Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Budapest
Michael Chekhov Acting Studio
Acting technique workshops and training programmes in Budapest. The method focuses on the creative power of the imagination and the living presence of the human trinity: thinking, willing, and feeling.
Current Courses
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Speech technique & Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
Vocal Training and Its Gesture
Two-day intensive course on natural breathing, voice training and the atmosphere-creating power of the voice. Tutors: Márta Kelemen (speech technique) and Levente Turóczi (Chekhov technique).
Fundamentals of Character Building – modules
Five independent, consecutive practical training days at Kiscelli.
Fundamentals of Character Building - Module 3
Center (character and actor center)
Every character has one or more centers determining all their actions. Their activity begins from here, and their intentions radiate outward from it.
Fundamentals of Character Building - Module 4
Psychological Gesture
Gestures convey aim, direction, and intensity through the expressive power of the whole body, making the character's motivations and state visible. Using gestures also shapes vocal delivery and speech, bringing the character and environment alive.
Fundamentals of Character Building - Module 5
Composition (conflict, climax, pause, polarity)
How story structure — from beginning to end — shapes performance, directing, and rehearsals, focusing on conflict, climax, pause, and polarity.
Fundamentals of Character Building - Module 1
Atmosphere (space, time, objects)
Discovering and creating the atmosphere of character, space, time, and objects.
Fundamentals of Character Building - Module 2
Attitude (qualities and quantities)
Authenticity and truth on stage, qualities and quantities, and how relationships to other people and characters shape stage work.
Michael Chekhov
Acting Technique® Masterclass
Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®
The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® focuses on the creative power of the imagination and the living presence of the human trinity: thinking, willing, and feeling. During the exercises, it not only activates abilities that the actor consciously employs, but also brings hidden faculties to the surface, enriching their artistic toolkit.
The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® views the actor not merely as an isolated individual performer, but as part of an organic whole created jointly with other actors and the surrounding environment: space, time, light, sound, fragrance, and colour.
Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass
Past course (archive)Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass® • August 11 - 16, 2026 (Past event) • BUDAPEST - HUNGARY
During this intensive course, each participant can create the unique atmosphere of their character through a monologue. The process builds on the conscious application of imagination and movement, which readily becomes a tool applicable in any other area of life.
Through the fundamental tools of Michael Chekhov's acting technique, individual and ensemble exercises allow actors to master its core, essential toolkit.
A practice-oriented training: its central focus is the character creation and character building process. Through the trinity of thinking, willing, and feeling, participants discover Chekhov's qualities of Truth, Form, Beauty, and Wholeness, developing their imaginative power and radiation.
Topics of the 6-day intensive training:
- staging a monologue, monodrama (excerpt) or poem with the practical application of the Michael Chekhov technique - Levente Turóczi
- speech and vocal production as tools for spatial atmosphere and character radiation - Márta Kelemen
- stage movement as a means of theatrical interpretation of everyday gestures and movements (rhythm, the relationship between text and scene; the influence of atmosphere on movement) - Levente Turóczi
- individual consultation opportunities
Participation requires no prior training; it is open to everyone.
The training is valuable for professional, experienced, and beginner artists and directors alike — enabling them to develop and deepen their existing knowledge. It is equally open to all curious participants who wish to gain their first impressions and connect with the craft of acting.
(Alongside professional and amateur actors, puppeteers, psychologists, university professors, students, drama teachers, special education teachers, and medical doctors have participated in the training.)
Maximum course capacity: 12 participants!
Participation in the training is confirmed upon receipt of the tuition fee in the bank account following registration.
Tutor: Levente Turóczi
Participation Fees
Application deadline: August 4, 2026 (Closed)
Location and Date
Dates: August 11 - 16, 2026 / BUDAPEST - HUNGARY
Place: Katiha Tangó Stúdió - Rákóczi street 20, 1st floor 5, Budapest, Hungary, 1072
(Accommodation and meals are not included!)
Main topics and areas of the intensive training:
Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass
Atmosphere (space, time, objects)
Discovering and creating the atmosphere of character and environment. Lightness-balance-heaviness, sustaining and feeling radiation, developing and activating imaginative power, the atmosphere of environment and objects, the decisive role of time in character and scene creation, and the effect of atmosphere on the scene and audience.
