International Intensive Workshop
under guidance of Sergey Ostrenko

MICHAEL CHEKHOV TECHNIQUE

March 20-24, 2006
Riga, Latvia

Michael Chekhov (1891-1955) left us
the invaluable experience of the Genius Actor and Director. He was possessed by theatre and worked wonders on the stage. He had the gift to make spectators laugh and cry, wonder and suffer together with him. Greatest actors of the world considered and consider it an honor to call him Teacher.

The workshop program was specially designed for professional stage artists who are inspired by Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique, who are interested to establish deeper understanding of his approach and to integrate his ideas into their practical work - rehearsal process, performance and teaching.

The workshop venue was located  not far from the historical place where Michael Chekhov carried out theatre workshops with his students in 1930s.

 M.Chekhov
 with participants
 of theatre workshop
 (1933, Latvia)

PRACTICAL PART

• Imagination and attention in the process of physical actions

• Individual feelings and physical action

• The psychological gesture and physical action

• The psychological gesture and actor’s body

• Incorporation of the image and characterization

• Improvisation as a method of rehearsal

THEORETICAL PART

Discussion club “Contemporary Directing”

PARTICIPANTS

actors of drama, physical, musical and dance theatres, theatre directors, teachers of theatre methods, dancers, choreographers,
senior students of theatre and dance departments.

Michael Chekhov
in the role
of Foma Opiskin
from
"The Village of Stepanchikovo"
by Dostoevsky.
Russian Drama Theatre
in Riga (1932, Latvia)

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