From May 14th 5–18 May 2025 the 1st year of the international acting laboratory called Contemporary acting lab will take place in the Large Studio of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica.
The main goals of the laboratory are to bring contemporary acting techniques to Slovakia, to be inspired by foreign innovative practices in acting education, and thus to raise the level of acting pedagogy in Slovakia.
Each day will be dedicated to one lecturer who will practically present the main principles of his acting education system along with practical demonstrations and acting exercises.
The first year lecturers will be:
Tom Costello – acting teacher at the Atlantic Acting School (part of New York University) in New York, Practical Aesthetics acting technique lecturer
Lucie Rossi – graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, acting teacher at JAMU, Meisner acting technique lecturer
Giampaolo Gotti – teacher at the Accademia Dimitri in Switzerland, graduate of the Russian school GITIS
Piotr Lukaszczyk – acting teacher at the St. Wyspiańskie Academy of Theatrical Arts in Krakow, an actor collaborating with prominent Polish directors such as Krystian Lupa.
For more information about the lab or if you are interested in participating in the lab as an observer, please email Filip.Jekkel@aku.s
