2 p.m.

Welcome
Erika Fischer-Lichte, Christel Weiler, and Phillip Zarrilli

2.15–4 p.m.

Actor training within specific (inter-)cultural contexts

• The ITI Model in the Singaporean Context: Sasitharan Thirunalan
• The Contexts in the UK, USA, and Australia: Michael Earley and Niamh Dowling; Phillip Zarrilli; Frances Barbe
• German Examples: Martin Gruber and Hans-Ulrich Becker

4–4.15 p.m.

Coffee/tea break

4.15–5.15 p.m.

The actor’s work on attention, awareness, and active imagination: between phenomenology, cognitive science, and practices of acting
Opening Lecture by Phillip Zarrilli

5.15–5.30 p.m.

Questions & answers

5.30–5.45 p.m.

Coffee/tea break

5.45–6.30 p.m.

Initial interdisciplinary perspectives and reflections on acting/training (as phenomenon/process, with focus on embodiment, subjectivity, consciousness)
Chair: Christel Weiler
With: Thomas Alkemeyer, Rolf Elberfeld, and Hinderk Emrich

6.30–7 p.m.

Questions & answers

7.00 p.m.

Dinner at »3 Schwestern,« Kunstquartier Bethanien

9.30–11 a.m.

»Navarasa Sadhana«: training methodology for actors based on »navarasa« – the nine basic sentiments
Work-demonstration by Gopalan Venu, Kapila Venu, and Rajeev Padiparampil

Short break

11.10 a.m.–
12.10 p.m.

Embodying reimagined traditions
Work-demonstration by Sasitharan Thirunalan and students of the ITI, Singapore

12.10–1.25 p.m.

Reflections, observations, and discussion
Chair: Christel Weiler
With: Thomas Alkemeyer, Rolf Elberfeld, and Hinderk Emrich

1.25–2.30 p.m.

Lunch (independently)

2.30–3.30 p.m

Body Voice
Work-demonstration by Gabriella Crispino and students of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)

3.30–3.45 p.m.

Coffee/tea break

3.45–4.30 p.m.

Toward an intercultural approach to training actors’ voices: Interweaving key principles and practices of Korean P’ansori and Western mainstream voice pedagogy in UK actor conservatoires
Lecture by Tara McAllister-Viel

4.30–4.45 p.m.

Coffee/tea break

4.45–5.45 p.m.

Te Tangi o te Manu: Many Voices
Work-demonstration by Robin Payne Papazoglou and students of the ITI, Singapore

5.45–6.15 p.m.

Reflections, observations, and discussion
Chair: Sasitharan Thirunalan
With: Thomas Alkemeyer, Rolf Elberfeld, and Hinderk Emrich

6.15–8 p.m.

Dinner (independently)

8.00 p.m.

It's 2513 - Who needs a voice?
Performance by David Moss

9.30–10.45 a.m.

Psychophysical training: attention, awareness, and awakening the senses as a pre-performative basis for acting
Work-demonstration by Phillip Zarrilli and students of the ITI, Singapore

10.45–11 a.m.

Coffee/tea break

11 a.m.–12.15 p.m.

Evolving butoh: performer training across cultures and disciplines
Work-demonstration by Frances Barbe and students of the ITI, Singapore

12.15–1.15 p.m.

Lunch (independently)

1.15–2.30 p.m.

The neutral body as a base for acting? The role of functional-structural bodywork and martial arts in the training for performing artists
Work-demonstration by Martin Gruber and students of the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art, Berlin (HfS)

2–2.45 p.m.

Coffee/tea break

2.45–4.45 p.m.

Physiodrama basics
Work-demonstration by Marc Prätsch, Yurgen Schoora, and students of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK)

4.45–5 p.m.

Coffee/tea break

5–6.15 p.m.

Reflections, observations, and discussion
Chair: Sasitharan Thirunalan and Christel Weiler
With: Thomas Alkemeyer, Rolf Elberfeld, and Hinderk Emrich

6.15–8.30 p.m.

Dinner (independently)

8.30–9.30 p.m.

PARVATI VIRAHAM – Parvati Yearning for Shiva
Kutiyattam Performance by the Natanakairali troupe
(Kapila Venu, Gopalan Venu, and Rajeev Padiparampil)

10–11.30 a.m.

Panel Discussion
Examining the »ethos« of acting: Is there/should there be an »ethos« of acting and acting pedagogy?
Chair: Torsten Jost
Panel: Phillip Zarrilli, Navtej Singh Johar, Sasitharan Thirunalan, Thomas Alkemeyer, Rolf Elberfeld, and Hinderk Emrich

11.30–11.45 a.m.

Coffee/tea break

11.45 a.m.–
12.45 p.m.

Panel Discussion
En/re-visioning the future of actor training
Chair: Torsten Jost and Antje Paul
Participants/discussants: students of participating acting schools

12.45–1.15 p.m.

Questions & answers

1.15–2.15 p.m.

Lunch (independently)

2.15–3.30 p.m.

Panel Discussion
En/re-visioning the future of actor training
Chair: Christel Weiler
Participants/discussants: teachers of participating acting schools

3.30–3.45 p.m.

Coffee/tea break

3.45–4.45 p.m.

By way of conclusion: Rehearsing culture
Statements by Erika Fischer-Lichte and Christel Weiler followed by a discussion

4.45–5.30 p.m.

By way of not concluding: Reflections and observations
Navtej Singh Johar and current Fellows of the International Research Center »Interweaving Performance Cultures,« Berlin

5.30 p.m.

Closing