The 5th European Drama Workshop "Stitching Europe" has started. From 23 to 28 September, the lecturers from the best international drama schools will work with the students of acting. This year, it is already the 5th edition of the European Drama Workshop. Each year the workshop develops with a larger number of lecturers, and thus - with greater opportunities for our students - for what? To learn about acting in its various aspects and methods. To get rid of the belief that only with words and a language we speak we can convey meanings. Apart from the obvious we still have the body, gestures, facial expressions and movement at our disposal which can replace words and give them new meanings.

Here are the lecturers of the 5th European Drama Workshop "Stitching Europe" and their workshops:

Oxana Smilkova Janáčková Akademie Múzických Umĕní – Brno, The Czech Republic

Her method is based on the idea of achieving truth in the role and on the stage, the student must first understand the truth about himself. He should incorporate himself in his acting, develop imagination and improvise in etudes. He should retain these memories, emotions and experiences, in order to bring them to life if the role requires it. In the early years of education it is very important to help students understand that the entire psychophysical mechanism must be involved in role creation. During the workshop Prof. Smilkova will use Chekhov, Brook and Grotowski's methods which are the basis of modern acting training. She will work with students on scenes from Chekhov's "Gull" and the poem "Demon" by Lermontov.

Michael Keller Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" – Berlin, Germany

Prof. Michael Keller is the Dean of Acting Department at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst named after Ernst Busch. He has been educating actors for 36 years. His method is based in particular on the theoretical and practical concept of Berthold Brecht and his "gesture theatre". Director's work and acting workshops led Michael Keller, among others to Lima, Oslo, Utrecht, London, Florence, Rabat, Mexico City, Barcelona and Brno. In 2015, he taught at the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. This year's workshop, based on improvisation and scenes from world literature, aims to familiarize its participants with the basic concepts of acting craft. These include: situation, event, action, turning point, subtext, relationship with a partner, gestus and attitude. Future actors will be encouraged to understand themselves as active participants in social processes and to use acting to make "interpersonal relationships comparable and noteworthy, and to use the opportunity of acting out these relationships in order to influence them." (B. Brecht). This year, he will work with students on the compilation texts from Homer’s "Ithaca" and “Idomeneus”.

Rolanda Joanna Weir Ouston Oxford School of Drama - Woodstock, the UK

Joanna Weir Ouston is a trainer of voice, text and dialect with an international reputation. She is a lecturer at Oxford School of Drama, MA in Voice Studies at Central School of Speech and Drama in London and Florida State University. She works in theatre and film, television, and conducts group and individual coaching for many companies, including the BBC. She has been teaching in Great Britain, Australia and the US for over 20 years. She works as a director, actress and writer. She is regularly invited to conduct workshops and to speak at conferences in Great Britain and around the world.

Ian Morgan Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA - London, the UK

Ian Morgan began his career as a performer in France at Monica Pagneux and Philipe Gaulier's Studio and at Teatro Pirequa, at Théâtre du Soleil, and in Italy at Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards Workcenter. He is the founder of Mkultra Performance Collective. He has performed with such artists as Meredith Monk, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Enrique Pardo, Kristen Linklater, Philip Zarrilli, Helen Chadwick and Dan Canham's Still House project. In 2003, Ian joined the award-winning Song of the Goat Theatre in Poland. Since 2014, Ian has been the leader of the MA / MFA course in actor training and coaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Lecturer at the MA Theatre Lab RADA since its founding in 2012.

Pablo Andrade HB Studio – New York, USA

Pablo Andrade is a Venezuelan actor and director. He is the founder and artistic director of the Corezon theatre company and a member of the faculty at HB Studio. He has been working in the professional theatre for about 15 years, taking his first steps in the most respected theatres in Venezuela. Since arriving in New York in 2011, Andrade has cooperated with other prestigious companies, such as: Repertorio Español, Tectonic Theatre Project, The Public Theatre, Puerto Rican Travelling Theatre, Teatro Círculo, Russian Arts Theatre, IATI, HB Ensemble Theatre, Teatro MORZE and others. He teaches at HB Studio and Hagen Institute, as well as in the Cultural Visitor John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts program. Andrade is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).