Ostrenko Performing Arts Laboratory (OPAL)

Ostrenko Performing Arts Lab (OPAL)

An Actor's Work on a Role
in the Process of Creating the Performance

International Practical Course for Actors
under the guidance of Sergei Ostrenko

Russia
2011-2012

OPAL is the six-week intensive practical course for actors of physical, dramatic, dance, musical theatres and circus performers – performing arts practitioners with professional stage experience working in various genres, techniques and styles.

The course programme includes intensive practical training which will be completed with the performance for spectators.

There are only six places available
on a competitive basis.

The training programme is focused on methods of actor’s work on the role in the process
of creating the performance relying on
the Russian Theatre Tradition.

Participants will become acquainted with
the psycho-physical approach to the art of acting
by the Russian outstanding theatrical innovators -
Vsevolod Meyerhold, Michael Chekhov
and Konstantin Stanislavsky. Participants will study the principles of Biomechanics,
the Psychological Gesture, the Physical Action,
the Method of Active Analysis.

OPAL Course will take place at
the Russian state repertory theatre
with participation of actors from different countries and the Russian actors.

Course Objectives:

- To provide unique international space stimulating actor's creativeness;
- To create opportunity for new experience of creative collaboration in multicultural and multilingual theatre environment;
- To emphasize the heritage of the Russian Theatre Tradition as the source of precious professional knowledge for an actor in contemporary world of theatre;
- To inspire the actors to search for the “intercultural” language of theatre in contemporary performance;
- To enable actors to explore the infinite possibilities of the actor’s psycho-physical instrument, to step beyond the limits of habitual text-based acting;
- To provide a safe place for creative risks and challenging environment for new professional skills - on the way to light, creative and joyful acting in the limited rehearsal time.

CERTIFICATION

Participants who successfully complete
the course receive the Certificate of IUGTE.