Tomi Janežič is a Slovenian theatre director, professor at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film, and Television in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and a psychodrama psychotherapist. He is also one of the founders and the artistic director of the Studio for Research on the Art of Acting which runs its activities mostly at Krušče Workcenter for Artistic Research, Creation, Residency and Education in Krušče, Slovenia.
Tomi has worked in most of the former Yugoslav countries. He has directed or lectured in more than a dozen of different countries (from former Yugoslav countries to Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romunia, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russia etc.) His performances have toured on dozens of international festivals around Europe, in Russia, the United States and in the countries of former Yugoslavia (Vienna, Brussels, Rotterdam, Munich, Düsseldorf, Firenze, Budapest, Nitra, Sofia, Piatra Neamt, Timișoara, Sfântu Gheorghe, Moscow, St. Petersburg, New York, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Rijeka, Dubrovnik, Split, Skopje, Ohrid, Ljubljana etc.)
Janežič is a recipient of dozens of prizes and awards including Borštnik award, four Sterija awards, two MESS Golden Laurel Wreath awards,[3] two Ardalion Awards, two Grand prix Golden Lion awards, Golden Mask, Golden Bird and Judita awards, two dr. Djuro Rošić awards, and other Grand Prix, international critic and audience awards (including BITEF audience award for best performance) and awards for directing.
Tomi has been described as: "one of the very few researchers of acting in the present-day Europe (Prof. Ognjenka Milićević)"; "a teacher of the best method trained actors I have ever had the pleasure to work with: the level of talent and their desire to improve their craft reminded me of the Actors studio, when I first started in 1968 till Strasberg's death in 1982" (Ed Kovens); the director of the performance characterized by "an unparalleled quality in the art of acting", which "can truly shift the parameters of our emotional and intellectual reality" (Nataša Govedić); "we can already speak about the Janežič System" (Branka Krilović).
Spontaneity was The starting point for our discussion - that is spontaneity (as defined by the father of psychodrama, JL Moreno.) Tomi also shared his perspective on how detachment is necessary in the creation of art.
