The Art of Acting and Creating
The Michael Chekhov Technique in Practice
A European Training Programme
Module II:
The Space of Creativity
Creative Individuality – Atmosphere – Play
22 - 27 August 2011, Groznjan, Croatia
In the creative process we are looking for a balance between focus and
inspiration.
Wild inspiration is useless unless it finds a focus. At the same time too much
focus and restriction to the options can kill the inspiration. The balance is
delicate. We will try to find out how much personal space is needed to find this
balance. Improvisations will help us examine our sense of playfulness and we
will explore the precise actions we can take on the path of creativity.
Furthermore we will explore the space and the world of a given play. What
happens when we really dive into the writer’s world and allow ourselves to be
surprised by its specific dynamics, energy, language and space?
Michael Chekhov’s concepts of “Atmosphere” (“the soul of every piece of art”)
and “The Sense of Ease, Form, Beauty and the Whole” (“the four brothers”)
will guide us through this exploration.
We will work on
● Focus ● Space ● Objective and Personal Atmosphere ● Playfulness ● Higher
Self ● Feeling of Ease ● Feeling of Form ● Feeling of Beauty ● Feeling of the
Whole ● Improvisation and Text
Please be prepared to learn some text from a play. The play and selected
scenes will be announced ca.3 weeks before the workshop starts.
FACULTY
David Zinder, Tel Aviv, Israel
Suzana Nikolić, Zagreb, Croatia
Jesper Michelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ulrich Meyer–Horsch, Hamburg, Germany
David Zinder
Director, Author, Prof.emeritus of Tel Aviv University Department of Theatre
Arts
David was a founding member of Michael Chekhov Association and has over
three decades of experience in actor training and directing. Today he is a
freelance international director.
He taught and directed extensively in the US, Europe (both East and West) and
in the Far East. The many years David spent training actors culminated in his
book Body - Voice - Imagination: A Training for the Actor, published by
Routledge, New York.
Since 2000 David has been directing in Romania where he produced highly
acclaimed productions of The Dybbuk, The Bacchae, a Stoppard double-bill:
After Magritte & The real Inspector Hound, Macbeth and Peer Gynt.
David is currently setting up a new School of the Arts in Tel Aviv.
Suzana Nikolic
Actress, Professor for Voice and Speech, Academy of Dramatic Art, University
of Zagreb
Graduate of the Academy of Dramatic Art and Fulbright scholar at NYU Tisch
School of the Arts, Graduate Acting Program.
Suzana’s current position at the Academy of Dramatic Art is full time Professor
and Head of Voice and Speech Department.
She is a Founder and Artistic director of Performing arts Studio Etra. Her
acting credits include theatre performances, feature films, television films &
serials, as well as radio.
Suzana has being certificated as a teacher of the Michael Chekhov Technique
in 2004 by MICHA, USA. She works professionally with the Technique over 15
years.
Jesper Michelsen
Director and Acting Coach, Artistic Director of Glad Teater, Copenhagen.
Originally trained as an actor, over the last ten years Jesper has been working
mostly as an acting coach, director, dramaturge and producer in many different
projects.
He holds a BA in theatre studies and pedagogy from the University of
Copenhagen.
Jesper studied the MC Technique with MICHA (USA) and has been working
with it in various workshops and programmes since 2003, teaching MC
Technique alone or combined with Meisner- and other techniques.
He is the co-founder of Glad Teater, a professional theatre and acting school
for people with handicaps in Copenhagen.
His special interest alongside training actors is the use of the body and the
imagination in human development and creativity.
Ulrich Meyer-Horsch
Actor and Director, Michail Cekhov Schauspielstudio Hamburg.
Over the last 20 years Ulrich has been working at Theater Kiel, Theater Lübeck,
Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Altonaer Theater,
Komödie Düsseldorf and Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin.
His production of Bertolt Brecht’s A Man’s a Man (Lichthof Theater Hamburg)
won the Pegasus Award 2008.
Ulrich holds diplomas in theology, philosophy and theatre pedagogy from the
Universities of Heidelberg, Hamburg and London (King’s College).
He has worked with artists such as Simon McBurney and Complicite, Philippe
Gaulier, Lorna Marshall and Yoshi Oida.
He learned the Chekhov Technique from Chekhov’s former students Hurt
Hatfield, Deidre Hurst du Prey, Mala Powers and Joanna Merlin, as well as
during his training at Schule für Schauspiel Hamburg.
He went to study with MICHA (USA) and has been teaching all over Europe
since 1994.
GENERAL INFORMATION
PLACE, DATE & COSTS
Place:
Groznjan, The Academy of Dramatic Arts
Date:
Monday 22 – Saturday 27, August 2011
From:
10.00h – 18.00h (incl. 2 hour break)
(one free afternoon)
We ask participants to arrive at latest on Sunday afternoon (August 21) and
leave on Sunday morning (August 28).
There will be a reception and introduction evening on Aug. 21st at 21.00h at the
facilities of the Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Working language:
language
English / Participants can act in their own
Working group size:
Approx. 15 to 25 persons
Costs
Application before July 15, 2011
Application after July 15, 2011
Observer’s fee: 50 € per a day
€ 420,-€ 450,--
Housing and food are not included.
We are happy to help you to find cheap accommodation.
Accommodation: We can arrange an accommodation for you in a dormitory per
about 20 € per a day. It is usually two or three bed - room, there are only some single
bed - rooms available. Please, let us know what is more convenient for you or
whether you would like to have private accommodation which costs from 30 – 50 €.
Eating in Groznjan: There are two restaurants where you can eat all kind of food
(pasta, meat, fish, pizza – all available at reasonable prices).
Practical info:
Currency: Croatian Kuna (Kn)
Exchange rate: 1 Euro = 7,31 Kn
HOW TO GET TO GROZNJAN
TRIESTE (Italy) – GROZNJAN (1 hour driving by car or bus)
If you fly to Trieste, you need to go from the airport to the bus station in Trieste and
take the bus to BUJE in CROATIA!
ZAGREB – GROZNJAN (3 hours driving by car or bus)
If you fly to Zagreb, go from the airport to the main bus station in the city, and take
the bus to BUJE (5 minutes driving from Groznjan) or UMAG (20 minutes driving
from Groznjan).
Here is the schedule:
TRIESTE – BUJE
15.30h
16.30h
One way ticket price – cca 10 €
ZAGREB – BUJE
22.30h
03.00h
One way ticket price – cca 25 €
ZAGREB – UMAG
Buses leave from Zagreb at: 24.30h / 01.15h / 06.30h / 15.15h / 22.30h
It takes 5 hours driving to get to Groznjan!
One way ticket price – cca 30 €
You will be picked up in BUJE or UMAG, just make sure to let us know when and
where you are arriving. Good idea is to have your mobiles with you and send SMS
whenever needed to 00 385 98 335 695 (Suzana).
HOW TO APPLY
Please fill in the application form (see last page) and mail it to:
suzana@adu.hr
OR send it via fax to the following number:
+385 1 4828 508
OR send it by ordinary mail to:
Suzana Nikolic, Baboniceva 37, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Please apply until July 15, at latest.
Applications will be registered once the application form has been received and the
fee is paid. Your place will be confirmed by mail as soon as possible thereafter.
Your application is definite and irrevocable.
Payment to:
Michael Chekhov Europe e.V.
Adress: c/o Hanna Linde,
Hartmann Ibachstr. 65, D-60389 Frankfurt
Bank: Sparkasse Langen-Seligenstadt
Account number:
IBAN: DE34 5065 2124 0036 1188 18
BIC: HELADEF1SLS
‘AAC Zagreb 2011’
The fee is non-refundable, unless someone else fills your place (for example from a
possible waiting list). In that case there will be an administrative charge of 50 €.
Please make your payment until August 15, at latest.
Not later than 14 days before the workshop begins you will be sent further
details concerning the training and practical matters. You will be given a
receipt of your payment upon arrival.
The organizers are not responsible for any claims regarding loss or theft of
valuables, or in cases of accidents or illness.
CONTACT
Suzana Nikolić: suzana@adu.hr;
GSM +385 98 335 695 or +385 1 4635323
Ulrich Meyer Horsch: Ulrich@michaelchekhoveurope.eu; +49 40 394964
Jesper Michelsen: jesperjaever@gmail.com; +45 21829999
www.michaelchekhoveurope.eu
All details are subject to change.
APPLICATION FORM
THE SPACE OF CREATIVITY
EUROPEAN MICHAEL CHEKHOV WORKSHOP, AUGUST 2011
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I wish to register for the
European Michael Chekhov Workshop
THE SPACE OF CREATIVITY
(Module II of “The Art of Acting and Creating” training programme)
22 – 27 August, Groznjan, Croatia
I shall pay:
€ 420, -- before July 15th
€ 450, -- after July 15th
to the following account:
Michael Chekhov Europe e.V.
Address: c/o Hanna Linde, Hartmann Ibachstr. 65, D-60389 Frankfurt
Bank: Sparkasse Langen-Seligenstadt
Account number: IBAN: DE34 5065 2124 0036 1188 18.
BIC: HELADEF1SLS
‘AAC Groznjan 2011’
The organizers are not responsible for any claims regarding loss or theft of valuables,
or in cases of accidents or illness. I accept that I have to take care of my insurances,
because the organizers will not insure participants.
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Please send this form to FAX no. +385 1 4828 508 or mail it to suzana@adu.hr. or send
it by ordinary mail to Suzana Nikolic, Baboniceva 37, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia