Fundamentals of Character Building – Module 1
Atmosphere (space, time, objects)
Discovering and creating the atmosphere of character, space, time, and objects. Lightness-balance-heaviness, sustaining and sensing radiation, developing and activating imaginative power, the atmosphere of environment and objects, the decisive role of time in character and scene creation, and the impact of atmosphere on the scene and audience.
Date & Registration
- Date
- Spring 2027
- Location
- Kiscelli Education and Cultural Center, Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104.
- Duration
- one training day, 10:00-17:00
- Organizers
- Michael Chekhov Studio, Levente Turóczi, Kiscelli Education and Cultural Center
- Price
- 28 000 Ft / module, 115 000 Ft for all 5 modules
- Registration
- coming soon
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About the Training
The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® provides the actor with practical tools that lead directly to the genuine expression of their personal abilities and individual creativity.
Simultaneously, it develops the actor's conscious presence, creative willpower, and sensory perception.
This process activates every known and hitherto hidden ability of the actor, carrying them beyond their perceived limits into a state of complete "naturalness". Its effect is immediately tangible.
The actor learns to trust their own inspirations and creative capacities, viewing everyone as a free creative artist.
One of its primary instruments is imagination — activating imaginative power and cultivating atmosphere. The actor can engage an Imaginary Body or Psychophysical Gesture to form and explore character, discovering movement, voice, inner feelings, and the surrounding world in which that character lives.
Workshop Introduction – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
Character Building – Atmosphere (space, time, objects) – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® – Module 1
Discovering and creating the atmosphere of character, space, time, and objects. Lightness-balance-heaviness, sustaining and sensing radiation, developing and activating imaginative power, the atmosphere of environment and objects, the decisive role of time in character and scene creation, and the impact of atmosphere on the scene and audience.
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The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® focuses on the creative power of the imagination and the living presence of the human threefold unity: thinking, feeling, and willing (action, feeling, and thought). During the exercises, it activates not only the tools the actor already uses consciously, but also surfaces hidden potential to enrich their creative palette.
The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® views the actor not in isolation, but as part of an ensemble harmonized with the entire environment (space, time, lights, sounds, scents, colors…).
The full 5-module training offers comprehensive, essential insight into the Michael Chekhov method, equipping participants with immediately applicable daily acting exercises.
Each module spans one full training day (10:00–17:00) and forms a self-contained, comprehensive unit on its topic. Choosing any individual module offers an immediate gateway into the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® approach through individual and ensemble exercises experienced in the unity of thought, action, and perception. Completing several modules provides profound mastery of the method through direct personal experience.
The modules explore individual and ensemble pathways of character building through the practical application of core elements of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®.
Participants completing the entire modular series receive a certificate of completion.
For more information about the complete course series, visit: FUNDAMENTALS OF CHARACTER BUILDING – MICHAEL CHEKHOV ACTING TECHNIQUE®
About the modular training: Fundamentals of Character Building
The modules can be completed in any order.
Each module comprises one full training day.
The training can be conducted in both Hungarian and English. For training days held in other languages, an interpreter is required.
Modules can be taken individually, grouped together, or completed all at once over consecutive days.
Trainer, clown, actor, coach
Levente Turóczi
I am Levente Turóczi.
Trainer, clown, actor, coach
I have been working in drama and play pedagogy and the development of emotional intelligence for more than 15 years. I lead trainings for actors, executives, educators, adult education professionals, and university students. I have served as a scout leader, monk, computer scientist, teacher, and foundation director.
Currently I work as a trainer, actor, and clown (Kvazi clown).
I graduated in Clown Specialization from the Baross Imre Circus Arts School Artist Academy and obtained my Chekhov teacher qualification at the Michael Chekhov International Academy in Berlin.
Background and experience:
1. **Authentic Play and Joie de Vivre** – Angela Halvorsen Bogo – 2016 – **Physical theatre, play and presence, clown technique**
2. **International Clown Camp** – Szarvas – 2017 – **Actor training**
3. **Commedia dell'Arte** – 2018 – **Actor training**
4. **Suzuki** – 2018 – **Physical theatre, actor training**
5. **Commedia dell'Arte** – 2018 – **Actor training**
6. **Clown workshop** – Davide Larible – 2018 – **Clown and actor training**
7. **Contact improvisation** – Kontaktland – 2018 – **Contact dance**
8. **Land-Art** – Kontaktland – 2018 – **Art created with and within nature**
9. **Lecoq workshop** – Paola Rizza – 2022 – Physical theatre, actor training
Registration and Contact
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