Dr. Professor, Levan Khetaguri, Director of Arts Research Center of Georgia, UNESCO Chair coordinator of Georgian Technical University, Director of Gurdjieff Institute Tbilisi; International expert in Performing Arts Studies, Higher Arts Education, Cultural Policy and Management, Cultural Research. Founder member of EC world traditional theatre forum. ITI/UNESCO PA Higher Education Network Board Member. Ex-Chair of adviser’s board of Eastern European Partnership Culture Program. He is member of different international institutions, advisers and scientific boards. Since 2023 Deputy Director of Antonin Artaud Institute /Brazil/.

Since 1997 Secretary General of ITI Georgian National Center and Director of the European Theatre Research Institute in Georgia. Member of  FIRT. In 2024 was elected as Executive Council member of UNESCO International Theatre Institute, worldwide organization for performing arts.  Since 2024 UNESCO ITI worldwide Executive Council member.

Since 2006 Bologna Expert in Higher Arts education, Quality Assurance. Author of various curriculums and educational frames for BA, MA and PhD levels.

2004-2010 He was vice Rector of Theatre and Film Georgian State University.

2016-2017 research expert for UNESCO CDIS research.

Since 2018 member of Directors Board of ITTA /CHINA/; In 2020 he was awarded with certificate of Cultural and Tourism Friendly Envoy from Zhejiang Provincial Department.

As practitioner since 1990 he runs several hundreds of local and international /Urban and Rural areas/ projects as initiator, manager, producer or participant.

His Phd was about Myth, Ritual and Parables in British Drama, which was published later as book. Main research areas are origin of the theatre, contemporary performing arts forms, theatre texts forms, traditional theatre routs etc.

Since 1981 author of over 80 publications /editor and translator/ in the journals and newspapers (Georgian, Russian, English, Polish, German, Azerbaijanian, Chinese, Slovak etc) about performing arts. Author of several books (French Theatre, Austrian Theatre, UK drama, Grotowski, Kantor, Gurdjieff, World theatre history etc); In 2000 was awarded by Swedish Writers Guild. Since; 2008 member of European Cultural Parliament and strategic group of A Soul for Europe movement. Secretary General of UNIMA Georgia./.

Since 1991 organizer of various cultural programs: seminars, conferences, festivals. Since 1996 as invited professor and expert he gave lectures and run workshops (in European and Asian countries like: Armenia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Poland, NL, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Lithuania, UK, Spain, Iran, Sweden etc.) and takes part in different international conferences and symposiums, special courses: World theatre history, Theory of drama, XX century theatre, History of European civilization, intercultural dialogue, visual communication and expression, performing arts management, cultural policy, international cooperation in the arts etc.

As producer he start his activity in late 80-ies, organizing presentation of Georgian puppet company in Germany, USA and former Soviet Union. First performing arts project was realized in 1991. After he working on TV, independent projects and as general director till now run different festivals, cultural presentation. Organizing successful touring of theatre companies from Lithuania, France, Norway, Spain, Iran, China etc, in Georgia. Bringing Georgian theatre, puppet and dance companies in different countries Europe and Asia.