What does preparing authorial performances give to children and young people?
At the core of our approach is the human being – freedom, play, creativity, experimentation, and the possibility of discovering one’s own path. The educational process in TALENT is long-term and continuous. The core of our pedagogy is the psychosomatic discipline of Dialogical Acting with the Inner Partner.
Pillars of our pedagogy
PLAY – DRAMA – THE ACTOR AS A PERSON – AUTHORIAL CREATION – DIALOGICAL ACTING – INDIVIDUAL APPROACH
Self-experience and the development of an authentic personalit
Through authorial creation and play, we support self-experience in which a person learns to perceive themselves as an author, creator, and player. Children and young people discover their talents, strengths, and ways of creating – from writing and acting through directing and visual thinking to working with ideas and organisation.
We work with the process of discovery. We support the search for one’s own voice and mode of expression.
Play as a foundation
The foundation of our work is play – a space of freedom, humour, joy, imagination, and creativity. Play enables self-discovery through experience, relationships, experimentation, and shared creation. It creates a space in which one can try, make mistakes, discover, and grow.
Drama as a relationship
We do not understand drama merely as a theatrical discipline or a set of acting techniques. We draw on Ivan Vyskočil’s concept, for whom drama is primarily a space of relationship, dialogue, and action in a concrete situation.
A human being is a relational being – in relation to themselves, to other people, and to the world around them. In every encounter, conversation, or creative situation, they enter into dialogue and co-create what is happening. Drama, therefore, is a space of living encounter, exploration, and shared creation.
In our work, we do not see children and young people as performers of roles, but as authors, creators, and players who learn to act, perceive, and create within specific situations.
Psychosomatic and dialogical approach
We work with the integration of body, voice, thinking, and emotions. The core of our practice is Dialogical Acting with the Inner Partner – an open improvisation in which a person enters into a dialogue with themselves and develops presence, perception, and authenticity.
The techniques and methods are based on personal experience and a living process of discovery. Each person gradually develops their own approach and chooses what feels close and meaningful to them.
Authorial creation and critical thinking
Children and young people create their own texts, improvise, and explore themes that are close to them. Older groups develop individual or smaller authorial outputs, while younger groups work with shared stories.
We work with themes that open up questions of both society and personal life. We support independent thinking, responsibility, and the ability to reflect in broader contexts.
A friendly and safe environment
TALENT is a space where it is possible to be oneself, to try, make mistakes, and create without pressure to perform. Mistakes are a natural part of the process of discovery and creation.
What they take away
- authenticity in expression
- the ability to improvise and experiment
- the courage to step into the unknown
- a personal voice and way of expression
- the experience that mistakes are part of creation
- a relationship to creation as a process
