The Chekhov Work
A Workshop on the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique

A 4-day introductory workshop exploring this powerful and liberating approach to art of acting.

For Actors, Performers & Artists
Dates: 13th – 16th Feb 2025 (Thursday to Sunday)
Timings: 8:30 AM – 1 PM
Venue: CRIPA, Auroville

Discover the Art of Transformation through this dynamic psycho-physical approach to acting.

Contribution:
Guests: ₹4,000/- for 4 days
Aurovilians & Newcomers: ₹2,000/- (Suggested)
Volunteers: Free

About Facilitator:-
Shivam Parekh is an actor, director, and Chekhov technique teacher with over 15 years of experience in theatre and film. An FTII alumnus, he has been exploring the Michael Chekhov Technique for the past seven years and is currently in the final year of his teacher training certification with MICHA (USA). His work includes theatre, web series, and films like Mitron, Builder Boys, and Body.

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In association with
Auroville Theatre Group

About the Facilitator
Shivam Parekh
FTII Alumnus | Chekhov Teacher (Level 2 -under certified, MICHA, USA)
Shivam Parekh is an actor, theatre director, and acting coach with over 15 years of
experience in theatre and film. A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he has acted in feature films such as Mitron, Builder Boys, and Chabutro, as well as in various web series and theatre productions.
Shivam has been exploring, studying, and working with the Michael Chekhov technique for 10 years and is currently in the final year of teacher training certification with the Michael Chekhov Association (MICHA, USA) as part of a three-year program. He has also had the privilege of learning directly from legendary Chekhov teachers, including Lenard Petit and Joana Merlin (Chekhov’s direct student and MICHA founder).
Shivam collaborates with artists in Mumbai and Ahmedabad to create and devise plays. His recent works include Odd One In, a devised adaptation of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Lights Out by Manjula Padmanabhan. He also conducts workshops for actors, blending the Michael Chekhov technique with other complementary approaches to help actors unlock their creative potential and deliver transformative, truthful performances.
Shivam has been learning Kalaripayattu at Kalarigram since last few months.

A short note about the Michael Chekhov Technique
Michael Chekhov, developed an acting technique, a ‘psycho-physical approach’, in which transformation, working with impulse, imagination and inner and outer gesture are central. It offers clear and practical tools in working with imagination, feelings and atmosphere.
Chekhov’s technique is a completely imaginative approach to experiencing the truth of the moment. According to Chekhov, the work of the actor is to create an inner event which is an actual experience occurring in real time within the actor. This inner event as it is being experienced by the actor is witnessed by the audience as an outward expression related to the contextual moment of the play. This event and the ability to create it belong to what Michael Chekhov calls the Creative Individuality of the actor, and is not directly tied to his personality. This Creative Individuality allows the artist actor to use parts of themselves that are not just the smaller,meaner more banal elements that make up their daily life, but rather parts of their unconscious, where dwell more universal and archetypal images.
– Michael Chekhov Acting Studio (New York)