Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass

Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass®

August 04th - 08th 2025

BUDAPEST - HUNGARY

During the intensive course, you can create a unique atmosphere for each character through a monologue. The process is based on the conscious application of imagination and movement, which becomes a tool that can be applied to any other area of life (not just stage conditions).

The training is practice-oriented. The central theme related to acting training with essential tools of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® for acquisition of comprehensive, essential knowledge.

The central topic is the process of character creation and character building. The Masterclass explores the individual and group possibilities of the character-building process through the practical application of the central elements of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® method

The participants can experience and master through individual and group exercises, in the unity of the triad of thinking-willing-feeling perception. The masterclass gives comprehensive knowledge they can gain about the method through their personal experience.

Content and topics of the 6 days intensive training:

• staging a monologue, monodrama (excerpt) or poem with the practical application of the Michael Chekhov technique - instructor: Levente Turóczi
• stage movement as a means of interpreting everyday gestures and movements on stage (rhythm, text and scene relationship; the effect of atmosphere on movement)
• possibility of individual consultation

Conditions for participation in the training:

The training is open to anyone interested!

The training is useful for both professional, experienced and beginner artists and directors - who can develop and deepen their knowledge so far. Of course, it is open to anyone interested who wants to get even their first impressions and connect with acting.

In addition to professional and amateur actors, puppeters, psychologists, university teachers, students, drama teachers and instructors, special education teachers and doctors have already taken part in the training so far.

The maximum number of participants is 16!

The condition for participating in the training is the receipt of the training fee on the account after registration.

Tutor: Levente Turóczi

Discount fee

Super Early Bird until May 30th, 2025: 250 Eur (100 000 Huf)

Early Bird until Jun 30th, 2025: 330 Eur (135 000 Huf)

Full price

Birdless 2025: 400 Eur (160 000 Huf)

Application deadline: July 15th, 2025.

Regisztration: Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass

Date: August 04th - 08th 2025 / BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

Place: Kiscelli Oktatási és Kulturális Központ / 1037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104.

(Accomodation and meals are not included!)

1^st day:

14 ⁰⁰ – 14 ³⁰ – meeting time

14 ³⁰ – 18 ³⁰ – Chekhov training

2^nd day:

  9 ³⁰ – 10 ⁰⁰ – meeting time

10 ⁰⁰ – 13 ⁰⁰ – Chekhov training

13 ⁰⁰ – 14 ³⁰ – Lunch break

14 ³⁰ – 18 ⁰⁰ – Chekhov training

18 ³⁰ – 19 ³⁰ – Individual consultation (practice oriented)

3^rd day:

  9 ³⁰ – 10 ⁰⁰ – meeting time

10 ⁰⁰ – 13 ⁰⁰ – Chekhov training

13 ⁰⁰ – 14 ³⁰ – Lunch break

14 ³⁰ – 18 ⁰⁰ – Chekhov training

18 ³⁰ – 19 ³⁰ – Individual consultation (practice oriented)

4^th day:

  9 ³⁰ – 10 ⁰⁰ – meeting time

10 ⁰⁰ – 13 ⁰⁰ – Chekhov training

13 ⁰⁰ – 14 ³⁰ – Lunch break

14 ³⁰ – 18 ⁰⁰ – Chekhov training

18 ³⁰ – 19 ³⁰ – Individual consultation (practice oriented)

5^th day:

  9 ³⁰ – 10 ⁰⁰ – meeting time

10 ⁰⁰ – 13 ⁰⁰ – Chekhov training

13 ⁰⁰ – 14 ³⁰ – Lunch break

13 ⁰⁰ – 16 ³⁰ – Rehearsal / Preparation

17 ⁰⁰ – 20 ⁰⁰ – Play

20 ⁰⁰ – 20 ³⁰ – Close up & Certification Ceremony

The intensive training covers the following topics:

Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass

Atmosphere (space, time, objects)

Discovering and creating an atmosphere of personal and environmental character. Lightness-balance-heaviness, the preparation and sustain of radiation, the development and activation of the imaginary force, the atmosphere of the environment and objects, the decisive role of time in character and scene-making, the effect of the atmosphere on the play and audience.

Gesture (archetypal and physical gesture)

Discovering and developing the actor and his body as an expressive means of gestures. Expansion and contraction, radiate and sustain, six archetypal gestures, discovery through the meaning of movement, gestures of works of art and the purpose of gestures in scenes and their impact on the play and audience

Attitude (qualities and quantities)

Experiencing a character’s relationship to other characters, the environment. The triad of thinking-willing-feeling, the effects of the radiation of the character, the archetypal qualities of the four elements (earth, water, fire, air), the impact of intensity and sustain, qualities and quantities on the play and audience

Center (character and actor center)

The determining role of the center of the character is its atmosphere, action, radiance, and environment. Directions, intentions, constant and changing centers, the relationship between the actor and the character, the role and use of masks, the impact of the center on the play and audience

August 4th - 8th. 2025. - Registration

About the Course

The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® a practical tools to truly express his or her own abilities and individual creativity.

At the same time, it develops the actor’s conscious presence, creative willpower, and sensory ability.

This process activates all the known and unfamiliar abilities of the actor, bringing him beyond his own limits to a state of complete “naturalness”. Its effect is immediately perceptible.

The actor learns to trust his own inspirations and abilities. He sees everyone as a free artist.

One of its main tools is imagination - activating the imaginative power and creating the atmosphere. An actor can use an Imaginary Body or Psychophysical Gesture to create and learn about his character. This allows you to discover its movement, speech, feelings, and the world in which your character exists.