OPEN CALLS FOR ARTISTS

Courses for Acting, Directing and Teaching on stage and online

19. Juli – 3. August
Montecreto, Italy

Those who register by 1 April safe 100€ !
If you register by 1 February, you will save another 50€ !

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Welcome to the XV International Theatre Summer Academy 2025!

Artistic Direction: Dr Jurij Alschitz / International team of teachers

self-preparation: your secret to success

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.

The two courses for Acting and Directing will work with the wonderful summer story White Nights by F. Dostoyevsky to discover the various methods and full potential of the art of storytelling

7/8/9 February
14/15/16 February 2025
always 15-18:00 UTC+1 online

early bird price until 15 January

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7 Keys to the Role

Jurij Alschitz shares his methods for the actor’s self-preparation

This online course is a starting point to get to know the different methodological paths, to apply them and to understand their endless possibilities. You will receive 7 keys to the role. By preparing yourself for a role, you will have begun to take your artistic future into your own hands and will be able to open a multitude of doors and explore new artistic dimensions.

Thursdays and Mondays
20 February – 10 March
always at 18:00 – 20:30 UTC+1 online
early bird price until 30 January

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The magical power of dialogue

Christine Schmalor proposes an artistic encounter with the dialogue

This course invites you to discover not only the beauty but also the magical power of dialogue.

We all talk, discuss, scream and try to communicate but do we know the secrets of a true dialogue? When was the last time you had a real dialogue that had a lasting effect on you? It is a seemingly forgotten cultural technique. After all, dialogue was born on stage – but it doesn’t have an easy life there today.

As theatre artists we should start again on stage and look for the enormous potential of a true dialogue. How to start? How to lead it? Which forms are existing?

Sat 01 + Sun 02 March
Sat 08 + Sun 09 March
Sat 15 + Sun 16 March
Sat 22 + Sun 23 March 2025
always at 15:00 – 18:00 UTC+1
online

early bird price until 1 February

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The Director’s Rehearsal Methods

Jurij Alschitz shares indispensable know-how for directors, teachers and actors

“The true art of directing reveals itself in the ability to work with actors.”

All rehearsal methods can be compared to keys with which you can, so to speak, “open” the actor, the role and the play. They, like all keys, are somewhat similar, but nevertheless differ in a small “prong” and therefore open different locks. In this course, Jurij Alschitz will present in detail five methods for working with actors; for accessing a play or a role.

8 meetings plus 2 individual coachings
22 March – 26 April online
early bird price until 1 March

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The Vertical of the Role

Christine Schmalor accompanies actors to develop and create a Vertical

This method for 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.

Clear work steps give you certainty about which tasks you can set yourself and in what order, so that you can grasp a role in all its dimensions and start rehearsals on an equal footing with your director.

After this online course, you will have the opportunity to realise your Vertical on stage in a laboratory to be organised jointly.

online worldwide
or face-to-face in Berlin

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One-to-One Training

Individual learning, coaching, consultation

The World Theatre Training Institute AKT-ZENT is offering a new line within its online theatre academy: one-to-one training. Here you find teaching formats and content that will be tailored to you personally. 
Choose what you need at the moment: is it a comprehensive private training at the Alschitz School for One, or a professional dialogue as a consultation, or the individual coaching for actors with Christine Schmalor?

8 meetings as an individual course

online worldwide
or face-to-face in Berlin

Request today – start tomorrow

The Vertical of the Role – one-to-one

Christine Schmalor

Jurij Alschitz’s famous method for the self-preparation of the actor.
By working on a Vertical of the Role, I decide above all to change my own personal role: from that of a mere actor to that of an artist who – immediately recognisable to everyone – enters the stage with a specific weight.

Online Theatre Academy

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Online Courses for actors, directors and trainers

• find new formats of learning
• integrate learning into your daily work
• discovered new topics for your own theatre practice
• meet colleagues from all over the world

The online format cannot replace the rehearsal room, but it can enrich it with new impulses in a completely different way.

Hybrid formats allow online + offline participation

The Online Theatre Academy offers flexible and affordable ways to further your education without much effort. There are experimental courses to discover, in small groups and with individual coaching.

Welcome!