Towards a spiritual way of acting: hrough the Michael Chekhov acting training technique

Abstract

The German master Andreas Loos has visited Santiago de Cali on two occasions; during his time in the city, he provided a vital impetus for the acting development of those of us who sought to gain a direct and profound understanding of the discoveries made by the Russian actor Michael Chekhov (1891–1955)—nephew of the renowned Anton Chekhov and a disciple of Stanislavski—who took the latter’s psychophysical technique a step further. In his quest for a theater of the future, he aims to cultivate the "stage of the soul" within the actor, using it as a source for the images that will enrich their artistic work. His exercises open the actor to perceiving the invisible world around them and teach them to create a character from a different sphere of their being—one that may even be unknown to the actor themselves. The rigor with which Andreas Loos imparts this acclaimed approach to character creation—rooted in the profound importance of the actor bringing a conscious perspective to the construction of a character—is captured in this interview for *Papel Escena* magazine.