
    – restored stage focus
    – artistic clarity
    – preparation before performance

  • Post-show recovery
    – emotional reset after difficult performances
    – burnout prevention

  • Company support
    – group regulation
    – artistic alignment
    – improvisation under stress
    – support during high-pressure decision making
    – emotional reset after difficult performances
  • Emergency artistic support
    – nerves system regulation under pressure
    – grounding and restored for stage focus
    – resilience during creative overload
  • Labs / Workshops
    Short formats for festival participants.

    Topics may include:
    – stage presence under pressure
    – resilience for performers
    – embodied creativity
    – working with vulnerability on stage
    – improvisation under stress

    Format: half-day / full day / 2–3 days
Same-day sessions possible
Flexible scheduling around performances
English/French/Russian languages
In-persone support in Avignon
I HELP

performers

actors

dancers

directors

physical theatre artists

interdisciplinary performers

companies


stay clear, emotionally regulated, and artistically precise while presenting their work

during high-pressure festival OFF period

My name is Katrina Gridina

I am an Avignon based artist coach for performers and creators specializing in

  • embodiment,
  • stage presence,
  • creative resilience,
  • and authentic artistic expression.

I am also a stage director, performer, and founder of the Art of Being School of Improvisation and Performance, where for more than 15 years I have developed interdisciplinary work combining improvisation, embodiment practices, artistic mentorship, and psychology-informed methodologies.

My professional background includes:


  • directing and performing original stage works internationally and during Avignon OFF 2024
  • creating festivals, conferences, and educational programs
  • mentoring performers, directors, dancers, and creators
  • supporting artists through creative blocks, performance anxiety, and high-pressure creative processes
  • working with migrants, vulnerable communities, and socially engaged artistic contexts
  • multilingual work in English, French, and Russian
Contact us with any convenient way:

E-mail: kgridina@gmail.com
Phone: +33 783 75 1771
Social networks: Facebook | Instagram | Youtube

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e-mail us: hello@company.cc
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