Jobst Langhans
Jobst Langhans (born January 6, 1955 in Stuttgart ) is a German director , actor and acting coach. Since 1984 he has been the director of the Michael Chekhov Studio Berlin .
Life
Jobst Langhans grew up in Stuttgart with five siblings. His mother was a painter, his father a qualified farmer. In 1965 the family moved to Dieburg . Here he first began to be interested in music. He attended the Conservatory Darmstadt and studied as scholarship and piano and organ. a. with Hermann Unger . In 1974 the family moved to Berlin , where he attended the schoolfarm Insel Scharfenberg high school for music and natural sciences .
After graduating from high school, he studied church music and philosophy for four semesters before turning to theater and drama and taking private acting training with Else Bongers and Jürgen von Alten . After the intermediate examination at the Cooperative of German Stage Members , the first engagements as an actor followed - first in Berlin at the Berliner Kammerspiele, then at the Vaganten stage , where he played his first big role, which Max in "The Butterfly Battle" by Hermann Sudermann ( Director: Gabriel Reinking). This was followed by permanent engagements at the tri-bühne theater in Stuttgart and the Pforzheim city theater .
Langhans then went back to Berlin. Here he worked as a freelance actor, u. a. in the German-language premiere of "Elizaveta Bam" by Daniil Charms (director: Helfird Foron; a production of the Berliner Festspiele 1983), where he appeared on stage with Heinz Schubert and Helen Vita .
Together with young colleagues, Langhans founded the off-theater "Theaterwerkstatt Berlin". The opening premiere, which was celebrated by the Berlin press, took place in January 1983. Langhans played the Er in "Rozznjogd" by Peter Turrini , directed by Barbara Ratthey . In 1984 he founded the theaterforum kreuzberg (tfk) and the Michael Chekhov Studio Berlin in a leading position, and together with Jörg Andrees organized the 1st International Michael Chekhov Conference (IMTT) in 1992 and the 4th International Michael Chekhov Workshop in 1995. In 1995 he resigned from the management of tfk and founded the Werkbühne Berlin.
In addition to his work as a director and actor, Jobst Langhans teaches at drama schools and universities in Germany and abroad. He worked u. a. at the Institute for Cinematography WGIK (Moscow), the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow), the Liszt School of Music (Weimar), the Academy of Dramatic Art (Zagreb), Alanus University of Art and Society (Alfter near Bonn) , Yeditepe University (Istanbul) and gave master classes a. a. in Moscow, New York, Madrid ("Teatro de l´Abadia"), Amsterdam, Grožnjan (Croatia), London and Helsinki.
Work area
Langhans' area of work as an acting trainer is the teaching and dissemination of Michael Chekhov's method .
Together with Jörg Andrees, Langhans organized the 1st International Michael Chekhov Conference (IMTT) in Berlin in 1992. This impulse led to further meetings and conferences on the work of Michael Chekhov worldwide. The 4th Michael Chekhov International Workshop (The Experts Conferenze) was held again in Berlin in 1995.
Actor roles
(Selection)
- 2013: Faust, "Faust", JW Goethe - D: Jobst Langhans
- 2002: Theiresias, Bote, "Oidipus", Sophocles - D: David Gravenhorst
- 2000: Vasilij Vasilijc Svetlovidov, "Schwanengesang", Anton Chekhov - D: Annette Kurz
- 1991: meager fear, "How to grab wishes by the tail", Pablo Picasso - D: Rudi Müller-Poland
- 1990: Capulet, "Romeo and Juliet", William Shakespeare - D: Rüdiger Meinel
- 1987: Valerio, "Leonce and Lena", Georg Büchner - D: Jobst Langhans
- 1984: N. Nikolayewitsch, "Elizavetha Bam", Daniil Charms - D: Helfird Foron
- 1984: He, "Rozznjogd", Peter Turrini - D: (Joe Bolling), Barbara Ratthey
- 1983: Dieter, "The Sorrows of Young W.", Ulrich Plenzdorf - D: Peter Reichenbach
- 1982: Stephan, "The Marriage", Nikolai Gogol - D: Peter v. Meadow
- 1982: Stanley, "Rooted", Alexander Buzo - D: Bernd H. Reutler
- 1982: Pedrillo, "Figaro is divorced", Ödön von Horváth - D: Stefan Orlac
- 1981: Adrees, student, "Woyzeck", Georg Büchner - D: Gerhard Weber
