Ljubisha NIKODINOVSKI-Bish, MA  Place and date of birth: Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, 22.03.1949.  Working address:  MOT International Theatre Festival  Kej Dimitar Vlahov b.b., P.O.Box 690  1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia  tel/fax:  + 389 (0)2 - 11 46 41 (use also: 11 59 06)        tel:   + 389 (0)2 - 11 46 41 (use also: 11 52 25)  e-mail: mot@unet.com.mk

Present professional occupation:

1.MOT International Theatre Festival, Artistic Director

2.Macedonian ITI Centre - UNESCO, General Secretary

Field of work: International co-operation and exchange in the field of theatre, integration of the activities of the MOT Festival, Macedonian ITI Centre, IETM. and Instituto Internacional del Teatro del Mediterraneo.
 

Short biography:

Philosopher, actor in the leading alternative theatres in Macedonia, producer, manager of the Theatre "Centar", one of the founder and artistic director of the MOInternational Theatre Festival M.O.T. (since 1976) and subscribing member of the Informal European Theatre Meeting, since I have been working for more than twenty years on the presentation and integration of the Macedonian theatre in Europe and the whole world.

As one of the founders and a current general secretary of the Macedonian Centre of the International Theatre Institute, I am very active in the ITI Communication Committee, and so far I have published an article about Macedonia in the publication "The World of the Theatre" (1992-1994). As a theatre essayist and editor of the book "Oresteia in Action", I have also published many articles in the theatrical magazines and the daily press in my country. One of the founder and publisher of the "Macedonian ITI Centre - INFO".
 

International projects and productions during the last years:

• Macedonian ITI Centre and ITI-UNESCO: the Meeting of the Theatre communities of the regions of the Balkans, Europe and other continents which was held in Ohrid (6th to 11th October, 1994). Launched an Appeal.
• IETM Workshop Meeting as a part of the 19th MOT (15-18 September, 1994), in Skopje.
• International Theatre Colony: young theatre activists from Macedonia, Slovenia and Bulgaria performed the three parts of the Trilogy by Aeschylus "Oresteia", as a result of the work. MOT production staged for the "Ohrid Summer Festival"(August, 1993).