Festivals - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

PART THREE CVs of the Authors
DRAGAN KLAIC (1950)
Dragan Klaic is Professor of Theater Studies at the University of Amsterdam and a
Permanent Fellow of Felix Meritis Foundation (Amsterdam). Educated in dramaturgy
in Belgrade and with a doctorate in theater history and dramatic criticism from Yale
University, Klaic has been lecturing widely in Europe and America, took part in numerous
conferences and symposia and worked as theater critic, dramaturg, festival
and production advisor, editor, researcher and trainer. Before leaving Yugoslavia in
1991 he was Professor at the University of Arts in Belgrade and the founding Co-
Editor of Euromaske, the European Theater Quarterly. From 1992 until summer 2001
he was Director of Theater Instituut Nederland in Amsterdam. Among his books are
several works published in the former Yugoslavia as well as Terrorism and Modern
Drama (co-edited with J. Orr, Edinburgh Univ. Press 1990, paperback 1992), The Plot
of The Future: Utopia and Dystopia in Modern Drama (Michigan Univ. Press 1991),
and Shifting Gears/ Changer de vitesse (co-edited with R. Engelander, TIN Amsterdam
1998). His articles appeared in many periodicals in several languages. Klaic is a
Contributing Editor of the Theater magazine (USA), President of the European Forum
of Arts & Heritage (EFAH, Brussels), board member of Praemium Erasmianum
(Amsterdam) and Transeuropeennes (Paris) and member of the advisory boards of
the Nexus Institute (Tilburg), Kunsten 92, the Fund for the Central & East European
Book Project (Amsterdam) and of the Marcel Hicter European Diploma training program
(Brussels).
UGO BACCHELLA (1952)
Formerly a performing arts manager (1979-1987), is a Founder and President of Fondazione
Fitzcarraldo, an international independent centre for research, training, planning,
and documentation on cultural, arts and media management, economics and
policies based in Turin, Italy. He is responsible for the general management of the
Fondazione and Head of Training.
Professor at the University of Bologna and since 1995 at ICCM , Salzburg. Lecturer in
Italy and abroad. Acts as a consultant to public and private organizations on strategic
planning, feasibility study, project management and as expert of cultural policies for
the Council of Europe and for the European Commission. Has published and contributed
as speaker to international conferences and workshops in many countries.
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