Introduction and Immersion
Open Workshop
Introduction and immersion in the Michael Chekhov technique. (English and Hungarian language workshop)
Open Workshop Details
- Dates
- Continuous workshop sessions – subject to applications
- Participation
- Anyone may participate in the sessions. – Everyone is warmly welcome!
- Fee
- 8 000 Huf (20 Eur) per session
- Workshop Leader
- Levente Turóczi – Michael Chekhov technique trainer
About the Workshop and the Chekhov Technique in a Nutshell
Each session includes opening and closing circles, a physical warm-up, and focused Michael Chekhov exercises to offer firsthand insight into the method and its practical application – expanding participants' creative toolkit with immediately usable tools.
The Chekhov technique focuses on the actor's imaginative capability and physical presence.
Its tools include: the "psychophysical gesture", the body's three centres (will, feeling, thinking), their reciprocal interaction, and the conscious application of imagination.
**The Chekhov Technique in a nutshell.**
"The question is not how talented we are, but what obstacles we face. If we try to increase our talent, we will encounter much disappointment. There is nothing to increase! The question is how to unlock that secret room where our genius resides." – Michael Chekhov
The Chekhov method places practical tools in the actor's hands that lead directly to the genuine expression of their personal capabilities and individual creativity. It simultaneously develops the actor's conscious presence, creative willpower, and sensory awareness. This process activates all of the actor's known and latent capacities, taking them beyond habitual limitations into a state of total "naturalness". Its impact is immediately tangible. The actor learns to trust their own inspirations and capabilities, approaching everyone as a free creative artist.
One of its primary tools is imagination – awakening the imaginative faculty and creating living atmosphere. The actor can use an imaginary body or Psychophysical Gesture to create and discover their character, exploring its movement, speech, inner feelings, and the world in which the character exists.
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Fundamentals of Character Building
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About the Training
The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® equips the actor with practical tools that lead directly to the genuine expression of their personal capabilities and individual creativity.
It simultaneously develops the actor's conscious presence, creative willpower, and sensory awareness.
This process activates all of the actor's known and latent capacities, taking them beyond habitual limitations into a state of total "naturalness". Its impact is immediately tangible.
The actor learns to trust their own inspirations and capabilities, approaching everyone as a free creative artist.
One of its primary tools is imagination – awakening the imaginative faculty and creating living atmosphere. The actor can use an imaginary body or Psychophysical Gesture to create and discover their character, exploring its movement, speech, inner feelings, and the world in which the character exists.
About the Modular Course Fundamentals of Character Building
The modules can be completed in any order.
Each module spans one full training day.
The training is available in both English and Hungarian. Holding training days in other languages requires the presence of an interpreter.
Modules may be attended individually, in groups, or all at once on consecutive days.
About the Trainer
I am Levente Turóczi.
Trainer, clown, actor, coach.
I have been working with drama and play pedagogy and emotional intelligence development for more than 15 years. I hold trainings for actors, executives, educators, adult education specialists, and university students. I have served as a scout leader, monk, computer scientist, teacher, and foundation director.
I am currently active as a trainer, actor, and clown, as a member of the Kvázi & Max clown duo.
I graduated from the Baross Imre Artist Training Institute in the Clown Arts specialization, and earned my certified Chekhov teacher qualification from the Michael Chekhov International Academy in Berlin.
My experience:
- **Authentic Play and Joy of Life** – Angela Halvorsen Bogo – 2016 – **Physical theatre, play and presence, clown technique**
- **International Clown Camp** – Szarvas – 2017 – **Actor training**
- **Commedia dell'Arte** – 2018 – **Actor training**
- **Suzuki** – 2018 – **Physical theatre, actor training**
- **Commedia dell'Arte** – 2018 – **Actor training**
- **Clown Workshop** – Davide Larible – 2018 – **Clown and actor training**
- **Contact Improvisation** – Kontaktland – 2018 – **Contact dance**
- **Land-Art** – Kontaktland – 2018 – **Art in and with nature**
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