{"id":2233,"date":"2022-12-11T19:32:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T19:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/?page_id=2233"},"modified":"2026-09-09T21:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:22:45","slug":"future-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/index.php\/future-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Future workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div   class=\"tds-section\" style=\"background-color: #fff; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);color:#000;\">\n\n<div class=\"normal-background\">\n<div class=\"tds-section-content\">\n\n<\/div><!-- \/.tds-section-content -->\n<\/div><!-- \/.normal-background --><\/div><!-- \/.tds-section --> <div class=\"tds-divider invisible\" style=\"padding-top:60px; padding-bottom:60px;border-color: #e5e5e5;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u0391DVANCED LABORATORY FOR ACTORS\/PERFORMERS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tds-divider invisible\" style=\"padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;border-color: #e5e5e5;\"><\/div> <div class=\"tds-divider solid\" style=\"padding-top:5px; padding-bottom:5px;border-color: #000; width: 4%;\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"tds-divider invisible\" style=\"padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px;border-color: #e5e5e5;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Poster_Advanced_Laboratory.jpeg\" rel=\"dondo_prettyPhoto\" rel=\"dondo_prettyPhoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2313\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Poster_Advanced_Laboratory-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Poster_Advanced_Laboratory-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Poster_Advanced_Laboratory-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Poster_Advanced_Laboratory-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Poster_Advanced_Laboratory-500x750.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Poster_Advanced_Laboratory.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><div class=\"tds-divider invisible\" style=\"padding-top:15px; padding-bottom:15px;border-color: #e5e5e5;\"><\/div><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Long-Term Actor Research Process<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Phenomenology of Acting \u2013 An Embodied Approach to Acting<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Direction:<\/strong> Michael Seibel, PhD<br>Stage Director \u00b7 Theatre &amp; Opera \u00b7 Acting &amp; Vocal Coach \u00b7 Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Advanced Laboratory for Performers is conceived as a long-term process of research and practice into acting. The process develops gradually and through clearly defined stages, so that each participant is aware from the outset of the Laboratory\u2019s overall perspective and can make a conscious decision about whether, and to what extent, they wish to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process begins with two free <strong>Open Lab<\/strong> sessions, with no commitment to continue. From among those interested in pursuing the work more systematically, a small and stable group of 8-10 participants will then be formed to take part in an initial three-month research cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This cycle consists of four sessions per month, each lasting 4 hours. After completion of the first three months, those wishing to continue will have the opportunity to form the stable core of the Laboratory. The long-term perspective is the gradual development of an ongoing research group within which the practice of acting can be explored systematically, in depth, and over an extended period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation therefore does not require a long-term commitment from the outset. Each stage allows participants to become more deeply acquainted with the process and to decide whether they wish to proceed to the next stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HOW DOES SCENIC ACTION EMERGE?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do perception, the body, the voice, space, time, the partner, and the specific situation shape what happens on stage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Advanced Laboratory for Performers, directed by <strong>Michael Seibel, PhD<\/strong>, is a space for experimentation and practice-based research for actors and performers who wish to investigate acting as an embodied, lived, and situational process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is neither a conventional acting class nor the preparation of a performance. At its centre is the acting process itself: how scenic action emerges through perception, corporeality, voice, space, time, the encounter with the other, and the specific situation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OPEN LAB \u2013 TWO FREE SESSIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process begins with two free Open Lab sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These sessions offer participants the opportunity to become acquainted with \u2013 and, above all, to experience \u2013 the approach in practice before deciding whether they wish to participate in the first research cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation in the Open Lab is <strong>free of charge and involves no commitment to continue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the two sessions provide a space for mutual acquaintance: they allow us to discover who is genuinely interested in deepening their artistic practice and in actively participating in a stable research group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FIRST RESEARCH CYCLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the completion of the Open Lab, a small and stable group of 8-10 participants will be formed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first research cycle will run for three months, with four sessions per month, each lasting 4 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The limited number of participants is an essential part of the Laboratory\u2019s structure, as it provides the necessary space and time for practical work, observation, experimentation, exchange, and reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three-month duration has been deliberately chosen as an initial continuous cycle of research rather than as a requirement for an immediate long-term commitment. It gives the group time to develop a shared way of working and allows each participant to explore the approach in greater depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TOWARDS A LONG-TERM LABORATORY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon completion of the first three-month cycle, those wishing to continue will have the opportunity to form the stable core of the <strong>Advanced Laboratory for Performers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aim is gradually to establish a stable research group capable of investigating the processes of acting in depth and over an extended period of time, while simultaneously developing a shared approach to practice-based research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Laboratory forms part of the broader research project <strong>Phenomenology of Acting<\/strong> and aims to provide a space in which artistic practice, experience, and research come together within the very process of acting itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cTechnique can create form, but not presence.\u201d<\/strong><br><em>Michael Seibel<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Information<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start of the Research Programme:<\/strong><br>25 September 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PHENOMENOLOGY OF ACTING, POA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>An Embodied Approach to Acting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Direction:<\/strong> Michael Seibel, PhD &#8211; Theatre &amp; Opera Director \u00b7 Acting &amp; Vocal Coach \u00b7 Researcher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Central Athens. The exact venue will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monthly participation fee:<\/strong> \u20ac120<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedule:<\/strong> Every Friday, 6:00 pm \u2013 10:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Telephone:<\/strong> +30 698 1912 696<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Office Hours:<\/strong> 6:00 pm \u2013 8:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> poa.actinglab@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelseibel.eu\">www.michaelseibel.eu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/index.php\/future-workshops\/\">https:\/\/michaelseibel.eu\/index.php\/future-workshops\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0391DVANCED LABORATORY FOR ACTORS\/PERFORMERS Long-Term Actor Research Process Phenomenology of Acting \u2013 An Embodied Approach to Acting Research Direction: Michael Seibel, PhDStage Director \u00b7 Theatre &amp; Opera \u00b7 Acting &amp; Vocal Coach \u00b7 Researcher The Advanced Laboratory for Performers is conceived as a long-term process of research and practice into acting. 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