Jurij Leonowitsch Alschitz or Jurij Al'šic (Юрий Леонович Альшиц; born 9 August 1947 in Odesa, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian - German theatre director, acting pedagogue and researcher specialising in applied theatre practice. He is known for developing a comprehensive artistic methodological approach for 21st century dramatic arts, ‘Training as Method’.[1] He is the artistic director of the European Association for Theatre Culture and the World Theatre Training Institute AKT-ZENT/ITI,[2] appointed by the International Theatre Institute as research centre for theatre training methods.[3]