THE WORK,
OVER TIME
The practice behind Soft Uprising did not begin in a studio | it began in bodies, in ensemble, in the slow accumulation of knowledge across institutions, disciplines, and communities.
Foundations
A foundation in live performance and ensemble storytelling, rooted in the rich tradition of Georgian drama | BA in Drama, Georgian State University.
Inclusion
The beginning of something more intentional: developing inclusive community integration practices for neurodiverse participants.
Materiality
Costume & Prop Design, Deutsches Theater Berlin | building fluency in the material and spatial languages of professional European theatre.
Production
Production and Stage Design, Deutsche Oper Berlin | expanding fluency into large-scale interdisciplinary production at the highest institutional level.
Partnerships
Somatic-led workshop partnerships with international rehabilitation centers and NGOs | bringing trauma-aware practice into clinical contexts.
Deepening
MA, Visual Arts & Postcontemporary Practices | deepening the theoretical and artistic framework that now grounds Soft Uprising.
How can art serve the full range of human experience | especially those experiences most often excluded from the stage?
Lasha Rostobaia
A theatre practitioner and somatic facilitator based in Berlin, with over a decade of experience across Europe's leading stages. Trained as a director and actor in Tbilisi, Lasha has worked as Props Master and Stage Manager at Schlosspark Theater, Deutsches Theater, Theater des Westens, and Deutsche Oper Berlin | bringing rigorous material and spatial craft to each production. Alongside institutional theatre, he has led inclusive performance projects for neurodiverse communities, directed the Berlin International Youth Theater, and holds a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certificate in breathwork and vinyasa. His current practice, Soft Uprising, draws all of these threads together | into a methodology where the body is both the site and the instrument of transformation.