- 1981: Don Enrique, "slave of her lover", Lope de Vega - D: Jan Friso Meyer
- 1981: Arlepuin, "A game of love and chance", Marivaux - D: Ingo Langner
- 1980: King Peter, "Leonce and Lena", Georg Büchner - D: Michael Körber
- 1979: Räuber, "Apocalypse", based on Akutagawa - D: Michael Körber
- 1979: Max, "Butterfly Battle", Sudermann - D: Gabriel Reinking
Productions
(Selection)
- 2017: The Wealth, Aristophanes, MTSB
- 2017: Brilliant prospects, Martin Heckmanns, MTSB
- 2017: The purple flower, Russian fairy tale, Theaterburg Rosslau
- 2016: Animal Farm, George Orwell, MTSB
- 2015: Today is played off the cuff, Luigi Pirandello, MTSB
- 2014: Elizavetha Bam, Daniil Charms, MTSB
- 2013: Faust, JW Goethe, coproduction theaterburg Rosslau and Forum Theater Stuttgart
- 2012: On Greifswalder Strasse, Roland Schimmelpfenning, MTSB
- 2010: The wedding ceremony, W. Gombrowicz, MTSB
- 2009: Elektra, Philocthetes, Sophocles, MTSB
- 2007: Tectonics of Emotions, EE Schmitt, MTSB
- 2007: The Oresty, Aeschylus, Goetheanum Stage
- 2006: The Banquet, Plato, Goetheanum Stage
- 2005: Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov, MTSB
- 2005: Maria Stuart, Friedrich Schiller, Goetheanum stage
- 2003: Pamphalon, juggler, after Nikolaij Leskow, MTSB
- 2003: Day of Remembrance for Liberation from National Socialism, speaking choir work with Berlin students, German Bundestag
- 2002: The Conference of Birds, Fadir Uddin Atta, MTSB
- 2002: Six people are looking for an author, Luigi Pirandello, Goetheanum Bühne
- 2001: After Damascus, August Strindberg, WBB / SCALA BASEL, nominated for the Impulse Festival North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2000: Mass for Mass, William Shakespeare, MTSB
- 1999: Fernando Krapp wrote me this letter , Tankred Dorst, WBB
- 1999: A Wonderful Night, Slawomir Mrozek, WBB
- 1998: Fragments I and II, Samuel Beckett, WBB
- 1996: Why are you Romeo ?! - Shakespeare in Sarajevo, Ensemble / Jobst Langhans, MTSB
- 1995: Today is played off the cuff, Luigi Pirandello, MTSB
- 1994: The good person of Sezuan, Bertolt Brecht, MTSB
- 1993: As soon as five years go by, Garcia Lorca, MTSB
- 1993: Woyzeck, Georg Büchner, Alanus University
- 1993: Zabawa, Slawomir Mrozek, tfk, invited to the 2nd Michael Chekhov International Workshop (Moscow)
- 1992: A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, MTSB
- 1992: The Tower, Peter Weiss, tfk
- 1991: The island, Athol Fugard, tfk
- 1990: Viola d`amore, clown theater by and with Felix Gaudo, tour program
- 1990: Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy, Witold Gombrovicz, tfk
- 1987: The leather heads, Georg Kaiser, tfk
- 1987: Leonce and Lena, Georg Büchner, tfk
- 1985: The King dies, Eugène Ionesco, tfk
- 1984: Class enemy, Nigel Williams, tri-bühne Stuttgart
- 1981: In the penal colony, Franz Kafka, processing: Jobst Langhans, Stadttheater Pforzheim
Individual evidence
- ^ Berlin in past and present - Landesarchiv Berlin, 1984 p 526. Google Books Retrieved on August 28, 2013.
- ↑ TheaterZeitSchrift: Issues 3-9. Association for Research into Theatrical Transport Forms 1983, p. 45. Google Books Retrieved on August 28, 2013.
- ↑ Theater der Zeit: Issues 3-9. Volume 46, Issues 7-12. Google Books. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Cynthia Ashperger: The Rhythm of Space and the Sound of Time - Michael Chekhov's Acting Technique in the 21st Century. Rodopi, Amsterdam / New York 2008, ISBN 90-420-2387-2 , pp. 68-69. online , accessed August 14, 2013.
- ^ Franc Chamberlain: Michael Chekhov (Routledge Performance Practitioners) Routledge, London 2004, ISBN 0-415-25877-4 (hbk), page xii. online , accessed August 29, 2013.
- ↑ Mala Powers: To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting - Second Edition - Biographie and Appendix: Mala Powers Routledge, Abingdon 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-25875-3 , Hbk, page xLvii. online , accessed August 29, 2013.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Langhans, Jobst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director, actor and acting trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |