International Directors’ and Trainers’ Colloquium
Theatre as Time Machine
Artistic Direction: Dr. Jurij Alschitz
Training: Christine Schmalor
Berlin, 3rd - 8th of January 2012
Theatre not only moves the audience to other realities – to other places – it mainly changes people’s experience of time. And what does this mean for the work of the actor? Time on stage follows different laws. The perception of time changes in the process of creation.
Jurij Alschitz recently started his research on the PAUSE ON STAGE. In several seminars he discovered a lot of interesting aspects of this theme for both the training of actors and analysis.
Every January, Jurij Alschitz invites directors, teachers and actors to discuss and experiment together:
“For me, theatre practice is always and inevitably connected with philosophy and scientific research. I was inspired by M. Bakhtin’s theory of chronotope to research more about Chronos on stage, and to develop practical exercises for actors… “
Read more http://www.theatreculture.org/pdf/mastereng.pdf
