Selene Beretta Grande is an international theatre director and teacher having previously worked in the UK, USA, and Switzerland. She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, where she completed a Masters in Theatre. Previously, she completed her conservatory training in New York City as an actress and performed in and directed classical and contemporary works in the United States. Her teaching spans acting methodologies such as Stanislavsky, Hagen and Meisner to experimental practitioners such as Grotowski, Laban, Meyerhold and more. She trained with Anne Bogart and SITI company extensively in the Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints. Selene began her teaching career in NYC and has since taught and mentored actors professionally as well as youth theatre and children’s theatre programs across the world. She was the Head of Acting in Switzerland’s premier youth acting academy and taught and directed professional actors and students that now appear in the West End and on Broadway.