Biomechanics Berlin offers an intensive 2-days workshop on the 25th & 26th of April at the ETI in Berlin

The workshop will be lead by Belgian actor and Biomechanics expert Tony De Maeyer, one of the leading Biomechanics teachers in Europe, assistance by Thilo Herrmann

The workshop consists of a physical-theatrical training and an introduction into the performance system developed by Russian theatre director and theorist Vsevolod E. Meyerhold.

This intensive workshop spread over 2 days puts into practice the basic movement-principles developed by W. Meyerhold and intensifies the understanding of the Biomechanical principles with the study of the renowned etude of 'The Throwing of the Stone'.

Apart from the basics, the participants will also discover in practical exercises how to use Meyerholds method as a theatrical tool for their artistic own work.

The workshop is aimed at actors, performers, directors, theatre educators, performing arts teachers and anyone looking for new aesthetic impulses for their artistic work.

The workshop is open to all levels but requires a basic of physical experience in the arts.

Important: Please bring comfortable training clothes and sneakers.

Details:

Fri. 25. + Sat. 26. April 2025

10:00 - 17:00 (one hour lunch break)

At the ETI - European Theater Institute: Rungestr. 20, 10179 BERLIN

Early Bird price: 180€ (only until 14.04.25)

Regular price: 220€
*Special discount for students: please reach out to us out for more info

Registration deadline: 21.04.25 !

Max. Number of participants: 15
Course language: English, German

For more Information or registration:

info@biomechanics-berlin.com

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UPCOMING WORKSHOP in 2025

Weekend workshop at the Bundesakademie für kulturelle Bildung in Wolfenbüttel

From 05.12 until 07.12.2025

More information to be announced soon

Interested? Send us an email

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Berliner Festspiele / Theatertreffen 2025

'Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar der Frau Carrar/Würgendes Blei' (Berthold Brecht/Björn SC Deigner) directed by Luise Voigt and choreographed by Tony De Maeyer is nominated for and invited to the 'Theatertreffen 2025'

Critic by Erik Zielke in Neues Deutschland:

(English)

EXCERPT FROM THE REVIEW:

'Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar/Würgendes Blei' (by Erik Zielke: nd-Journalism from the left)

The fact that the production, despite its historicizing sound, doesn't become an evening visit to a museum, let alone a reenactment of a 70-year-old theater work, is thanks, among other things, to the compelling idea of ​​having the actors work biomechanically (choreography by Tony De Maeyer). Using Vsevolod Meyerhold's method of Biomechanics, they transform the stage action into a physical, artificially expressive performance in which nothing remains random but becomes a testament to the highest concentration. This concentration is transmitted to the audience. Voigt thus outwits Brecht, who struggled with the empathic nature of his own play. The audience does not succumb to the emotional turmoil of a warlike time, but follows the dynamics on the scene analytically.

(Deutsch)

Dass die Inszenierung dabei aber trotz historisierendem Sound nicht zum abendlichen Museumsbesuch wird und schon gar nicht zum Reenactment einer 70 Jahre alten Theaterarbeit, verdankt das Publikum unter anderem auch der überzeugenden Idee, die Darstellerinnen und Darsteller biomechanisch arbeiten zu lassen (Choreografie: Tony De Maeyer). Mit Mitteln von Wsewolod Meyerholds Methode der Biomechanik verwandeln sie das Bühnengeschehen zu einem körperbetonten, im Ausdruck artifiziellen Spiel, bei dem nichts zufällig bleibt, sondern zum Zeugnis höchster Konzentration wird.

Diese Konzentration überträgt sich in den Zuschauersaal. So schlägt Voigt Brecht, der mit dem Einfühlungscharakter seines eigenen Stücks haderte, ein Schnippchen. Das Publikum erliegt nicht dem Gefühlswust in einer kriegerischen Zeit, sondern folgt den Dynamiken auf der Szene analytisch.

Tickets can be booked here:

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/theatertreffen/besuch/tickets

LUISE VOIGT:

https://www.luisevoigt.com/

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• 2022: 'Scene Study' at the 'Academy of Performing Arts' in Ludwigsburg (D)

• 2020 - 'KING LEAR' (W. Shakespeare) at Theatre Bonn - Directed by Luise Voigt - Choreography by Tony De Maeyer

• 2020 - Online Lecture with Tony De Maeyer about Meyerhold's Biomechanics at New International Performing Arts Institute (NIPAI) online conference.

• 2020 -'Scene Study' at the 'Academy of Performing Arts' in Ludwigsburg (D)

• 2019 - 'ANIMAL FARM' (G. Orwell) at Theatre Heidelberg - Directed by Luise Voigt - Chroreography by Tony De Maeyer
• 2019 - 'KREDENZ' - Contemporary Dance Performance - Choreography: Beatrix Simkó - Hamburg/Budapest (H)