Michael Chekhov Brasil
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In
2010 a weekly initiatve was launched in Rio de Janeiro
with small groups of actors exploring Michael Chekhov's
artistic legacy throughout the year. In 2012, Thaís Loureiro
and Hugo Moss founded
Michael Chekhov Brasil, creating an ambitious programme
which established for the first time in Brazil a source of
practical exploration and knowledge of this artistic/philosophical
universe. The 2-month Michael Chekhov Training was launched,
as well as a series of other workshops and complimentary
initiatives, such as the Archive,
the production of translations and audiovisual material,
establishing partnerships in Brazil and overseas, and
gradually forming a family of artists which continues to
grow to this day. |
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Colaborators
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Since September 2019 the weekly workshop Trilhas [Trails] has been facilitated by three
actors trained by Michael Chekhov Brasil and who continued their
studies working with master teachers abroad: |
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Amparo de Gata is an actor, performer and mathemetician who discovered the Michael Chekhov technique in 2013 and has been broadening her knowledge ever since: in January 2018 she took part in the intensive workshop at the Michael Chekhov School and in 2017 and 2020 attended MICHA's annual International Workshop and Festival. Amparo has been a Trilhas participant since 2015 and currently leads sessions as facilitator. |
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Dani Kupek is an actor who enjoys
embodying different presences, her work being devoted to
human movement in its finest detail. Since her encounter
with
the Michael Chekhov technique in 2015, this has formed
the basis for her artistic creations in various theatrical
languages, such as shadow theatre and site specific work.
Encouraged by Thaís Loureiro, Dani attended the
Michael Chekhov
School intensive workshop in 2019 and through the work
facilitating Trilhas seeks to share the legacy she left
behind. |
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Fran Mattoso has been active as an artist since 2004, having graduated in dramatic arts and film. Trained in the Michael Chekhov technique by Michael Chekhov Brasil from 2015, she has been deepening this work ever since and has taken part in the last three editions of MICHA's annual workshop in New London, USA, studying with teachers such as Joanna Merlin, Lenard Petit and Fern Sloan. In 2019 she had the chance to be directed by Ted Pugh in a presentation at the closing night of the event. |
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Advisory Board
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Fern Sloan, an actress for over 30 years, is co-founder and co-artistic director of The Actors' Ensemble, a faculty member of MICHA - Michael Chekhov Association who has performed and taught the Michael Chekhov technique in the US, Canada and Europe. She was certified by the Michael Chekhov Studio in New York and was on its faculty for the last three years of its existence. |
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Actor
Bruna Mafra graduated at CAL (Rio de Janeiro), is a
ballet dancer and researcher of the human soul. Based
in São Paulo, she is also a practitioner of Ayurveda and
Yoga and trained in the Michael Chekhov technique with
Michael Chekhov Brasil. |
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Playwright,
actor and director, Cleiton Echeveste graduated in
Theatrical Acting at UFRGS. He is founder of the
company
Pandorga, devoted to children's and youth theare, and is
the
author and/or director of numerous productions, among them “O Menino que Brincava
de Ser” and “Cabeça de Vento. Cleiton was Assistant Director of the production "'Night, Mother" (Grupo Assik), is trained in the Michael Chekhov technique and in 2015 took part in MICHA 's annual workshop in New London, USA. |
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Jobst Langhans is a theatre director, actor and director of Michael Tschechow Studio Berlin, which he founded in 1984 and which nowadays offers a complete three-year degree in the Chekhov method. As director and actor he has an extensive curriculum spanning over three decades, including a recent production of Goethe's Faust. He is a faculty member of MICHA The Michael Chekhov Association and has taught master classes in Moscow, London, Madrid, Riga, Glasgow, Amsterdam, New York, Zagreb, Istanbul and Helsinki, among others. |
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Lenard Petit is the artistic Director
of the
Michael
Chekhov Acting Studio in New York, author of the book
The Michael Chekhov Handbook (see
Library), and co-founder of
MICHA The
Michael Chekhov Association. Mr. Petit is an experienced actor and
director in productions in the USA and Europe, for over
20 years taught in the MFA and BFA acting programs of
Rutgers University (New Jersey), and teaches regularly
throughout Europe and USA. In 2014 Mr. Petit visited Michael
Chekhov Brasil and taught a week-long Master Class. |
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| Actor and producer Rô Milani graduated in theatre at Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre) and did her post-graduation (Aesthetics of Movement and Techniques in Motor Recovery and Therapy Through Dance) at Faculdade Angel Vianna, in Rio de Janeiro. She trained in the Michael Chekhov technique with Michael Chekhov Brasil and was Producer on the production of "'Night, Mother" (Grupo Assik). In 2017 Rô and her family moved to Bergamo, Italy. |
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Partnerships
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The programme
MICHAEL CHEKHOV MASTER CLASS brings well-known international teachers to Brazil
for workshops. In January
2014 we received Lenard Petit from New York, USA.
This
program is a partnership between Michael Chekhov
Brasil and
MICHA, The Michael Chekhov Association. |
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| The Michael Chekhov Acting Studio (New York) is one of the most important Michael Chekhov learning centres and we are proud to enjoy various exchanges with its director Lenard Petit and staff. In 2014 Lenard took part in our Masterclass programme and 2016 Hugo Moss was invited to join the faculty of MCAS. |
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| August 2019 saw the launch in partnership with Sede das Cias of the OCUPAÇÃO MICHAEL CHEKHOV E CIA, an ambitious programme of weekly activities throughout the year and united Rio de Janeiro's "chekhov community" . (for more info see our FUNDRAISING page) |
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In 2018 Michael Chekhov Brasil's workshops were part of the Projeto Sesc Dramaturgias programme, with trips to the Brazilian states of PARÁ (Belém and Castanhal), MATO GROSSO DO SUL (Campo Grande and Corumbá) and PERNAMBUCO (Pesqueira and Arcoverde). And in October 2018 Sesc Paraty hosted the INTERCÂMBIO DE ARTES CÊNICAS, a fortnight of workshops, conferences, Open Space, lectures etc. exploring Michael Chekhov's artistic legacy (see VÍDEO). |
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In
2016 Michael Chekhov Brasil was invited to take part in the
Visiting Professorship program at The Federal University of
Campinhas,
Unicamp, and offering a series of workshops to two
groups of graduate students and one comprised of faculty
members and post-graduate reseachers. This exchange produced a series of complementary activities and 2019 marks the partnership's fourth year. |
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Michael Chekhov Brasil
also relies on the collaboration of actors trained in the technique,
and partner teachers of voice training,
eurythmy,
Alexander
and other activities. We also register our gratitude for the
financial support received from Anne Beatrice Hamilton (Irish
scholar and patriot, *1890 †1982) - through Mary Beatrice Moss - who is remembered in our
Archive.
International Community
Michael Chekhov Brasil is part of the worldwide community of studios and institutions devoted to the teaching and practice of the Michael Chekhov technique. For more information see our INTERNATIONAL page.