Gesture (archetypal and physical gesture)
Discovering and developing the actor's body as an expressive instrument of gesture. Expansion and contraction, radiation and sustain, the six archetypal gestures, discovery through movement meaning, gestures of artworks and the purpose of gestures in scenes, and their impact on the scene and audience.
Attitude (qualities and quantities)
Experiencing a character's relationship to other characters and the environment. The triad of thinking, willing, and feeling; the effects of character radiation; archetypal qualities of the four elements (earth, water, fire, air); intensity and sustain; and the effect of qualities and quantities on the scene and audience.
Center (character and actor center)
The decisive role of the character's center on atmosphere, actions, radiation, and environment. Directions, intentions, constant and shifting centers, the relationship between actor and character, the role and use of masks, and the impact of the center on the scene and audience.
Composition (conflict, climax, pause, polarity)
Theoretical and practical possibilities of composition in the approach of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®. Polarity, climax, pause, contextual and sentence-structure analysis and interpretation, script instructions, constraints and freedom in interpretations, visible emphases and power relations in space and time, and the effect of composition on the scene and audience.
Speech Technique - Márta Kelemen
Through exercises, participants explore their natural breathing, vocal production, and articulation, enabling them to use vocal delivery according to stage presence and dramatic situation. Rhythm, breathing, voice, and articulation exercises individually, in pairs, and in groups. The workshop exercises target the entire body, the whole personality, and all faculties related to human voice and speech used during stage work, compiled from Hungarian and international methods (e.g. Linklater, Voice Gym, Alexander, Montágh, Fischer).
About the Training
The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® places practical tools in the actor's hands to lead them toward genuine expression of their personal abilities and individual creativity.
It simultaneously develops the actor's conscious presence, creative willpower, and perceptive faculties.
This process activates every known and hitherto unfamiliar capability of the actor, taking them beyond their own limits into a state of complete "naturalness". Its effect is immediately perceptible.
The actor learns to trust their own inspirations and capabilities. It views every participant 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 create and discover their character. Through this, they discover its movement, speech, feelings, and the world in which the character exists.
Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® Masterclass • August 11 - 16, 2026 (Past event)
Our Courses
Michael Chekhov Acting Technique Workshops & Training
Fundamentals of Character Building
Five-module foundation course: Atmosphere, Attitude, Center, Psychological Gesture, Composition.
Co-Arts Trainings
Two-day workshops: dance, voice training, pantomime, rhythm, and light.
Movie Acting Masterclass®
Film acting masterclass utilising the tools of the Chekhov technique.
Open Workshop
Introduction and deepening in the Chekhov acting technique, in Hungarian and English.
Masterclass – Actor on Stage
6-day intensive course: character creation and atmosphere creation.
Kripta – Theatre Creative Workshop
Theatre creative workshop with the tools of the Michael Chekhov technique.
Gesture Art Guided Tour®
Curatorial and movement-art guided exhibition tours.
Michael Chekhov Coaching®
Individual coaching based on the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique®.
Tutors and masterclass
The Michael Chekhov Acting Technique® focuses on the creative power of the imagination and the living presence of the human trinity (thinking, willing, and feeling). Through the exercises, the actor brings hidden faculties to light, enriching their artistic toolkit.
Levente Turóczi
Throughout the course, through the use of essential tools of the Chekhov acting technique and individual and ensemble exercises, actors acquire its essential toolkit in the trinity of thinking, willing, and feeling.
Márta Kelemen
Speech and vocal production as expressive tools for spatial atmosphere and character radiation. Rhythm, breathing, voice, and articulation exercises based on Hungarian and international methods.
Marcell Urbán
Instructor, founder, and director of the Budai Private Music School, operating for nearly a decade.
Dávid Remsey
Illustrator, puppet designer, visual artist.
Erika Vasas
Dance artist, choreographer, founder of VASAS MŰVEK.
Veronika Karsai
Pantomime artist, director, trainer, drama educator, theatrologist.
Maximilian Schwertführer
Austrian-Hungarian actor, performing at the Vienna Burgtheater since 2019.
Katalin Benedekffy
Vocal artist, recipient of the "Hungarian Golden Cross of Merit" state award for musical and artistic excellence.
Michael Chekhov Acting Studio
Through the 6-day intensive course, each participant can create the unique atmosphere of their character through a monologue, with the conscious application of imagination and movement.
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