Athanor Academy
| Athanor Academy for the Performing Arts Passau | |
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| type of school | Directing / acting school |
| founding | 1995 |
| address |
Schulbergstrasse 30 |
| place | Passau |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 35 '6 " N , 13 ° 29' 48" E |
| carrier | Athanor eV |
| student | about 45 |
| Teachers | about 25 |
| management | Sebastian Goller |
| Website | athanor.de |
The Athanor Academy for Performing Arts Passau is a private , state-recognized , independent specialist academy for acting and directing. The academy is located in the former elementary school in the Grubweg district of Passau . Until the summer of 2014 she was at Burghausen Castle in Upper Bavaria . It trains actors and directors in the fields of theater and film. A theater as a performance location as well as various film and post-production facilities are available.
education
The training lasts four years and takes place five days a week. It ends with a state-recognized degree as an actor or director. As at the Otto Falckenberg School , a degree from the Athanor Academy is equivalent to a university degree . The training starts in autumn.
The training is based on the pillars of acting and directing and is strictly artistic. Admission is tied to a detailed entrance examination. The training is practice-oriented, there are five to eight performances per year, plus numerous filming as part of the training.
The composition of the curriculum follows a structure of nine basic categories:
- game
- Dramatic and cinematic space (stage, screen, screen)
- Language, song
- Body (posture, gesture, non-verbal actions)
- Rhythm and sound
- play
- Staging and filming
- Theater and film aesthetics
- Labor market structures
The monthly tuition fee is 180 euros, the training is eligible for BAföG .
history
The academy was founded in 1995 by David Esrig in Burghausen. It is the result of Esrig's free theater work in Munich, where he and the Athanor eV association offered postgraduate studies for professional actors. The academy was approved by the state from 1995 and has been state-recognized since 1999. This year the first generation completed their studies at the academy. In 2014 the academy moved to Passau. From August 1, 2019, Sebastian Goller will be the new head of the academy.
The academy's namesake is athanor , an oven that was used by alchemists in the Middle Ages. The Athanor Academy is a member of the MedienCampus Bayern , the umbrella organization for media education and training in Bavaria, and of the International Theater Institute ITI .
Well-known graduates
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literature
- Bodies are very expressive , February 19, 2005, Salzburger Nachrichten
- The melting pot of Burghausen , Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 27, 2008 (online)
- Talent factory, The Athanor Drama School in Burghausen , InFranken, December 30, 2010 (online)
- The Athanor Academy starts operations on Tuesday , Wochenblatt, September 12, 2014 (online)
- The performance can begin , Passauer Neue Presse, February 24, 2015 (online)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ PNP: Athanor Academy: Sebastian Goller succeeds David Esrig . Retrieved September 28, 2019.