The Demidov Three Month Immersive is for actors who want to dive more deeply into the work of the Demidov School. The course will give actors the opportunity to work more intensively and in greater depth on certain aspects of the Demidov curriculum. The course will include working with the Foundations of the entire technique, rooted in Demidov’s signature Etudes, plus Inexact (Creative) Repetition, The Power of Circumstances, and his unique approach to the development of Character. The course is structured to flow seamlessly from one aspect of the work to the next, allowing actors to stay immersed in the work and organically utilise what they are learning as the course progresses.

Course structure

Term One – Foundations – Inexact (Creative) Repetition – Circumstances

• We begin at the core of the Demidov School: nurturing the actor’s subconscious creativity and cultivating freedom of life onstage from the very first moments of training through Demidov’s Etudes
• We then explore how we allow our work to be truthful and alive each time we repeat – a moment, a scene or a whole performance – through what Demidov calls Inexact (Creative) Repetition.
• We then dive more deeply into discovering how we work with the Power of Circumstances, learning how to surrender to them so that they guide us as an irresistible force. And how acting then becomes effortless.

Term Two – Character

According to Demidov, character is born in us, not ‘built’ or ‘made’. It is a living being that continues to develop and mature for as long as we are active in a role. Demidov says the origin of character, the ‘just-born’ character, and is connected with subtle energy, with what he calls ‘weak currents’. In this intensive, through our work on etudes, we will practise surrendering to these ‚weak currents‘, to the first subtle manifestation of a character’s being, to what Demidov calls the ‘embryo’ of the character. We will learn how to allow this ‚embryo‘ to grow and develop on its own – without interfering with it. We will work with etudes that encourage you to surrender to characters perhaps further away from your ‘habitual persona’, furthering the cultivation of the reflex of transformability. You will also be introduced to the techniques of character accumulation and facilitation, unique to the Demidov School.

The Demidov Organic Acting Technique empowers actors to connect deeply with their unique creative individuality by guiding them to recognise and trust their innate artistic instincts. It is an approach that cultivates faith in the actors’ own talent and foster spontaneous performances that emerge organically, allowing actors to consistently access inspiration and fully express their true creative potential.

Dates & Times

STAGE 1 – Foundations/Creative Repetition/Circumstances

In-person Intensive 1: September 11, 12, 13.
(10am to 4pm each day)

Online: September 16, 23, 30, October 7.
(10am to 1pm each day)

In-person Intensive 2: October 10, 11.
(10am to 4pm each day)

STAGE 2 – Character

Online: October 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18, 25.
(10am to 1pm each day)

In-person Intensive 3: November 28, 29.
(10am to 4pm each day)

In-Person: 42 hours
Online: 30 hours
Total course hours: 72

Price
1800 €

Where
in person Intensives at
Studio Iaspis
Rossauer Lände 23A
1090 Vienna

Online classes via Zoom.