Michael Chekhov Technique – Intensive Training Programme

FOUNDATION of the Chekhov Technique including:
the threshold; psycho-physical basics (heaviness-lightness-balancing; expansion-contraction); body-mind-relationship; concentration and imagination; the actor’s psychology; Chekhov’s biography and an overview of his technique; work on a monologue.

STEPPING DEEPER into the elements of the technique through:
psycho-physical training (4-kinds-of-movement); rounding up the 3-archetypal-phenomena; space and movement; atmosphere 1; imagination; concentration; the actor as a creative artist; new monologue work; how to read and learn the text.

CREATING THE ARTISTIC FIELD by using the tools:
atmosphere 2 (objective and individual, qualities); archetypal movements; psychological gesture 1; imagination; concentration; improvisation; the actor’s freedom; work on the monologue for presentation.

EXPLORING THE CHARACTER (I) with the Chekhov Technique through:
learning more about psychological gesture 2; personal and artistic feelings; stage business and character work; text and imagination; ensemble-improvisation; actor as player;
working on a dialogue; exploring a part; finding differences between oneself and the character.

EXPLORING THE CHARACTER (II) with the Chekhov Technique through:
imaginary body; imaginary centres; stage businesses and time; psycho-physical freedom; imagination and space; acting the text; working on the dialogue; set and stage-businesses; interaction

ENSEMBLE AND INDIVIDUALITY
The actor’s creative individuality (higher ego) and the ensemble; Four stages of the creative process; Imagination; The actor as self-director; Working on the dialogue.

FULFIL THE TRANSFORMATION
Pause, tempo and other tools; Bringing the tools together; Imagination; The actor as performer (improviser); Working on the dialogue and bringing it to performance;
Certification.