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Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

Fundamentals of Character Building

Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique® focuses on the creative power of the imagination and the presence of the triple unity of man (thinking, sensing, acting). During the exercises, this not only activates abilities that the actor consciously uses, but also enriches their existing tools by revealing hidden creative capacities.

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About the Training

The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® gives the actor practical tools to truly express their abilities and individual creativity.

It simultaneously develops the actor's conscious presence, creative willpower, and sensory ability.

This process activates all of the actor's known and unfamiliar capacities, leading them beyond their own perceived limits to a state of complete "naturalness". Its effect is immediately tangible.

The actor learns to trust their own inspirations and artistic instincts, regarding every collaborator as a free creative artist.

One of its primary tools is imagination — activating imaginative power and creating atmosphere. The actor can use an Imaginary Body or Psychophysical Gesture to discover and inhabit their character, exploring its movement, speech, inner feelings, and the world in which the character exists.

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Approach and Principles of the Training System

The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® focuses on the creative power of the imagination and the living presence of the triad of human experience (thinking, feeling, willing / acting). Through practical exercises, it activates not only the tools an actor deliberately employs, but also brings forth latent abilities to enrich their expressive palette.

The technique approaches the actor not as an isolated performer, but as an integral part of a living whole formed together with fellow actors and the surrounding environment (space, time, light, sound, fragrance, colour…).

Tuition fee: 28 000 Ft / module, 115 000 Ft for all 5 modules.

The curriculum is built around the following key principles:

  • modular structure and flexible application
  • comprehensive 40-hour total training programme
  • thoroughly practice-oriented exercises
  • central focus connected directly to acting and stagecraft
  • core practical tools of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
  • acquisition of foundational, essential artistic knowledge

Fundamentals of Character Building – All 5 Modules of the 40-Hour Programme

Choosing any single module offers immediate insight into the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®: through individual and ensemble exercises, experiencing and mastering the unity of thinking, feeling, and willing. Completing all five modules provides comprehensive, firsthand mastery of the method. Each module explores individual and collective avenues of character creation through the practical application of Chekhov's core principles. Participants completing the full 40-hour cycle receive an official certificate.

Character Building - Atmosphere (space, time, objects) - Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
Module 1

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.
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Character Building - Attitude (qualities and quantities) - Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
Module 2

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.
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Character Building - Center (character and actor center) - Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
Module 3

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.
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Character Building - Psychological Gesture (archetypal and physical gesture) - Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
Module 4

Psychological 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.
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Character Building - Composition (conflict, climax, pause, polarity) - Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
Module 5

Composition (conflict, climax, pause, polarity)

Theoretical and practical possibilities of composition in the approach of Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique® method. Polarity, climax, pause, contextual and sentence structure analysis and interpretation, text book instructions, constraint and freedom in interpretations, visible emphases and power relations in space and time, the effect of the composition on the present and the viewers.
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Character Building Course Series – Modules & Dates

Upcoming dates, descriptions, and registration forms for each module. Each module has its own dedicated page detailing its curriculum and schedule.

Spring 20271037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104., Hungary28 000 Ft / module

1. Module: Atmosphere (space, time, objects) – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

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.

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Spring 20271037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104., Hungary28 000 Ft / module

2. Module: Attitude (qualities and quantities) – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

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.

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Registration: coming soon
21 November 20261037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104., Hungary28 000 Ft / module

3. Module: Center (character and actor center) – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

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.

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12 December 20261037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104., Hungary28 000 Ft / module

4. Module: Psychological Gesture – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

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.

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23 January 20271037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104., Hungary28 000 Ft / module

5. Module: Composition (conflict, climax, pause, polarity) – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

Theoretical and practical possibilities of composition in the approach of Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique® method. Polarity, climax, pause, contextual and sentence structure analysis and interpretation, text book instructions, constraint and freedom in interpretations, visible emphases and power relations in space and time, the effect of the composition on the present and the viewers.
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About the Modular Structure

The modules can be completed in any order.

Each module represents one full training day, from 10:00 to 17:00.

Location: 1037 Budapest, Kiscelli utca 104., Hungary (Kiscelli Education and Cultural Center).

Price: 28 000 Ft / module, 115 000 Ft for all 5 modules.

Courses can be conducted in both English and Hungarian. For training days held in other languages, an interpreter is required.

Modules may be taken individually, grouped together, or completed consecutively as an intensive multi-day programme.

Workshop Introduction – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

Workshop Introduction – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

Workshop Introduction – Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®

Introduction to the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® and workshop exercises.
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Trainer, clown, actor and coach

Levente Turóczi

I am Levente Turóczi.

Trainer, clown, actor and coach.

I have been working with drama and play pedagogy and emotional intelligence development for over 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 (Kvazi clown).

I graduated from the Baross Imre Acrobat and Artist Training School with a specialization in Clown Arts, and earned my certified Chekhov teacher qualification from the Michael Chekhov International Academy in Berlin.

Experience & Background:

• 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 Method – 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
• Lecoq Workshop – Paola Rizza – 2022 – Physical theatre, actor training

Levente Turóczi – Detailed Tutor ProfileAll Studio Tutors & Artists

Participant Feedback

All-encompassing expertise combined with a safe, supportive atmosphere. I was enriched with experiences and insights that are truly unique and special.
Zita Balogh
Zita BaloghParticipant
You know that feeling after a new kind of workout where you discover muscles you did not know existed? After a Chekhov course, I marvelled at my mental and expressive muscles in the same way. Sometimes the revelation hit during the exercise; other times it struck with delayed impact in everyday life. A fantastic feeling to experience myself and my surroundings differently.
Zsuzsanna Kulcsár
Zsuzsanna KulcsárParticipant
During the training you receive something elusive that liberates you, no matter which tree ring of life you are currently on — bottom, top, or right in the middle. You tire physically, but you become mentally free. From outside, from the infinite space of all things, you invite liberating energies in, and once grounded in yourself, you add something of your own and open it out to the world around you.
Arykán Szalay
Arykán SzalayParticipant
Why do I recommend it? Because you cannot imagine what you will receive here. When you finally experience it, you feel enriched with something truly exceptional and entirely new. You do not leave as the same person after a workshop, which I find immensely exciting.
Violetta Rita Szabó
Violetta Rita SzabóParticipant

My Collaborating Partners

Speech Technique

Márta Kelemen – Voice & Speech
Speech Technique Partner

Márta Kelemen – Voice & Speech

Speech therapist – special education teacher specialising in speech therapy MA in Theatre Studies Certified MA in Hungarian Language and Literature and secondary school teacher Speech trainer MATE Kaposvár Campus Institute of Arts, Acting Department – assistant lecturer Speech therapy, further training for speech therapists and speech technique courses for children and adults
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Enrolment for the Course Series

Price: 28 000 Ft / module, 115 000 Ft for applicants enrolling for all 5 modules (40 hours). Enquire about our current open courses, or contact us for individual or group training opportunities via the contact form or email:

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The Modules of Fundamentals of Character Building

1. Module: Atmosphere (space, time, objects)2. Module: Attitude (qualities and quantities)3. Module: Center (character and actor center)4. Module: Psychological Gesture5. Module: Composition (conflict, climax, pause, polarity)