Jurij Alschitz

Yuri Yuri Alschitz or Al'šic (Cyrillic Юрий Альшиц; born August 9, 1947 in Odessa, Soviet Union ) is an in Berlin since 1992 living and working theater director.

Yuri Alschitz was known for his unconventional way of practical theater research, which focuses on the spectacle educational work is. One of the features of its research and teaching practice is the union of the various Western European roots with those of the Russian but also of the Far Eastern theater. Yuri Alschitz is a Doctor of Philosophy, Fine Arts. Drama teacher, scientist in applied theater research, director, artistic director of the European Association for Theatre Culture.

Life

Yuri Leonovich Alschitz is the son of actress Raisa Stavitskaja and the stage designer Leon Alschitz. He grew up in a traditional theater family.

First theater experience

The way to the teachers and scientists began to study directing at the Moscow State University of Culture and art from 1969 to 1973. Jurij Alschitz studied at JN Malkowskij, a direct disciple of K.S. Stanislavsky and Oleg Koudriachov. After numerous productions at state theaters in Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, Riga, including Alschitz decided to a second study to refine his art director: on Gitis - the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts under Budkewitsch M. and A. Vasiliev, where he taught from 1989 to 1992 itself. In 1987, Yuri Alschitz co-founder of the theater "School of Dramatic Art - Anatoly Vasiliev ." There he worked as a director and actor, but focused over the years more and more on educational aspects and developed his own training methods. Until 1989, he completed another master classes Ministry of Culture of the USSR for " government education " at the "School of Dramatic Art ". As an educator and actor Yuri Alschitz was at the legendary production of " Six Characters in Search of an Author " by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Anatoly Vasiliev participated and visited worldwide festivals such as the Avignon Festival, the London International Festival of Theatre, the Berliner Festspiele, which Vienna Festival, the Salzburg Festival and many other international theater festivals. The practical experience as a member of an ensemble such as the "School of Dramatic Art " and the study of the personality of the actor as an artist in a European comparison, since 1992, were expressed in the dissertation " ensemble, and personality - their artistic and ethical relationship " to of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts - Gitis 2003.

Teachers in Europe

After having moved to Berlin in 1992 Jurij Alschitz moved its main focus finally on training, especially on the training of professional actors and directors as well as on the development of a transmittable pedagogy and methodology for drama teachers. This means that the phase of intensive practical research began. First, he took the various offers from Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Spain and Sweden true and taught at institutions such as the University of Music and Performing Arts (Stuttgart), the Folkwang Hochschule (Essen), the University of the Arts ( Berlin), the Dramatiska Institutet (Stockholm) as well as a number of Italian film academies.

Establishment of the European Association for Theatre Culture

To realize the desire and the goal of long-term and concentrated spectacle educational work with master students in an educational team, led to the decision to build their own theater centers in Europe: In 1994, Yuri Alschitz SCUT ( Skandinaviskt Center for Utforskning av Teater ) in Stockholm. This was followed in 1995 AKT- CONCENTRIC International Theatre Institute Berlin and proteins Progetti Teatrali Internazionali in Rome. In 2000, it operated independently from each other centers joined the newly founded Center KOINE Langages Transartistiques Paris together for the European Association for Theatre Culture ( EATC ), under the artistic direction of Yuri Alschitz.

Together with his protégés - themselves experienced theater professionals - Yuri Alschitz has created projects in this framework, which are carried out in a variety of co-operation across Europe: Gitis in Europe: In 1995, with the then Rector of the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts Sergey Isaev a long-term cooperation agreement among other things, for the project " School after Theatre". With this three-year training in international classes Yuri Alschitz introduced the principle of continuous professional in-service training for directing and acting in Western Europe. With the " International Directors ' and Trainers' Colloquium " he led a short time later courses for acting teacher. Yuri Alschitz was invited in 2001 to the Theatre Olympics to Moscow to present this innovative form of professional training in drama pedagogy. It is carried out since 2005 in collaboration with leading national academies such DAMU ( Prague) or VŠMU ( Bratislava).

Yuri Alschitz rated the profession of drama educators and the new demands for " Training of Trainers " in the field of drama education is taken more on his initiative.

1999 Yuri Alschitz has raised the novel Festival METHODIKA from the baptism. A festival that is based on the methods of theater training and presented internationally and discussed. It was in various European countries on the topics " Personality and Ensemble " (1999), " Energy and Theatre" ( 2001), " The Face and the Mask of the Actor" (2003) and "The Theatre of Centaur " (2007) performed. METHODIKA thus became a source of ideas for new unexplored approaches to theater education. Yuri has Alschitz away built over the years in various forms of seminars and laboratories actors and directors from basic and advanced training, while his so-called " European Team of Teachers ," which teaches Polyphonic his methodology throughout Europe. This made possible further pilot projects such as " transARTlantica ": a training module for U.S. universities MA students are taught for a semester in Moscow, Berlin and Italy.

Yuri Alschitz pursuing his research interests always over several years, such as " The Vertical of the Role. A method for individual work on a roll. " As in all of his work is also the artistic independence and autonomy of the actors in the foreground - it is also called " the authors of the role ." In this sense, he also teaches directors and educators, always train with the aim emancipated artist for the future theater.

The theater research, seminars, labs, festivals, publications and productions includes, led in 2006 to the appointment of AKT CONCENTRIC as a Research Training Committee of the Theatre Centre Education & the International Theatre Institute of UNESCO, under the artistic direction of Yuri Alschitz.

Publications

Yuri Alschitz: The Vertical of the Role. A method for the independent development of the role. AKT- CONCENTRIC BERLIN, Berlin Germany 2003, ISBN 9,783,980,923,019th
Yuri Alschitz: 40 questions to a role. A method for the independent development of the role. AKT- CONCENTRIC BERLIN, Berlin Germany 2005, ISBN 9,783,980,923,040th
Yuri Alschitz: La Grammatica Dell'Attore. Il training. Ubulibri Milan, Italy 1998 ISBN 9,788,877,481,955th
Yuri Alschitz. La Matematica Dell'Attore. Ubulibri Milan, Italy 2004, ISBN 9,788,877,482,402th
Yuri Alschitz. Teatro senza Regista. Titivillus Pisa, Italy 2007 ISBN 9,788,872,181,973th
Yuri Alschitz. The Vertical of the Role. A method for the actor 's self- preparation. AKT- CONCENTRIC BERLIN, Berlin Germany 2003, ISBN 9,783,980,923,002th
Yuri Alschitz: 40 Questions of one Role. A method for the actor 's self- preparation. AKT- CONCENTRIC BERLIN, Berlin Germany 2005, ISBN 9,783,980,923,057th
Yuri Alschitz: I Katakoriphos tou Rolou. Methodos gia thin Prosopiki Proetimasia tou Ithopiou 2009, ISBN 9,783,980,923,064th
Yuri Alschitz: The art of dialogue. Methods of theater practice in 2010, ISBN 9,783,980,923,071th

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