Dear Colleagues and friends
A warm invitation to the October seminar in Berlin with Jurij Alschitz, which will focus on stage practice. It is the only live seminar with Jurij Alschitz for the rest of the year. A new intimate format will be tried out here – a unique chance to be initiated into the secrets of a master!
“The Art of Rehearsal” is planned to continue in February – April – June 2024 and will present further new and unusual rehearsal methods. In addition, directors can attend an online course on dialogue in November – see below.
The Art of Rehearsal
Directing Practice for Directors and Actors
Blended course
8 October 2023 Online Introduction
12 – 16 October practical studio work in Berlin-Wilmersdorf
Registration
The most important thing in a director’s work is not to invent a performance, but to realise it with the actors on stage. The actor is the most important, the most difficult, the most unpredictable “material” that the director meets in the process of creating a performance. Theatre academies pay too little attention to the craft of rehearsal, which is why the World Theatre Training Institute AKT-ZENT, together with the Online Theatre Academy, offers a practical course on how a director can rehearse with actors.
A course on rehearsal practice will be helpful for both directors and actors, as actors are in many ways the directors of their own roles. In addition, it is becoming increasingly important to use professional methods for the collaborative way of working that is common today.
This workshop is short, only five days, but enough time to understand and master the basic rules of two highly interesting and effective methods. In order to use these five days effectively, all participants will meet online 4 days before for an intensive introduction, where they will be given tasks to prepare, which they will then realise on stage.
Course content
The first method of rehearsal is called “Apokryphos”, borrowed from the Greek apokryphos – hidden. This method is both unusual and very useful because it helps the director and the actor in actions and words to discover or create shadowy, unusual and paradoxical passages of the scene and the performance that are either not to be found at all or only with difficulty in the text of the play.
The second method is the “Method of Emptiness”. It is methodologically related to the first and is based on the assertion that 70 to 80 % of the play consists of emptiness. Everything that exists in the play is built on the foundation of emptiness. Emptiness is the basis for working with the text, it is the space where the most important events take place, where feelings are born and where the main decisions are made. The method reveals to the director and the actor what is not seen or heard, but is the basis for the life of the role and the performance.
In the seminar, maximum time is devoted to the practical implementation of the director’s ideas on stage with the actors. A minimum of theory and a maximum of practice.
This seminar is aimed at directors and actors as well as theatre pedagogues.
The number of participants is limited as I have chosen a new format in an intimate, professional atmosphere where everyone should have the opportunity to put the methods into practice. Open practical rehearsals and their evaluation will take time accordingly.
Practical information
Teaching language: English
teaching hours: online: Sunday 8 October 2023 at 15:00 – 18:00 UTC+2 | Berlin time
Berlin studio: Thursday 12 October – Monday 16 October 2023 at 10:00 – 14:00 practical seminar in the studio in Berlin Wilmersdorf with the possibility to use this also in the afternoon hours.
Tuition fee: 490€
Registration
for all further questions: akt.zent@berlin.de
or simply call: +49 30 612 87 274
In November we continue online, complementary to the practical course “The Art of Rehearsing”. Young and experienced directors can put together their own comprehensive training course in a modular system according to their needs and scheduling possibilities.
The Director in Dialogue
Jurij Alschitz on the art of dialogue in directing and teaching.
8 + 10 November
The Director’s Dialogue with the Text
A director prepares – how does he achieve that the text speaks to him? He seeks dialogue, but how do you open the conversation? One understands the text, the role, words as living beings and finds the right keys to their secrets. This course opens the method of dialogical analysis.
15 + 17 November
The Director’s Dialogue with the Actor
The Art of Directing lies in bringing this process to life in rehearsals with the actors. Again, it is the art of dialogue to awaken the creative forces of all those involved. There are many ways and forms of working to achieve this. As directors, we should have the most diverse methods at our disposal so that we can always use them purposefully. This course provides a wealth of practical exercises on actors’ dialogue skills.
22 + 24 November
Creating Dialogue on Stage
Not all dialogue is the same. It appears in many forms, changes and plays with us as we play with it. Who knows all the possibilities? How to use them? Dialogue is one of the decisive characteristics of successful directing, especially how I skilfully “leave it to the actors”. This course uses advanced exercises to show how actors can play confidently with a wide variety of dialogue forms.
Registration
We again offer an early booking discount until 18 October!
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+49 30 612 87 274 akt.zent@berlin.de