Suzuki Method of Actor Training (workshop)

workshop Suzuki method of Actor Training led by Gabor Viktor Kozma


12-19 November 2019, Bratislava, Pistori palace


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camera: Samuel Chovanec, Viktória Revická
video editing: Samuel Chovanec, Juraj Mydla


Tadashi Suzuki started to develop his actor training method during the ’70s, which became well known around the globe since then. The world-famous Japanese theatre director and acting pedagogue, aiming to coach the actors to a high-level stage readiness, resorted the elements of the medieval Japanese performing arts – Noh and Kabuki – mixed them with movements from other cultures and reshaped the whole system taking in consideration the needs of the contemporary theatre.


What is the ideal level of physical, mental, and emotional tension in a performing situation? How is it possible to gain expressivity in physical stillness? How can the actor find freedom inside strict boundaries or comforting bounds during free stage improvisation?