Dear friends and colleagues!
Our 15th International Theatre Summer Academy
19 July – 3 August 2025 in Montecreto, Italy
is nearly booked out. One place for each course – acting, directing – is left, then we are opening the waiting list.
It still makes sense to apply – if you are fast.
But !
Jurij Alschitz is offering also a Laboratory in the Abbruzzo Mountains, just north of Pescara. Incredible panoramic views and pure nature are waiting to be experimentally harmonised with the artists’ work…
Join the
Art Picnic with Jurij Alschitz
A Theatre Laboratory in Nature for Artists – for Actors, Directors, Teachers
5 – 15 July 2025
The theatre laboratory will take place in the heart of nature, among woods and mountains. This project of the Institute of Theatre Pedagogy is a study of the relationship between the nature of the actor, the nature of his performance and the nature of the surrounding world.
There is a famous statement by Oscar Wilde: ‘Nature imitates what the work of art proposes’, but what if nature is really natural and the actor is artificial? Or do they change position from time to time? What if the artificiality of theatre and acting is not a consequence of the cultural context, but the very essence of human nature, seeking expression and playful transformation of the world?
In this laboratory, there will be no usual frames and sets. Not only will nature be our research space, but also a painting will be the subject of our work. We will work with the expressive elements of theatre, literature and painting, trying to discover how nature can become an active part in the creation of a theatrical image and the actor an integral part of this world.
Our process will be built on the practice of improvisation, on group exercises and individual and on the deep interaction of the training with the world around us. We will have the opportunity to listen, feel and see how theatre play can bring nature to life and nature can inspire the actor to new forms of expression.
Join us this summer to explore the boundaries between art and nature, body and space, reality and fiction.
Tuition in Italian and English. It is an advantage to have some knowledge of Italian language.
Cost of participation in the workshop
➢ in the role of actors € 600.00
➢ in the role of directors and/or drama teachers € 700.00
If you are interested, contact diectly
+39 333 422 6744 (Italian) istititutodipedagigateatrale@gmail.com
+49 30 612 87 274 (English) better via contact form
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akt.zent@berlin.de