Katharine Sergava was a Russian ballet dancer and an actor. When I met Ms.Sergava, she was in her seventies and was an instructor at Herbert Berghof Studios (HB Studios) on Bank Street in Greenwich Village, New York. Ms. Sergava had an elegance, a keenness, a textured approach to the art of acting. Through …
Here is an excerpt from a book written about Katherine Sergava by David Arthur Walters, another former student: “I have had great teachers. I love them because they told me the truth.” Katharine Sergava “I recall very well my evening classes with master drama teacher Katharine Sergava in the basement of HB Studio …
HB Studio was founded in 1945 by the Broadway actor and director Herbert Berghof. He conceived HB Studio as a place where artists at all stages of their careers could continue to work and practice between jobs with the support and challenges of their more experienced colleagues in a space free from pressures related to …