UPDATE Programme 2024 - Theatreculture

Dear colleagues and friends,

The World Theatre Training Institute AKT-ZENT would like to update its plans for 2024. All of this year’s projects have a central theme:

Methods for self-preparation

“Self-preparation” is a topic that Jurij Alschitz has been pursuing for many years and which is perceived as increasingly important and crucial for personal development and career in the present state of society – yet is not taught as a subject at drama schools and academies. The numerous methods are still waiting to be discovered and applied! We invite you to do so with us!

Discover offers for actors, directors, teachers and all those who want to train intensively at a professional level and learn new approaches to theatre practice.

As always, we are very happy about your word-of-mouth recommendations. We keep the fees low and do not spend the artists’ money on PR campaigns. So please pass on our offers to your colleagues.

Thank you very much!

7 February 2024 17-20:00 UTC+1 online		Solo – The devised Monologue Christine Schmalor The SOLO course supports artists who are creating a monologue, a monodrama, a solo performance or their own devised theatre evening. You can still join for the 3rd topic: Composition – Building your fundament, your compass, your artistic language
		NEW: the course The Director’s Tools will be held online an intensive course for active participation sharing knowledge worldwide. The online-only course allows us to reduce the price!
11 February 15-18:00 UTC+1 Introduction 21 – 25 February 10-14:00 Intensive course Now as online course		Dr. Jurij Alschitz opens his new permanent International Directing Programme with The Director’s Tools → for those who have decided to pursue a directing career, → for all directors, theatre educators, actors and playwrights with professional experience, who wish to enhance their practical skills. A course about the director’s instrumentarium at the preparation stage, i.e. the underlying methodology for all artistic decisions, especially text analysis and strategies on how to work with the actors. If you need a sound basis for your directing with all its complicated choices and decisions – you can get it here!
		NEW: changed course dates – join in March!
4 March – 29 April Mondays 17-20:00 UTC+1 online		The Vertical of the Role Christine Schmalor The Vertical of the Role is already a classic in the European Theatre. This method for the actor’s self-preparation was created by Dr. Jurij Alschitz 25 years ago. Over the years it has naturally changed, many steps have been adapted for online teaching and lead to even more self-reliance for the artists. The actor becomes the author of the role and thus the encounter with the director on the film set or on the first day of rehearsals in the theatre takes place at eye level. This method will help you prepare for a role throughout your life. The clear work steps give you certainty as to which tasks you can set yourself and in what order so that you can grasp a role in all its dimensions. In addition to the 8 group sessions, all personal questions can be addressed in 2 individual coaching sessions.
		NEW: “Training as Method” to try out and experience first-hand in Berlin
18 – 21 April 10-14:00 Practical course in Berlin		Training as Method Dr Jurij Alschitz A Masterclass for Drama Teachers, Theatre Pedagogues, Directors “Training is first and foremost a transition from the world of everyday life into the world of art.“ If you want to make your life as an acting teacher or theatre pedagogue not only easier but also more fulfilling – Jurij Alschitz shows you the way. Hundreds of exercises are waiting for you, but also the methodology to develop your own exercises…
		NEW: Rehearsal Methods in the Berlin studio
Online Introduction to be announced 8 – 12 May 10-14:00 Practical course in Berlin early bird offer until 15 March!		Dr. Jurij Alschitz continues his new permanent International Directing Programme with Rehearsal Methods The biggest challenge for the director is realising their ideas with the actors on stage. The actor is the most important, but also the most complex, the most unpredictable ‘material’ that the director encounters and has to deal with in the process of working on a play. A director needs to have several methods in reserve for a good production, just as the actor needs to have several methods in reserve for his role creation. Develop the confidence to master and combine a whole range of methods.
20 July – 4 August Montereto, Italy early bird offer until 1 April!		XIV International Theatre Summer Academy in cooperation with Čajka Teatro d’Avanguardia Popolare – Teatro Oriens self-preparation – the secret to success Artistic Direction Dr Jurij Alschitz / International Team of Teachers With its annual International Theatre Summer Academy, the World Theatre Training Institute offers a supplement to drama school programmes and therefore offers both students and professional theatre professionals a unique opportunity for personal advanced training. Actors, directors, theatre pedagogues and drama teachers are invited to intensively explore and learn the wide range of techniques and methods for self-preparation at the highest professional level. The two courses for Acting and Directing will be led by Dr. Jurij Alschitz, Christine Schmalor and Riccardo Palmieri.
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