Christopher Fettes is one of UK's greatest theatre and actor teachers and a major figure on the international theatre and cinema scene. Especially for FOCAL, he will be introducing Switzerland to Yat Malmgren's ‹Character Analysis›, technique on which he bases his training programs.
The workshop starts off with the idea of planning a film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Initially, Christopher Fettes will introduce the participants to the theory underlying Yat's work, relating it to the characters in Hamlet. Liana Nyquist and Giles Foreman will go on to develop the characters and create scenes, both physically and psychologically, which are then to be shot. The idea is to first impart the theory, and then carry it out in practice.
The workshop will provide the basics of Yat Malmgren's work and insight into the method as used by some of his renowned students, a.o Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery, Colin Firth, Paul Bettany (DOGVILLE, MASTER AND COMMANDER, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, THE DA VINCI CODE), Michael Fassbender (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, X MEN) and Tom Hardy (INCEPTION, MAD MAX, STAR TREK NEMESIS, BATMAN) Both Liana and Giles Foreman studied with Christopher Fettes and Yat Malmgren at London's world-renowned ‹Drama Centre›.
Christopher Fettes
After working as an actor with the legendary ‹East London Theatre Company›, he went on to join London's ‹Royal Court Theatre› ensemble during its heyday in the fifties. After meeting Yat Malmgren, with whom he partnered over a period of nearly fifty years, Christopher developed a career both as a theatre director and a teacher. Christopher's great contribution was to found, jointly with Yat Malmgren in 1963, the ‹Drama Centre London›. This acting conservatory was to literally change the face of training in the UK and the world over. He introduced a totally innovative approach by combining the American developments belonging to Stanislavski with the great European Classical tradition, and with the Laban-Jungian system of ‹Character Analysis› as conceived by Yat Malmgren.
Giles Foreman
Founder and Director of the ‹Caravanserai Productions and Acting Studio›. Guest professor at the ‹Method Studio›, the ‹Drama Centre› (London), the ‹Katrinebergs Folkhogskola› (Sweden), the ‹Forum für Filmschauspiel› (Berlin), the ‹Deutsche Schauspiel-Akademie› (Berlin), the ‹International Festival of Making Theatre› (Athens), the ‹Stage Center› (Israel), the ‹MKFM Theatre Festival› (Pula, Croatia), and the ‹Berlin Film Festival› (Germany). Coaching in Switzerland for GROUNDING, PÉDALEUR DE CHARME, SENNETUNTSCHI a.o.
Liana Norton
Choreographer. Head of Movement at the ‹Drama Center London›, Movement Coach at several other European and international acting institutions: Caravanserai (GB), ‹Forum für Filmschauspiel› (DE), ‹Stage Center Israel› etc. Coaching in Switzerland for GROUNDING, PÉDALEUR DE CHARME, SENNETUNTSCHI a.o.
